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# continuent — French to English

How French *continuent* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: continuent (57 207). By style: everyday 32 · literary 1 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 2 567 · legal and administrative 2 181 · UN documents 52 424.

## continue

Used about 34 362 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 1 177 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 499 · UN documents ≈ 31 673). Meaning: [continue in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/continue/).

- Les prix **continuent** de grimper.
  Prices **continue** to climb.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#703070](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/703070) [\#9159703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9159703))

- Quant aux tortionnaires, ils **continuent** de sévir dans la plus totale impunité.
  As for the torturers, they **continue** their ruthless acts with total impunity.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 208457)

- Il convient donc que ces mentions **continuent** de bénéficier d'une protection automatique au titre du présent règlement.
  Those terms should therefore **continue** to be automatically protected under this Regulation.
  ([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 4886850)

- Ces sanctions **continuent** de porter préjudice au Libéria.
  Sanctions **continue** to hurt Liberia.
  ([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 11590398)

- Les gens **continuent** de labourer la terre.
  People **continue** plowing the dirt.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by amazighsatlasblideen and tieguy · checked, community translation · [\#11612771](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11612771) [\#7682233](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7682233))

## still

Used about 7 523 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 695 · legal and administrative ≈ 273 · UN documents ≈ 6 553). Meaning: [still in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/still/).

- Les Taliban **continuent** à soutenir al-Qaïda.
  The Taliban **still** supports al-Qaeda.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11074526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11074526) [\#12495234](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12495234))

- Malgré la valeur prouvée du programme, les recherches **continuent**.
  Despite the proven value of the programme, research is **still** continuing.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1019482)

- Des briquets ne présentant pas des caractéristiques de sécurité enfants **continuent** d’être mis sur le marché.
  Lighters that are not child-resistant are **still** being placed 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 2777425)

- Les enfants **continuent** de faire l &apos; objet de traite vers la Thaïlande, le Viet Nam et plusieurs autres pays.
  Children are **still** the objects of trafficking to Thailand, Vietnam and a number of countries.
  ([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 29531521)

- Les consommateurs **continuent** de se faire plumer par les banques.
  Consumers are **still** getting fleeced by the banks.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#11953660](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11953660) [\#11953661](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11953661))

## keep

Used about 1 104 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 12 · UN documents ≈ 1 092). Meaning: [keep in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/keep/).

- Les prix **continuent** d'augmenter.
  Prices **keep** going up.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5398357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5398357) [\#7683288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7683288))

- Certains experts ont dit qu &apos; ils préféraient que les véhicules de la catégorie M1 **continuent** d &apos; être couverts par le Règlement nº 13.
  Some experts preferred to **keep** category M1 vehicles in Regulation No. 13.
  ([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 14439108)

- Les yeux **continuent** à me brûler.
  My eyes **keep** burning.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#1127462](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1127462) [\#2061653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2061653))

- Les factures **continuent** à s'entasser.
  The bills **keep** piling up.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#534646](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/534646) [\#539092](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/539092))

- Les anciennes coutumes **continuent** de disparaître.
  Old customs **keep** disappearing.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#3870104](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3870104) [\#7811146](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7811146))

## More sentences

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

- Les prix **continuent** de grimper.
  Prices go on rising.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#319932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/319932) [\#9159703](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9159703))

- Les prix **continuent** d'augmenter.
  Prices go on rising.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#319932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/319932) [\#7683288](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7683288))

- Elles **continuent** à appeler.
  They are continuing to call.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and MTC · checked, community translation · [\#3636643](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3636643) [\#3639498](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3639498))

## 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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