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# lesquelles — French to English

How French *lesquelles* 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: lesquelles (116 925). By style: everyday 44 · literary 14 · biblical 51 · parliamentary 6 678 · legal and administrative 20 268 · UN documents 89 870.

## conditions

Used about 9 417 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 417 · legal and administrative ≈ 3 378 · UN documents ≈ 5 617).

- Il y a des conditions sous **lesquelles** rompre une promesse ou dire un mensonge sont acceptables.
  There are **conditions** under which breaking a promise or telling a lie are acceptable.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#950168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950168) [\#950478](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950478))

- L’Europe est là pour améliorer les conditions dans **lesquelles** nous vivons tous.
  Europe is there to improve the **conditions** under which all of us live.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 729336)

- la certification des conditions dans **lesquelles** les produits ont séjourné dans le pays de transit; ou
  certifying the **conditions** under which the products remained in the transit country; or
  ([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 240321)

- 3. La teneur de chaque registre et les conditions dans **lesquelles** il est tenu sont déterminées par l &apos; État d &apos; immatriculation intéressé.
  3. The contents of each registry and the **conditions** under which it is maintained shall be determined by the State of registry concerned.
  ([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 23305174)

- Il est des circonstances dans **lesquelles** rompre une promesse ou proférer un mensonge sont admissibles.
  There are **conditions** under which breaking a promise or telling a lie are acceptable.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#950168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/950168) [\#1968840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1968840))

## there

Used about 8 194 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 696 · UN documents ≈ 7 489). Meaning: [there in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/).

- Il y a des manières, par **lesquelles**, nous pouvons le faire.
  **There** are ways we can do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#12372036](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12372036) [\#12372039](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12372039))

- On peut distinguer sur sa ruine trois sortes de lésions qui toutes trois l'entament à différentes profondeurs: le temps d'abord, qui a insensiblement ébréché çà et là et rouillé partout sa surface; ensuite, les révolutions politiques et religieuses, **lesquelles**, aveugles et colères de leur nature, se sont ruées en tumulte sur lui, ont déchiré son riche habillement de sculptures et de ciselures, crevé ses rosaces, brisé ses colliers d'arabesques et de figurines, arraché ses statues, tantôt pour leur mitre, tantôt pour leur couronne; enfin, les modes, de plus en plus grotesques et sottes, qui depuis les anarchiques et splendides déviations de la renaissance, se sont succédé dans la décadence nécessaire de l'architecture.
  One can distinguish on its ruins three sorts of lesions, all three of which cut into it at different depths; first, time, which has insensibly notched its surface here and **there**, and gnawed it everywhere; next, political and religious revolution, which, blind and wrathful by nature, have flung themselves tumultuously upon it, torn its rich garment of carving and sculpture, burst its rose windows, broken its necklace of arabesques and tiny figures, torn out its statues, sometimes because of their mitres, sometimes because of their crowns; lastly, fashions, even more grotesque and foolish, which, since the anarchical and splendid deviations of the Renaissance, have followed each other in the necessary decadence of architecture.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1716)

- Là, tu bâtiras un autel à l’Éternel, ton Dieu, un autel de pierres, sur **lesquelles** tu ne porteras point le fer;
  **There** you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 27:5)

- Ils se caractérisent par une multiplication d'instances pour **lesquelles** une coordination est nécessaire.
  **There** are now many areas where the police have to cooperate.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 272087)

- En outre, il n &apos; existe pas de règles claires quant aux circonstances dans **lesquelles** les tuteurs sont nommés.
  Moreover, **there** were no clear rules as to the circumstances in which guardians were appointed.
  ([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 20668408)

## why

Used about 6 315 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 696 · UN documents ≈ 5 617). Meaning: [why in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/why/).

- C'est une des raisons pour **lesquelles** je ne le referai plus jamais.
  That's one reason **why** I'll never do it again.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and Zifre · checked, community translation · [\#700475](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/700475) [\#890887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/890887))

- Rejetez loin de vous toutes les transgressions par **lesquelles** vous avez péché; faites-vous un cœur nouveau et un esprit nouveau. Pourquoi mourriez-vous, maison d’Israël?
  Cast away from you all your transgressions in which you have transgressed; and make yourself a new heart and a new spirit. For **why** will you die, house of Israel?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZE 18:31)

- Je ne pourrais jamais expliquer aux citoyens les raisons pour **lesquelles** je pourrais voter pour une telle proposition.
  I could never explain to the public **why** I might vote for such a proposal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 755497)

- Là, les témoins à charge ont exposé les raisons pour **lesquelles** ils vivent et lutte dans un mouvement de résistance.
  On this occasion, the witnesses for the prosecution explained **why** they live and fight as protagonists of the resistance.
  ([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 15113204)

- Monsieur le Président, telles sont les raisons pour **lesquelles** nous désirons amender le règlement sur ce point.
  Mr President, this is **why** we are tabling our amendments to the regulation on this point.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1817841)

## reasons

Used about 5 301 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 696 · legal and administrative ≈ 845 · UN documents ≈ 3 745).

- C'est l'une des raisons pour **lesquelles** j'adore Tatoeba.
  This is one of the **reasons** why I love Tatoeba.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1654176](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1654176) [\#1654800](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1654800))

- --**Lesquelles**, s'il vous plaît?
  “What **reasons**, if you please?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6684)

- C'est l'une des raisons pour **lesquelles** j'ai décidé de voter pour ce rapport.
  This is one of the **reasons** for which I have decided to vote in favour of this report.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1349525)

- Chaque demande de traitement confidentiel indique les raisons pour **lesquelles** l'information est confidentielle.
  Each request for confidentiality shall state the **reasons** why the information is confidential.
  ([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 3626745)

- Il y a donc plusieurs raisons pour **lesquelles** il est facile de faire tout ce mal à des enfants. &gt; &gt;
  So there are many **reasons** which facilitate the abuse of children in this way. &quot;
  ([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 6954628)

## More sentences

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

- Existe-t-il d'autres planètes sur **lesquelles** la vie puisse exister ?
  Do other planets exist, on which life can exist?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#710236](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/710236) [\#710250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/710250))

- Les personnes avec **lesquelles** il vit à Londres vont venir me voir.
  The people he is living with in London are coming to see me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and CK · checked, community translation · [\#29305](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/29305) [\#428841](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/428841))

- Les limites de ma langue sont les limites de mon esprit. Je ne sais que des choses pour **lesquelles** j'ai des mots.
  The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10558129](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10558129) [\#10558161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10558161))

## 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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