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# jamais — French to English

How French *jamais* 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: jamais (62 841). By style: everyday 5 472 · literary 131 · biblical 159 · parliamentary 11 581 · legal and administrative 2 216 · UN documents 43 282.

## never

Used about 32 161 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 332 · literary ≈ 109 · biblical ≈ 50 · parliamentary ≈ 6 032 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 801 · UN documents ≈ 19 838). Meaning: [never in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/never/).

- Il ne m'aide **jamais**.
  He **never** helps me out.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and fanty · checked, community translation · [\#1580209](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1580209) [\#1675609](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1675609))

- --Une femme n'est **jamais** un homme.
  “A woman is **never** a man.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 11432)

- Car il ne chancelle **jamais**; La mémoire du juste dure toujours.
  For he will **never** be shaken. The righteous will be remembered forever.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 112:6)

- **Jamais** la situation n'avait été aussi tendue au Tibet.
  The situation in Tibet has **never** been so tense.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1113130)

- **Jamais** de toute la vie
  **Never** in my whole life
  ([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 4596628)

## ever

Used about 15 638 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 140 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 2 654 · legal and administrative ≈ 92 · UN documents ≈ 11 722). Meaning: [ever in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ever/).

- As-tu **jamais** assisté à un opéra ?
  Have you **ever** been to an opera?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#953290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953290) [\#1275804](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1275804))

- On n'a **jamais** su à quoi avait trait ce monologue.
  No one has **ever** discovered to what this monologue referred.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 20502)

- Les huissiers répondirent: **Jamais** homme n’a parlé comme cet homme.
  The officers answered, “No man **ever** spoke like this man!”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 7:46)

- L'ESB a été une leçon coûteuse pour l'Europe, qui ne peut plus **jamais** se reproduire.
  BSE has been an expensive lesson for Europe and one that cannot **ever** be repeated.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1773168)

- Cet accord a toutefois expiré sans que FIAC en ait **jamais** fait le moindre usage ou ait acquis un droit de propriété sur le terrain en cause.
  However, the agreement expired without FIAC **ever** making any use of it or acquiring a title for this land.
  ([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 1504127)

## than

Used about 2 183 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 241 · legal and administrative ≈ 139 · UN documents ≈ 1 803). Meaning: [than in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/than/).

- Il convient plus que **jamais** de faire preuve de respect et de tolérance.
  Respect and tolerance are needed more **than** anything else now.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 778672)

- La vitesse affichée ne doit **jamais** être inférieure à la vitesse réelle du véhicule.
  The speed indicated shall not be less **than** the true speed of the vehicle.
  ([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 5580604)

- Cela a représenté le rendement le plus élevé que la Caisse ait **jamais** obtenu.
  This represented a higher return **than** the Fund had achieved in any previous year.
  ([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 21872113)

- Dans ces calculs, les provisions techniques sont calculées déduction faite de la rétrocession, le ratio ne pouvant cependant **jamais** être supérieur à un.
  In these calculations technical provisions shall be calculated net of retrocession but the ratio may in no case be higher **than** 1.
  ([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 612285)

- Quant aux condamnés, ils représentaient entre 39 % et 49 % de la population carcérale totale, sans **jamais** dépasser 50 %.
  The proportion of convicts varies between 39 and 49 per cent of the total, but is not more **than** 50 per cent.
  ([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 4834719)

## before

Used about 908 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 7 · UN documents ≈ 902). Meaning: [before in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/before/).

- David l’apprit ensuite, et il dit: Je suis à **jamais** innocent, devant l’Éternel, du sang d’Abner, fils de Ner, et mon royaume l’est aussi.
  Afterward, when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are guiltless **before** the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2SA 3:28)

- 29. Depuis octobre 1995, M. Lubin n &apos; a **jamais** formellement été informé des charges retenues contre lui et n &apos; a **jamais** été présenté à un juge d &apos; instruction.
  29. Since October 1995, Mr. Lubin has not been informed of the charges against him, and has not been brought **before** an examining magistrate.
  ([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 7303599)

- Les sacrificateurs, les Lévites, ne manqueront **jamais** devant moi de successeurs Pour offrir des holocaustes, brûler de l’encens avec les offrandes, Et faire des sacrifices tous les jours.
  The Levitical priests won’t lack a man **before** me to offer burnt offerings, to burn meal offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 33:18)

## more

Used about 23 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 23). Meaning: [more in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/more/).

- Israël, mets ton espoir en l’Éternel, Dès maintenant et à **jamais**!
  Israel, hope in the LORD, from this time forward and forever **more**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 131:3)

- Que le nom de l’Éternel soit béni, Dès maintenant et à **jamais**!
  Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever **more**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 113:2)

- Mais nous, nous bénirons l’Éternel, Dès maintenant et à **jamais**. Louez l’Éternel!
  but we will bless the LORD, from this time forward and forever **more**. Praise the LORD!
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 115:18)

- L’Éternel gardera ton départ et ton arrivée, Dès maintenant et à **jamais**.
  The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever **more**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 121:8)

- Les marchands parmi les peuples sifflent sur toi; Tu es réduite au néant, tu ne seras plus à **jamais**!
  The merchants among the peoples hiss at you. You have come to a terrible end, and you will be no **more**.”’”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 27:36)

## More sentences

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

- L’Éternel connaît les jours des hommes intègres, Et leur héritage dure à **jamais**.
  The LORD knows the days of the perfect. Their inheritance shall be forever.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 37:18)

- Josué brûla Aï, et en fit à **jamais** un monceau de ruines, qui subsiste encore aujourd’hui.
  So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOS 8:28)

- On ne tirera de toi ni pierres angulaires, ni pierres pour fondements; Car tu seras à **jamais** une ruine, dit l’Éternel…
  They won’t take a cornerstone from you, nor a stone for foundations; but you will be desolate forever,” says the LORD.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JER 51:26)

## 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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