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# attend — French to English

How French *attend* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: attend (24 620), attende (365), attendes (11), attends (2 798). By style: everyday 765 · literary 22 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 3 827 · legal and administrative 668 · UN documents 22 495.

## expect

Used about 6 325 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 106 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 056 · legal and administrative ≈ 472 · UN documents ≈ 4 686). Forms: expect, expected, expects. Meaning: [expect in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/expect/).

- J'**attends** qu'il m'aide.
  I **expect** him to help me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by eddiegab and CK · checked, community translation · [\#260088](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/260088) [\#127599](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/127599))

- La prieure vous **attend**.
  The prioress **expects** you.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11782)

- le maître de ce serviteur viendra le jour où il ne s’y **attend** pas et à l’heure qu’il ne connaît pas,
  the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn’t **expect** it and in an hour when he doesn’t know it,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 24:50)

- Mais qu'**attend** au juste la société ?
  But just what does society **expect**?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 330271)

- les flux de trésorerie que l'entité s'**attend** à recevoir.
  the cash flows that the entity **expects** to receive.
  ([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 4103332)

## look

Used about 4 274 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 53 · UN documents ≈ 4 218). Meaning: [look in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/look/).

- --Mais comment, monsieur, envisagez-vous donc le sort qui vous **attend**?
  “But how do you **look** upon the fate, sir, which awaits you?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 3163)

- C’est le séjour des morts que j’**attends** pour demeure, C’est dans les ténèbres que je dresserai ma couche;
  If I **look** for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 17:13)

- J’**attends** avec impatience les propositions que la Commission a annoncées pour réduire la pollution à la source.
  I **look** to the Commission in expectation of the proposals that it has announced for reducing pollution at its source.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 851319)

- J &apos; **attends** avec impatience vos questions.
  I **look** forward to your questions.
  ([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 16591952)

- Que les étoiles de son crépuscule s’obscurcissent, Qu’elle **attende** en vain la lumière, Et qu’elle ne voie point les paupières de l’aurore!
  Let the stars of its twilight be dark. Let it **look** for light, but have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 3:9)

## forward

Used about 3 183 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 33 · parliamentary ≈ 475 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 · UN documents ≈ 2 656). Meaning: [forward in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/forward/).

- J'**attends** cela avec impatience.
  I'll look **forward** to it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and CM · checked, community translation · [\#42535](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/42535) [\#6695](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6695))

- J'**attends** avec intérêt vos points de vue !
  I look **forward** to hearing your opinions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 170697)

- De plus, le Liban **attend** avec intérêt la mise sur pied de mécanismes spécifiques de l'UE visant à atténuer les risques liés aux grands programmes d'investissement.
  In addition Lebanon looks **forward** to the setting up of EU specific mechanisms to mitigate the risks associated with large investment programmes.
  ([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 248493)

- J &apos; **attends** avec intérêt de travailler avec eux et avec tous les autres membres du Bureau.
  I am looking **forward** to working with them and other fellow Bureau members.
  ([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 18374886)

- J'**attends** Noël avec impatience.
  I am looking **forward** to Christmas.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Bruno and CK · checked, community translation · [\#253411](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/253411) [\#7321](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7321))

## wait

Used about 2 926 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 561 · literary ≈ 12 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 396 · legal and administrative ≈ 79 · UN documents ≈ 1 875). Forms: wait, waiting. Meaning: [wait in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wait/).

- Hé, **attends** un peu.
  Hey, **wait** a minute.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3575413](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3575413) [\#13378009](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13378009))

- --Je vous **attends** ici.
  “I will **wait** for you here.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28358)

- J’espère en l’Éternel, mon âme espère, Et j’**attends** sa promesse.
  I **wait** for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 130:5)

- Le monde n'**attend** pas les ergotages européens.
  The world is certainly not **waiting** to be patronised by Europe.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 362448)

- Le système central **attend** que tous les États membres destinataires aient répondu, puis regroupe toutes les réponses et transmet la réponse ainsi consolidée à l'État membre demandeur.
  The central hub will **wait** for each responding Member State to answer, consolidate all the answers and forward the consolidated response to the requesting Member State.
  ([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 3970024)

## More sentences

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

- Tout le monde **attend** de me voir.
  Everyone is expecting to see me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by madjidoumnia and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#13807539](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13807539) [\#12771527](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12771527))

- On **attend** de vous que vous les aidiez.
  You're required to help them.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#15803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/15803) [\#3639454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3639454))

- Vous n'êtes pas préparées à ce qui vous **attend**.
  You're not prepared for what awaits you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3729203](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3729203) [\#4196801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4196801))

## 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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