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# devraient — French to English

How French *devraient* 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: devraient (271 615). By style: everyday 188 · literary 2 · biblical 3 · parliamentary 12 885 · legal and administrative 41 091 · UN documents 217 446.

## expected

Used about 31 715 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · UN documents ≈ 31 711).

- Ils **devraient** venir d'un moment à l'autre.
  They are **expected** any minute now.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and Source\_VOA · checked, community translation · [\#681581](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/681581) [\#1132214](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1132214))

- Les travaux **devraient** en principe commencer en décembre 2005.
  Work is **expected** to begin in December 2005.
  ([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 13086127)

- Les États-Unis d &apos; Amérique et l &apos; Union européenne **devraient** être les deux principaux donateurs.
  The United States of America and the European Union are **expected** to be the two largest donors.
  ([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 6602628)

- Les indicateurs de résultats pour chaque réalisation escomptée **devraient** être formulés dans le cadre du plan stratégique à moyen terme.
  Progress indicators for each are **expected** to be articulated through the midterm review.
  ([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 19278895)

- Les résultats préliminaires de l’étude qui sera ainsi effectuée **devraient** en principe être disponibles au dernier trimestre de 1999.
  It is **expected** that the preliminary results of such a study will be available by the last quarter of 1999.
  ([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 5791447)

## provide

Used about 12 165 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 537 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 568 · UN documents ≈ 9 060). Meaning: [provide in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/provide/).

- Les institutions de l'Union, leurs administrations, bureaux de représentation et agents dans l'exercice de leurs fonctions **devraient** toujours se livrer à des présentations d'information neutres et objectives.
  The institutions of the Union, their administrations, their offices and officials should, in exercising their duties, always **provide** neutral and objective information.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1849000)

- Les règles applicables aux provisions et au fonds commun de provisionnement **devraient** fournir un cadre de contrôle interne solide.
  The rules applicable to provisioning and to the common provisioning fund should **provide** a solid internal control framework.
  ([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 4657480)

- Les pouvoirs publics **devraient** également prévoir des régimes de protection sociale adaptés en attendant que d &apos; autres secteurs puissent absorber l &apos; excédent de main-d &apos; œuvre.
  Governments should also **provide** adequate social protection systems until other sectors can absorb the surplus labour.
  ([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 15351955)

- Ces programmes pourraient encourager considérablement la demande du secteur automobile au niveau communautaire et **devraient** permettre de garantir des règles du jeu uniformes au sein du marché intérieur.
  Such schemes may **provide** an important demand stimulus for the automotive industry at Community level and should also ensure a level playing field within the internal market.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1210987)

- Les États membres **devraient** fournir une aide juridictionnelle lorsque cela est nécessaire pour garantir que l'enfant est effectivement assisté d'un avocat.
  Member States should **provide** legal aid where this is necessary to ensure that the child is effectively assisted by a lawyer.
  ([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 3899586)

## public

Used about 11 317 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 537 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 712 · UN documents ≈ 9 060). Meaning: [public in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/public/).

- Les services administratifs et les institutions **devraient** solliciter la réaction du public afin d'évaluer et d'améliorer leur niveau de collaboration et d'identifier de nouvelles opportunités de coopération.
  Executive departments and agencies should solicit **public** feedback to assess and improve their level of collaboration and to identify new opportunities for cooperation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3652775](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652775) [\#3654320](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654320))

- Selon moi, les fondements du pacte **devraient** rester intacts, à savoir un déficit budgétaire n’excédant pas 3% du PIB et une dette publique ne dépassant pas 60%.
  In my view, the core of the Pact should remain intact, namely maximum 3% of GDP for budget shortage and 60% of GDP for **public** debt.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 607992)

- Ceux-ci **devraient** s'acquitter de leurs fonctions de manière impartiale et dans l'intérêt public.
  They should perform their functions impartially and in the **public** interest.
  ([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 3822869)

- j) Les comités **devraient** améliorer la diffusion auprès du public des rapports publiés par les groupes d &apos; experts, tout en assurant la confidentialité requise;
  (j) Committees to improve **public** dissemination of the published reports of the expert groups, while preserving the confidentiality of classified documents;
  ([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 16018959)

- Les services administratifs et les institutions **devraient** tirer parti des nouvelles technologies pour mettre en ligne et aisément disponible pour le public, l'information concernant leurs opérations et leurs décisions.
  Executive departments and agencies should harness new technologies to put information about their operations and decisions online and readily available to the **public**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3652763](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3652763) [\#3654372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3654372))

## work

Used about 10 457 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 537 · legal and administrative ≈ 856 · UN documents ≈ 9 060). Meaning: [work in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/work/).

- Les gens **devraient** être plus animés lorsqu'ils présentent leur travail.
  People need to be more lively when presenting their **work**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and FeuDRenais · checked, community translation · [\#404567](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/404567) [\#404568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/404568))

- Il est incontestable que des personnes de tous âges **devraient** pouvoir travailler pour les institutions, même si elles sont aussi âgées que moi !
  Surely it should be possible for people to **work** for any institution at any age, even if they are as old as I am!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 244858)

- L'Union et la République tunisienne **devraient** coopérer en vue d'atteindre leur objectif commun défini dans le cadre de priorités stratégiques.
  The Union and the Republic of Tunisia should **work** together in order to achieve their common objective as defined under the strategic priorities.
  ([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 4552635)

- Les deux mouvements **devraient** continuer à rechercher activement et à renforcer les synergies dans leur action.
  87. Both movements should continue to actively seek and build synergies in their **work**.
  ([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 23589916)

- Les objectifs présentés dans le programme de travail de l'institut **devraient** notamment permettre de mettre en œuvre les indicateurs de Pékin.
  The aims laid out in the institute's **work** programme should particularly help implement the indicators set out in Beijing.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1347318)

## More sentences

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

- Les étudiants **devraient** essayer de ne pas être en retard.
  Students should try not to be late.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Petro1 and CK · checked, community translation · [\#21359](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21359) [\#9404](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9404))

- Les pommes de terre ne **devraient** pas s'abîmer si vite. Où les stockes-tu ?
  Potatoes shouldn't go bad that fast. Where do you keep them?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12537923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12537923) [\#12753029](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12753029))

- Ils **devraient** coûter cent euros.
  They should cost about €100.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#3272065](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3272065) [\#3272066](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3272066))

## 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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