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# antérieures — French to English

How French *antérieures* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: antérieures (24 549). By style: everyday 5 · parliamentary 377 · legal and administrative 2 524 · UN documents 21 643.

## previous

Used about 9 951 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 196 · legal and administrative ≈ 736 · UN documents ≈ 9 018). Meaning: [previous in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/previous/).

- Selon une révision de recherches **antérieures**, un haut niveau de consommation de chocolat peut réduire le risque de maladies coronariennes et d'accident vasculaire cérébral.
  According to a review of **previous** research, high levels of chocolate consumption can reduce the risk of coronary heart disease and stroke.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and ondo · checked, community translation · [\#1073644](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1073644) [\#1073650](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1073650))

- La Cour a analysé le suivi des observations **antérieures**.
  The Court has analysed the follow-up given to its **previous** observations.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 394033)

- Bénéficiaires d'aides **antérieures** illégales
  Recipients of **previous** unlawful aid
  ([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 5620748)

- Suite donnée aux recommandations **antérieures**
  Follow-up of **previous** recommendations
  ([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 25524319)

- L'actuelle présidence se distinguera fondamentalement des présidences danoises **antérieures**.
  It will be a presidency which will differ fundamentally from **previous** Danish presidencies.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 347283)

## journal

Used about 5 411 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 5 411). Meaning: [journal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/journal/).

- Éditions **antérieures** du Journal des Nations Unies
  Access to back issues of the **Journal** of the United Nations
  ([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 28390173)

- Éditions **antérieures** du Journal des Nations Unies
  =Access to back issues of the **Journal** of the United Nations
  ([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 24967543)

## prior

Used about 3 073 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 368 · UN documents ≈ 2 705). Meaning: [prior in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/prior/).

- Achèvement d’actions dans le domaine de la coopération au développement (**antérieures** à 2014)
  Completion of actions in the area of development cooperation (**prior** to 2014)
  ([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 4473701)

- I. VIOLATIONS DES DROITS DE L &apos; HOMME **ANTÉRIEURES** À L &apos; INSURRECTION DE 1996 56
  I. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS **PRIOR** TO THE 1996 INSURGENCY . 44
  ([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 5402252)

- Par conséquent, les décisions **antérieures** de la Commission ne sauraient constituer un facteur décisif.
  Accordingly, **prior** decisions of the Commission cannot be a decisive factor.
  ([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 5071559)

- a Annulations d &apos; engagements contractés lors de périodes **antérieures** et des dépenses d &apos; appui au programme correspondantes.
  a Cancelled **prior** period obligation and related programme support cost.
  ([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 29014189)

- Les données relatives aux années **antérieures** à 2006 ne seront utilisées qu'à des fins de contrôle.
  The data related to the years **prior** to 2006 will be used for monitoring purposes only.
  ([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 546780)

## past

Used about 2 015 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 31 · legal and administrative ≈ 631 · UN documents ≈ 1 353). Meaning: [past in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/past/).

- Se contenter d'injecter de l'argent dans les lieux habités par les Roms ne servira à rien, comme l'ont montré les expériences **antérieures**.
  Simply pumping money into the Roma settlements will not do any good, as **past** experience has shown.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1366984)

- Rétablissement à la suite de pratiques de dumping **antérieures**
  Recovery from **past** dumping
  ([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 1550563)

- Activités **antérieures** dans le domaine des droits des migrants:
  **Past** activities on the subject of migrants &apos; rights:
  ([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 27777670)

- Néanmoins, j'ai déjà dit que je crois qu'il s'agit, pour le nouveau gouvernement roumain, d'un problème politique sérieux hérité de situations **antérieures**.
  However, I also said that I believe this is a serious political problem for the new Romanian Government, which is dogged by what has happened in the **past**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 314698)

- Rétablissement à la suite de pratiques **antérieures** de dumping
  Recovery from **past** dumping
  ([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 2358675)

## earlier

Used about 1 366 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 94 · legal and administrative ≈ 368 · UN documents ≈ 902). Meaning: [earlier in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/earlier/).

- Les documents Microsoft Office de versions égales ou **antérieures** à 2003 qu’on sauve avec un mot de passe peuvent être décodés par des hackers en quelques secondes.
  With Microsoft Office documents, versions 2003 or **earlier**, when you save a file with a password, hackers can break that password in seconds.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marioo and marioo · checked, community translation · [\#8359458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8359458) [\#8359457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8359457))

- Les directives **antérieures** étaient pourtant inappropriées.
  However, those **earlier** directives were inadequate.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 459657)

- Aux fins du paragraphe 1, on entend par «marques **antérieures**»:
  For the purposes of paragraph 1, ‘**earlier** trade marks’ means:
  ([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 1809332)

- Cette évolution a été l &apos; oeuvre de l &apos; ordonnance No 95-11 du 25 février 1995, qui en modifie et en complète les dispositions **antérieures**.
  That development was the work of Ordinance No. 95-11 of 25 February 1995, which amends and supplements the **earlier** provisions.
  ([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 4819582)

- Il est impossible de brûler une copie de l'Enfer de Dante, car la glace du neuvième cercle de l'enfer éteindra toutes les flammes attisées par les pages **antérieures**.
  It is impossible to burn a copy of Dante's Inferno because the ice of the ninth layer of hell will put out any fires kindled with **earlier** pages.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#697690](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/697690) [\#1217113](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1217113))

## More sentences

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

- Les polices d'assurance ne prennent pas en charge les maladies **antérieures**.
  Insurance policies don't cover preexisting conditions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#1265162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1265162) [\#1267466](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1267466))

- Ces tendances sont **antérieures** à la pandémie.
  These trends predate the pandemic.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#12345145](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12345145) [\#12345146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12345146))

- La proposition va également à l'encontre de toutes les dispositions **antérieures** concernant la modulation, puisqu'elle ne prévoit aucun cofinancement de la part des États membres.
  Moreover, the proposal contradicts everything previously laid down concerning modulation, since it makes no provision for cofinancing on the part of the Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 876091)

## Grammar

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