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# importe — French to English

How French *importe* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: importe (81 836), importes (6). By style: everyday 723 · literary 11 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 7 600 · legal and administrative 7 520 · UN documents 65 977.

## important

Used about 25 192 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 28 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 3 167 · legal and administrative ≈ 451 · UN documents ≈ 21 544). Meaning: [important in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/important/).

- Puis-je demander pourquoi cela vous **importe** autant ?
  Can I ask why this is so **important** to you?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3387480](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3387480) [\#3387658](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3387658))

- Ce détail **importe**, et nous croyons utile de le développer; nous dirions presque, de le souligner.
  This detail is **important**, and we regard it as useful to develop it at length; we should almost say, to underline it.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 3523)

- Ceux qui sont les plus considérés-quels qu’ils aient été jadis, cela ne m’**importe** pas: Dieu ne fait point acception de personnes, ceux qui sont les plus considérés ne m’imposèrent rien.
  But from those who were reputed to be **important**—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 2:6)

- Il **importe** aussi que les bénéficiaires des fonds soient rendus publics.
  It is also **important** for the recipients of EU funds to be made public.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1399146)

- Il **importe** également de prendre en compte l'exposition de la population dans son ensemble.
  It is also **important** to take account of exposure of the population as a whole.
  ([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 4801754)

## any

Used about 11 430 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 128 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 425 · legal and administrative ≈ 451 · UN documents ≈ 9 425). Meaning: [any in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/any/).

- N'**importe** lequel d'entre-nous pourrait le faire.
  **Any** one of us could do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#247367](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/247367) [\#4922947](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4922947))

- Matelote, grosse, ronde, rousse et criarde, ancienne sultane favorite du défunt Hucheloup, était laide, plus que n'**importe** quel monstre mythologique; pourtant, comme il sied que la servante se tienne toujours en arrière de la maîtresse, elle était moins laide que mame Hucheloup.
  Matelote, large, plump, redhaired, and noisy, the favorite ex-sultana of the defunct Hucheloup, was homelier than **any** mythological monster, be it what it may; still, as it becomes the servant to always keep in the rear of the mistress, she was less homely than Mame Hucheloup.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 23597)

- Oui, je suis pour le libre échange, mais pas à n'**importe** quel prix!
  Yes, I am in favour of free trade, but not at **any** price!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 965786)

- Indiquer la nature de tout lien familial existant entre n'**importe** lesquelles de ces personnes.
  The nature of **any** family relationship between any of those persons.
  ([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 437176)

- Une proposition ou une motion ainsi retirée peut être présentée de nouveau par n &apos; **importe** quel représentant.
  A proposal or motion thus withdrawn may be reintroduced by **any** representative.
  ([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 11785724)

## therefore

Used about 4 493 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 451 · UN documents ≈ 4 039). Meaning: [therefore in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/therefore/).

- Qu’**importe** après tout? Car, j’ose le dire, Il détruit l’innocent comme le coupable.
  “It is all the same. **Therefore** I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 9:22)

- Il **importe** de modifier le règlement (CE) no 2535/2001 en conséquence.
  Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 should **therefore** be amended accordingly.
  ([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 1547608)

- Il **importe** par conséquent de conserver la référence à l &apos; article 16.
  The reference to article 16 should **therefore** be retained.
  ([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 4756249)

- Là-dessus, le bruit courut parmi les frères que ce disciple ne mourrait point. Cependant Jésus n’avait pas dit à Pierre qu’il ne mourrait point; mais: Si je veux qu’il demeure jusqu’à ce que je vienne, que t’**importe**?
  This saying **therefore** went out among the brothers that this disciple wouldn’t die. Yet Jesus didn’t say to him that he wouldn’t die, but, “If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 21:23)

- Il **importe** donc de supprimer ces établissements de la liste des établissements en transition.
  Those establishments should **therefore** be deleted from the list of establishments in transition.
  ([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 783328)

## publication

Used about 3 158 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 3 158). Meaning: [publication in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/publication/).

- Il **importe** par conséquent que le présent règlement entre en vigueur le troisième jour suivant celui de sa publication.
  Therefore, this Regulation should enter into force on the third day following that of its **publication**.
  ([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 5263053)

- Il **importe**, par conséquent, que le présent règlement entre en vigueur le troisième jour suivant celui de sa publication,
  Therefore, this Regulation should enter into force on the third day following that of its **publication**,
  ([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 3414512)

- Il **importe**, par conséquent, que le présent règlement entre en vigueur le jour de sa publication au Journal officiel de l'Union européenne,
  Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its **publication** in the Official Journal of the European Union,
  ([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 3988304)

- Il **importe**, par conséquent, que le présent règlement entre en vigueur le jour de sa publication au Journal officiel de l’Union européenne,
  Therefore this Regulation should enter into force on the day of its **publication** in the Official Journal of the European Union,
  ([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 2998217)

- Par conséquent, il **importe** que le présent règlement entre en vigueur le jour suivant celui de sa publication au Journal officiel de l’Union européenne.
  Therefore, this Regulation should enter into force on the day following that of its **publication** in the Official Journal of the European Union.
  ([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 5228207)

## force

Used about 150 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 150). Meaning: [force in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/force/).

- Les informations techniques devant être immédiatement disponibles, il **importe** que le présent règlement entre en vigueur d’urgence.
  Given the need for the immediate availability of the technical information, it is important that this Regulation enters into **force** as a matter of urgency.
  ([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 5238813)

## More sentences

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

- Elle était capable de répondre, qu'**importe** ce qui était demandé.
  She was able to answer whatever was asked.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and CM · checked, community translation · [\#316889](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/316889) [\#334246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/334246))

- Tu peux m'appeler à n'**importe** quelle heure.
  You can call me at whatever time you want.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mamat and FeuDRenais · checked, community translation · [\#453485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/453485) [\#453227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/453227))

- Je ferai n’**importe** quoi pour m’acquitter auprès de vous.
  I'll do anything to make it up to you.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3729138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3729138) [\#11064369](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11064369))

## 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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