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: # lorsqu — French to English How French *lorsqu* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: lorsqu (181 200), lorsque (244 041). By style: everyday 1 474 · literary 52 · biblical 779 · parliamentary 30 263 · legal and administrative 118 478 · UN documents 274 195. ## when Used about 220 577 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 305 · literary ≈ 44 · biblical ≈ 609 · parliamentary ≈ 21 436 · legal and administrative ≈ 62 941 · UN documents ≈ 134 241). Meaning: [when in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/when/). - **Lorsqu**'il me vit, il s'enfuit. **When** he saw me, he ran away. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CH · checked, community translation · [\#250983](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/250983) [\#1021613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1021613)) - **Lorsqu**'il entra dans la cellule, il la trouva vide. **When** he entered the cell, he found it empty. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 8030) - Joas avait sept ans **lorsqu**’il devint roi. Jehoash was seven years old **when** he began to reign. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2KI 11:21) - **Lorsqu**'ils auront terminé, ils présenteront leur travail au Parlement. **When** they have completed their work, they will report to Parliament. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1967416) - **Lorsque** le conducteur a désactivé l’ESC; **When** the driver has disabled ESC; ([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 5472829) ## where Used about 78 733 times in the texts (literary ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 1 261 · legal and administrative ≈ 43 195 · UN documents ≈ 34 274). Meaning: [where in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/where/). - Après une bonne promenade, **lorsque** je rentrai dans la maison de M. Fridriksson, mon oncle s'y trouvait déjà en compagnie de son hôte. After a good walk I returned to M. Fridrikssen's house, **where** I found my uncle already in his host's company. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 868) - **Lorsque** le SPG fonctionne, un pays peut gravir un nouvel échelon relationnel avec l'UE. **Where** the GSP is a success, a country may graduate to a new relationship with the EU. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 879667) - **lorsqu**'une partie contractante le décide. **where** a Contracting Party so decides. ([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 51859) - Même **lorsque** les services sont maintenus, toutefois, la qualité de l ' éducation en souffre. Even **where** services are maintained, however, education will be of lower quality. ([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 2396843) - Isabeau, ma mie, je ne serai content de Jupiter que **lorsqu**'il aura changé vos deux tétins blancs en deux noires bouteilles, où je téterai du vin de Beaune jour et nuit.» Isabeau, my dear, I shall not be satisfied with Jupiter until he has changed your two white nipples into two black bottles, **where** I may suck wine of Beaune day and night.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5918) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Il est allé la voir **lorsqu**'elle vivait à Londres. He went to see her while she was living in London. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AmarMecheri and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#8252707](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8252707) [\#8303053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8303053)) - Il était doué **lorsqu**'il était petit. He was gifted as a child. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by always and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#8765081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8765081) [\#12185027](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12185027)) - Il est difficile d'attraper un chat noir dans une pièce sombre, surtout **lorsqu**'il n'y est pas. It's difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room, especially if there's no cat there. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#11894556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11894556) [\#11893020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11893020)) ## 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=lorsqu). 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.