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# years — English to French

How English *years* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: years (449 183). By style: everyday 1 781 · literary 114 · biblical 431 · parliamentary 40 661 · legal and administrative 38 011 · UN documents 368 185.

## ans

Used about 242 860 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 373 · literary ≈ 102 · biblical ≈ 350 · parliamentary ≈ 18 636 · legal and administrative ≈ 22 965 · UN documents ≈ 199 434).

- I am 12 **years** old.
  J'ai douze **ans**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#2706902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2706902) [\#2069123](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2069123))

- Doubled in four **years**!
  Doublée en quatre **ans**!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7375)

- Abimelech was prince over Israel three **years**.
  Abimélec avait dominé trois **ans** sur Israël.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 9:22)

- That was three **years** ago.
  Il y a déjà trois **ans** de cela !
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 101004)

- The age limit of 12 **years** is provisional.
  L’âge limite de 12 **ans** est fixé à titre provisoire.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 1848364)

## années

Used about 169 092 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 371 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 72 · parliamentary ≈ 19 483 · legal and administrative ≈ 11 087 · UN documents ≈ 138 069).

- Several **years** went by.
  De nombreuses **années** se sont écoulées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by voxbubnya and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#271062](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271062) [\#7115699](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7115699))

- Hard **years**; difficult, some of them, to traverse, others to climb.
  **Années** rudes; difficiles, les unes à traverser, les autres à gravir.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 14817)

- “For six **years** you shall sow your land, and shall gather in its increase,
  Pendant six **années**, tu ensemenceras la terre, et tu en recueilleras le produit.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 23:10)

- This sector underwent reform a few **years** ago.
  Ce secteur a connu une réforme il y a quelques **années**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1374726)

- 2nd and 3rd **years**: EUR 60 per tonne
  et 3e **années**: 60 EUR par tonne
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 154037)

## pendant

Used about 847 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 847).

- I would just like to say that I lived through the siege and the shelling of Sarajevo for one and a half **years**.
  Je tiens à dire que j'ai vécu **pendant** un an et demi le siège et le bombardement de Sarajevo.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1301325)

## depuis

Used about 803 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 9 · legal and administrative ≈ 792).

- For the first time in eight **years**, the wretched man had just tasted the bitter savor of an evil thought and of an evil action.
  Pour la première fois **depuis** huit années, le malheureux homme venait de sentir la saveur amère d'une mauvaise pensée et d'une mauvaise action.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5083)

- After many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from their enemies all around, and Joshua was old and well advanced in **years**,
  **Depuis** longtemps l’Éternel avait donné du repos à Israël, en le délivrant de tous les ennemis qui l’entouraient. Josué était vieux, avancé en âge.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 23:1)

- HCA has not expanded since 2009 and is merely returning to the original volume of flights operated by ČSA's charter division in the **years** 2008 to 2009.
  L’entreprise HCA ne s’est pas développée **depuis** 2009, elle revient seulement au volume initial de vols exploités par la division charter de ČSA en 2008 et 2009.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2782921)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Sami is a few **years** older than Layla.
  Sami est un peu plus vieux que Layla.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and genes1s · checked, community translation · [\#7287319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7287319) [\#13357065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13357065))

- My first criticism concerns the matters for urgent and topical debate, something with which I have dealt for **years** in this House.
  Ma première critique concerne les "urgences".
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 332751)

- I want to declare an interest because I have, in my former **years**, been a director of sales for a major car company.
  Je veux déclarer un intérêt, parce que, auparavant, j'ai occupé un poste de directeur des ventes chez l'un des plus importants constructeurs automobiles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 329382)

## Grammar

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