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# étant — French to English

How French *étant* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: étant (277 851). By style: everyday 120 · literary 36 · biblical 209 · parliamentary 17 416 · legal and administrative 37 790 · UN documents 222 280.

## given

Used about 30 756 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 2 177 · legal and administrative ≈ 787 · UN documents ≈ 27 785).

- **Étant** donné son inexpérience, elle a bien fait.
  **Given** her inexperience, she has done well.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Barbiche0 and jakov · checked, community translation · [\#266999](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/266999) [\#332003](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/332003))

- Jésus, s’**étant** approché, leur parla ainsi: Tout pouvoir m’a été donné dans le ciel et sur la terre.
  Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been **given** to me in heaven and on earth.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 28:18)

- **Étant** donné les nombreuses réactions, cela pose tout de même un problème pour de nombreux consommateurs.
  **Given** the numerous reactions, this is a considerable problem for many consumers.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 300415)

- Il a été jugé nécessaire d’étudier les tendances de ces nouveaux produits, **étant** donné qu’ils représentent les produits ayant la plus forte valeur ajoutée sur le marché.
  It was deemed necessary to examine trends for these additional products **given** the fact that they represent the most value-added products on the market.
  ([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 1956943)

- **Étant** donné la complexité du travail qu &apos; il accomplit, il ne peut promettre de terminer la première lecture du projet de Guide en 2006.
  **Given** the complexity of his work, he could not promise to finish the first reading in 2006.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 13290261)

## since

Used about 25 392 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 20 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 2 903 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 936 · UN documents ≈ 18 523). Meaning: [since in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/since/).

- **Étant** donné que Chiro est un chat, il n'aime pas les litchis.
  **Since** Chiro is a cat, he doesn't like lychees.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Quazel and ellasevia · checked, community translation · [\#1023165](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1023165) [\#990340](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/990340))

- Elle est sans fond, **étant** Dieu.
  It is fathomless, **since** it is God.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30079)

- L’un **étant** sorti de chez moi, je pense qu’il a été sans doute déchiré, car je ne l’ai pas revu jusqu’à présent.
  One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him **since**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 44:28)

- **Étant** donné qu'il n'y avait pas de rapporteur, je l'ai demandé en ma qualité de président de la commission.
  **Since** there was no rapporteur, I made that request as chairman of the committee.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1864629)

- La précarité énergétique **étant** un phénomène pluridimensionnel, aucun indicateur unique ne peut refléter pleinement tous ses aspects.
  **Since** energy poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, no single indicator can fully reflect all of its aspects.
  ([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 5128382)

## being

Used about 23 555 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 19 · biblical ≈ 22 · parliamentary ≈ 1 814 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 149 · UN documents ≈ 18 523). Meaning: [being in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/being/).

- J'ai vu beaucoup de choses en y **étant**.
  I saw many things by **being** there.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11239629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11239629) [\#11239633](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11239633))

- Nos bagages **étant** enregistrés pour Copenhague, il n'y eut pas à s'en occuper.
  The luggage **being** labelled for Copenhagen, we had no occasion to look after it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 697)

- Car, le sacerdoce **étant** changé, nécessairement aussi il y a un changement de loi.
  For the priesthood **being** changed, there is of necessity a change made also in the law.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 7:12)

- Cela **étant**, que fait la Commission?
  That **being** the case, what is the Commission doing?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 768520)

- Toutefois, la hausse du prix du PET **étant** un phénomène mondial, aucun lien n'a été établi entre les pertes d'emploi et les mesures en vigueur.
  However, the increase in PET price **being** a worldwide phenomenon, no link between job losses and the measures was established.
  ([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 2926519)

## there

Used about 10 444 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 26 · parliamentary ≈ 363 · legal and administrative ≈ 787 · UN documents ≈ 9 262). Meaning: [there in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/).

