Elamur: [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [Parse](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/parse/) · [Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · **Translate** · [Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [MCP](https://mcp.elamur.ai/) · [Groupants](https://md.groupants.elamur.ai/free/en/)

This page as HTML: <https://translate.elamur.ai/free/en/fr-en/lors/>

# lors — French to English

How French *lors* 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: lors (369 698). By style: everyday 234 · literary 4 · biblical 31 · parliamentary 37 578 · legal and administrative 59 185 · UN documents 272 666.

## during

Used about 67 384 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 49 · parliamentary ≈ 3 132 · legal and administrative ≈ 7 398 · UN documents ≈ 56 805). Meaning: [during in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/during/).

- Un grand arbre est tombé **lors** de la tempête.
  A big tree fell **during** the storm.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Clic and LeviHighway · checked, community translation · [\#13559642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13559642) [\#3138419](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3138419))

- **Lors** de l' invasion de votre pays par l' Indonésie, vous êtes entré dans la clandestinité.
  **During** the invasion of your country by Indonesia, you went into hiding.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2049088)

- Des violations des droits de la défense ont été signalées **lors** de procès menés sous sa supervision.
  Violations of rights of defence were reported **during** trials conducted under his supervision.
  ([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 5344461)

- Les nonbelligérants ne doivent pas se retrouver dans une zone de nondroit et sans protection **lors** d &apos; un conflit armé.
  Non-belligerents should not find themselves in a lawless area without protection **during** an armed conflict.
  ([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 13865073)

- Je l'ai rencontrée **lors** de mon passage là-bas.
  I met her **during** my stint there.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1472059](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1472059) [\#1472060](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1472060))

## therefore

Used about 41 752 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 10 177 · legal and administrative ≈ 25 893 · UN documents ≈ 5 681). Meaning: [therefore in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/therefore/).

- C’est pourquoi nous ne perdons pas courage. Et **lors** même que notre homme extérieur se détruit, notre homme intérieur se renouvelle de jour en jour.
  **Therefore** we don’t faint, but though our outward person is decaying, yet our inward person is renewed day by day.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 4:16)

- Faisons-le dès **lors** avec conviction.
  Let us do so, **therefore**, with conviction.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 372411)

- Il convient dès **lors** d'abroger la décision 2006/55/CE,
  Decision 2006/55/EC should **therefore** be repealed,
  ([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 1356041)

- 23. Le suicide est fréquemment la conséquence de la violence domestique et est dès **lors** traité dans le cadre de la prévention de la violence familiale.
  Suicide was most commonly a result of domestic violence and was **therefore** dealt with as part of the prevention of family violence.
  ([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 15376012)

- J’exige dès **lors** des arguments plus spécifiques.
  I **therefore** want more specific arguments.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 681943)

## when

Used about 37 274 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 15 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 3 914 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 932 · UN documents ≈ 28 403). Meaning: [when in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/when/).

- Chacun d'entre nous doit être prudent **lors** qu'il conduit.
  Each of us has to be careful **when** driving.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Apex and CK · checked, community translation · [\#21753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/21753) [\#8014](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8014))

- **Lors** donc que vous vous réunissez, ce n’est pas pour manger le repas du Seigneur;
  **When** therefore you assemble yourselves together, it is not the Lord’s supper that you eat.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 11:20)

- Même **lors** des débats sur le quatrième programme-cadre, il y avait beaucoup de préoccupations à ce sujet.
  Even **when** were debating the Fourth Framework Programme, there was a great deal of concern about that.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 650708)

- Elles sont, le cas échéant, régularisées **lors** de l’apurement comptable de l’année concernée.
  They shall, where appropriate, be settled **when** the accounts for the year concerned are cleared.
  ([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 989562)

- Les produits contenant plus de 0,25 % d &apos; octaBDE sont considérés comme des déchets dangereux **lors** de leur mise au rebut.
  Products containing more than 0.25 % octaBDE are classified as hazardous waste **when** they are discarded.
  ([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 25201194)

## then

Used about 12 942 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 1 566 · UN documents ≈ 11 361). Meaning: [then in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/then/).

- Dès **lors** je ne savais plus quoi faire.
  I didn't know what to do **then**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sak\_sm and CK · checked, community translation · [\#47009](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/47009) [\#12152](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12152))

- C'était une petite masse fort anguleuse et fort remuante, emprisonnée dans un sac de toile imprimé au chiffre de messire Guillaume Chartier, pour **lors** évêque de Paris, avec une tête qui sortait.
  It was a very angular and very lively little mass, imprisoned in its linen sack, stamped with the cipher of Messire Guillaume Chartier, **then** bishop of Paris, with a head projecting.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 2059)

- mais chacun en son rang. Christ comme prémices, puis ceux qui appartiennent à Christ, **lors** de son avènement.
  But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, **then** those who are Christ’s at his coming.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 15:23)

- Pourquoi dès **lors**, Monsieur le Commissaire, ajouter de nouvelles d’exigences à chaque fois aux critères d’adhésion?
  Why **then**, Mr Rehn, should new demands constantly be added to the accession criteria?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 812644)

- Elle a commencé ses travaux le 29 août 2002 et est devenue, depuis **lors**, pleinement opérationnelle et active.
  It began its work on 29 August 2002, and since **then** it has been fully operational and active.
  ([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 8756200)

## More sentences

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

- Comment s'est débrouillée Barbara **lors** de son passage du permis hier ?
  How did Barbara do on her driver's test yesterday?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by GeeZ and CN · checked, community translation · [\#244432](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244432) [\#1540387](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1540387))

- Nous avons tenu compte de toutes nos dépenses **lors** de notre séjour en Australie.
  We kept track of all our expenses while we were in Australia.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#23257](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/23257) [\#390213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390213))

- Comment se fait-il que les citrouilles soient traditionnelles **lors** de la fête d'Halloween ?
  How come pumpkins are traditional on Halloween?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and madhatter5 · checked, community translation · [\#1540415](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1540415) [\#1541053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1541053))

## 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/).

## About these examples

Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. Every example names its source and licence. [Submit a better translation or example](https://md.translate.elamur.ai/free/en/submit/?pair=fr-en&word=lors).


Every example is quoted under its source's licence and credited with it; the rest of the site is open under the Elamur Cosmic License.