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# derniers — French to English

How French *derniers* 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: derniers (61 244). By style: everyday 188 · literary 13 · biblical 25 · parliamentary 7 125 · legal and administrative 7 186 · UN documents 46 707.

## months

Used about 11 357 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 375 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 144 · UN documents ≈ 5 838).

- Cela a permis de faire grandement progresser ce projet au cours de ces **derniers** mois.
  It has brought with it great progress in the development of this project in past **months**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1005167)

- la dourine n’est pas apparue au cours des six **derniers** mois,
  dourine has not occurred during the last six **months**;
  ([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 4489579)

- h) L &apos; immigration dans la zone considérée au cours des douze **derniers** mois;
  Migration into area over previous 12 **months**
  ([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 17248175)

- Les difficultés rencontrées ces **derniers** mois ne doivent pas nous faire perdre de vue l'essentiel.
  The problems of recent **months** must not make us lose sight of the fundamentals.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1922022)

- NOMBRE APPOXIMATIF DE LIVRES LUS AU COURS DES 12 **DERNIERS** MOIS
  APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF BOOKS READ IN THE LAST 12 **MONTHS**
  ([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 2148191)

## last

Used about 11 292 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 39 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 20 · parliamentary ≈ 594 · legal and administrative ≈ 898 · UN documents ≈ 9 731). Meaning: [last in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/last/).

- Ils ont été les **derniers** à arriver.
  They were **last** to arrive.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#12766366](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12766366) [\#2296629](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2296629))

- Les habitants de la masure atteignirent ainsi les **derniers** jours de l'hiver.
  Thus the inhabitants of the house reached the **last** days of winter.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9544)

- Sache que, dans les **derniers** jours, il y aura des temps difficiles.
  But know this: that in the **last** days, grievous times will come.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2TI 3:1)

- Madame la Présidente, je suis heureux que mes **derniers** mots portent sur la Turquie.
  Member of the Commission. - Madam President, I am glad to say my **last** word on Turkey.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1331144)

- les deux **derniers** chiffres de l'année d'apposition du marquage «CE».
  the **last** two digits of the year in which the CE marking was affixed.
  ([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 906747)

## recent

Used about 6 432 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 594 · UN documents ≈ 5 838). Meaning: [recent in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/recent/).

- Par ailleurs, il est clair que, ces **derniers** temps, le climat politique s’est dégradé.
  It is clear, moreover, that, in **recent** times, the political climate has deteriorated.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 791552)

- viii) trois **derniers** coupons de versement des cotisations à la date de la sépulture (original);
  (viii) The three most **recent** payment coupons up to the date of burial (originals);
  ([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 2837758)

- Il n'est pas mis en place de personnel auxiliaire dans ce domaine et il faut revenir sur les coupes des moyens financiers opérées ces **derniers** temps.
  This is no job for auxiliary staff, and **recent** cutbacks in this domain must be reversed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 201015)

- Le Groupe de travail sera informé par le secrétariat des **derniers** faits nouveaux dans le domaine de la sécurité routière.
  The Working Party will be informed about **recent** road safety related developments.
  ([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 24626883)

- Monsieur le Président, chers collègues, ces **derniers** temps, la collaboration régionale entre les États de l'Afrique de l'ouest progresse.
  Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, regional co-operation between the states of West Africa has made good progress in **recent** times.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2010746)

## days

Used about 1 393 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 55 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 188 · legal and administrative ≈ 150).

- Il a fait chaud ces **derniers** jours.
  It's been warm the last few **days**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GB3 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4397603](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4397603) [\#4797522](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4797522))

- Dieu, dans ces **derniers** temps, nous a parlé par le Fils, qu’il a établi héritier de toutes choses, par lequel il a aussi créé le monde,
  has at the end of these **days** spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 1:2)

- Au contraire, la violence de ces **derniers** jours a été particulièrement aiguë.
  Indeed, the violence in recent **days** has been particularly acute.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1850892)

- Facteur de multiplication (ms) x moyenne des 60 **derniers** jours ouvrés (SVaRavg)
  Multiplication factor (ms) x Average of previous 60 working **days** (SVaRavg)
  ([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 5168312)

- Les prix sont stables ces **derniers** jours.
  Prices are stable these **days**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ajira86 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#60793](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/60793) [\#442691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/442691))

## past

Used about 1 123 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 150 · UN documents ≈ 973). Meaning: [past in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/past/).

- aucun signe clinique, pathologique ou sérologique de la maladie d'Aujeszky n'y avait été enregistré au cours des trente **derniers** jours.
  no clinical, pathological or serological evidence of Aujeszky’s disease had been recorded for the **past** 30 days;
  ([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 1713972)

- Je demande pardon aux plus de 600 Palestiniens - hommes, femmes, enfants et personnes âgées - qui ont perdu la vie au cours des **derniers** jours.
  I want to apologize for the more than 600 Palestinians -- men, women, elderly persons, girls and boys -- who lost their lives in the **past** few days.
  ([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 28746206)

## few

Used about 9 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · literary ≈ 1). Meaning: [few in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/few/).

- Ça fait quelques mois que je suis là mais je n'ai que peu de temps disponible, ces **derniers** temps.
  I've been here for a **few** months but I only have a little bit of spare time nowadays.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3521747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3521747) [\#3521748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3521748))

- En ce moment, quelques auditeurs, peu intéressés par le récit rétrospectif du missionnaire, quittèrent le wagon; mais William Hitch, continuant, raconta «comment Smyth junior, réunissant son père, ses deux frères et quelques disciples, fonda la religion des Saints des **derniers** jours--, religion qui, adoptée non seulement en Amérique, mais en Angleterre, en Scandinavie, en Allemagne, compte parmi ses fidèles des artisans et aussi nombre de gens exerçant des professions libérales; comment une colonie fut fondée dans l'Ohio; comment un temple fut élevé au prix de deux cent mille dollars et une ville bâtie à Kirkland; comment Smyth devint un audacieux banquier et reçut d'un simple montreur de momies un papyrus contenant un récit écrit de la main d'Abraham et autres célèbres Égyptiens.»
  Several of the audience, not being much interested in the missionary’s narrative, here left the car; but Elder Hitch, continuing his lecture, related how Smith, junior, with his father, two brothers, and a **few** disciples, founded the church of the “Latter Day Saints,” which, adopted not only in America, but in England, Norway and Sweden, and Germany, counts many artisans, as well as men engaged in the liberal professions, among its members; how a colony was established in Ohio, a temple erected there at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars, and a town built at Kirkland; how Smith became an enterprising banker, and received from a simple mummy showman a papyrus scroll written by Abraham and several famous Egyptians.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2222)

- Ces temps **derniers**, Israël et l'Iran ont vraiment très peu de choses en commun, mais l'espéranto en fait partie.
  Recently, Israel and Iran have very **few** things in common, but Esperanto is one of them.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1394873](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1394873) [\#1394869](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1394869))

## More sentences

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

- Ces **derniers** temps ont été difficiles pour Tom.
  Tom has been going through a rough patch lately.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kamillel and CK · checked, community translation · [\#9323578](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9323578) [\#3780250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3780250))

- Vous avez commis trop d'erreurs ces **derniers** temps.
  You've been making too many mistakes recently.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#9934986](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9934986) [\#11764801](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11764801))

- J'ai été très occupé ces **derniers** temps.
  I've been very busy lately.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Yemana and CK · checked, community translation · [\#257659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/257659) [\#5655831](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5655831))

## Grammar

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