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# certains — French to English

How French *certains* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: certains (364 829). By style: everyday 394 · literary 18 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 36 276 · legal and administrative 52 680 · UN documents 275 457.

## some

Used about 172 505 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 337 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 16 627 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 073 · UN documents ≈ 143 467). Meaning: [some in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/some/).

- **Certains** d'entre nous le détestent.
  **Some** of us hate it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4949943](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4949943) [\#5311663](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5311663))

- Elle se souleva, s'assit, le regarda, et avec un de ces efforts de courage qu'il faut, en **certains** cas, pour se tuer, elle lui dit:
  She raised herself, she sat up, looked in his face, and with an effort of courage such as it must cost in **some** cases to kill one’s self, she said:
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · maupassant pierre jean, row 1839)

- Les péchés de **certains** hommes sont manifestes, même avant qu’on les juge, tandis que chez d’autres, ils ne se découvrent que dans la suite.
  **Some** men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 5:24)

- **Certains** États membres ont plus de jours de congé que d'autres.
  **Some** Member States have a lot more days' holiday than others.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 500832)

- **Certains** actes juridiques de l'Union contiennent déjà des dispositions concernant le REL.
  **Some** existing Union legal acts already contain provisions concerning ADR.
  ([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 2796381)

## certain

Used about 96 994 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 9 069 · legal and administrative ≈ 36 218 · UN documents ≈ 51 648). Meaning: [certain in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/certain/).

- J'ai **certains** principes.
  I have **certain** standards.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3305041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3305041) [\#5552250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5552250))

- Je ne suis pas sans avoir prévu l'éventualité de **certains** obstacles.
  “I have constantly foreseen the likelihood of **certain** obstacles.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 641)

- Car il s’est glissé parmi vous **certains** hommes, dont la condamnation est écrite depuis longtemps, des impies, qui changent la grâce de notre Dieu en dissolution, et qui renient notre seul maître et Seigneur Jésus-Christ.
  For there are **certain** men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JUD 1:4)

- Les pays candidats doivent intensifier leurs efforts dans **certains** domaines.
  The candidate countries must focus their efforts on **certain** areas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 387517)

- abrogeant **certains** actes obsolètes du Conseil
  repealing **certain** obsolete Council acts
  ([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 1941498)

## More sentences

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

- **Certains** jours je me sens comme un croûton et **certains** jours je me sens comme du pain de la veille.
  There are days when I feel like a crouton, and there are days when I feel like stale bread.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#12245458](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12245458) [\#12245454](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12245454))

- Nous sommes **certains** qu'il s'agissait d'un accident.
  We're sure that it was an accident.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5720732](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5720732) [\#6067061](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6067061))

- Cependant, à **certains** égards, je vous ai écrit avec une sorte de hardiesse, comme pour réveiller vos souvenirs, à cause de la grâce que Dieu m’a faite
  But I write the more boldly to you in part as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ROM 15:15)

## Grammar

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