- Certains considèrent Led Zeppelin comme **étant** le plus grand groupe ayant jamais existé.
  Some people consider Led Zeppelin to be the greatest band **there** has ever been.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sibelius and eastasiastudent · checked, community translation · [\#751269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/751269) [\#1172124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1172124))

- L'endroit **étant** bon, les cabaretiers s'y succédaient de père en fils.
  The situation was good, and tavern-keepers succeeded each other **there**, from father to son.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23536)

- **Étant** parti de là, Jésus entra dans la synagogue.
  He departed from **there** and went into their synagogue.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 12:9)

- Il n'y a ni politique européenne ni politique israélienne, Israël continuant de sombrer dans le régionalisme et **étant** incapable de résoudre les problèmes dans un cadre plus vaste.
  **There** is neither a European nor an Israeli policy, with Israel increasingly sinking back into regionalism, no longer capable of solving problems from a broader perspective.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 872068)

- **Étant** donné que cette exigence pourrait nécessiter des modifications des systèmes informatiques existants des États membres, il convient d’allonger le délai de transposition en ce qui concerne cette exigence.
  As this could require changes to the existing information systems of Member States, **there** should be a longer transposition period for this requirement.
  ([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 4870526)

## having

Used about 6 533 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 089 · legal and administrative ≈ 787 · UN documents ≈ 4 631).

- Le dernier bus **étant** parti, j'ai dû prendre un taxi.
  The last bus **having** left, I had to take a taxi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#243954](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/243954) [\#3217318](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3217318))

- Jean Valjean s'**étant** arrêté, le bruit avait cessé.
  Jean Valjean **having** paused, the sound ceased.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 27706)

- Festus, **étant** arrivé dans la province, monta trois jours après de Césarée à Jérusalem.
  Festus therefore, **having** come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 25:1)

- Cela **étant** dit, comment devons-nous juger cette directive «gaz» avec la proposition de position commune qui nous est faite aujourd'hui?
  **Having** said that, how should we judge this gas directive, and the proposal for a common position which is put to us today?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1836699)

- S'**étant** réunie à Genève du 5 au 9 octobre 2015,
  **Having** met in Geneva from 5 to 9 October 2015,
  ([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 216632)

## one

Used about 5 795 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 363 · legal and administrative ≈ 787 · UN documents ≈ 4 631). Meaning: [one in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/one/).

- Je me souviens qu’un jour, **étant** enfant, j’allai voir le bourdon de Notre-Dame.
  I remember that **one** day, when I was a child, I went to see Notre-Dame's great bell.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#3381377](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3381377) [\#3341252](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3341252))

- Cosette, **étant** près de lui, lui semblait à lui; effet d'optique que tout le monde a éprouvé.
  Cosette was by his side, she seemed to be his; an optical illusion which every **one** has experienced.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 24997)

- Jésus **étant** entré, un jour de sabbat, dans la maison de l’un des chefs des pharisiens, pour prendre un repas, les pharisiens l’observaient.
  When he went into the house of **one** of the rulers of the Pharisees on a Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching him.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LUK 14:1)

- On ne peut pas toujours se contenter de vérifier que l'importation d'un chou-fleur remplace bien une plante de coca, le problème **étant** beaucoup plus complexe.
  **One** cannot always prove whether one cabbage imported by the European Union replaces one coca plant; the problem is far more complex than that.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1597081)

- Un importateur indépendant a fait valoir que les statistiques des importations étaient sous-estimées **étant** donné que la plainte retenait un poids moyen de 400 gr par selle.
  **One** unrelated importer alleged that import statistics were overestimated because an average weight of 400 grams per piece of saddles was used in the complaint.
  ([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 1101945)

## More sentences

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

- Tom a été victime de brimades **étant** enfant.
  Tom was bullied as a child.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2643888](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2643888) [\#5334455](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5334455))

- Notre grand-père a appris cinq langues **étant** enfant.
  Our grandfather learned five languages ​​as a child.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and Eccles17 · checked, community translation · [\#6687278](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6687278) [\#6671604](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6671604))

- Il est mieux de vivre en **étant** riche que de mourir riche.
  It's better to live rich, than to die rich.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Ricardo14 · checked, community translation · [\#6938208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6938208) [\#411186](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411186))

## Grammar

Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/).

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