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# poursuivre — French to English

How French *poursuivre* 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: poursuivre (124 946). By style: everyday 55 · literary 2 · biblical 14 · parliamentary 7 464 · legal and administrative 4 221 · UN documents 113 190.

## continue

Used about 66 480 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 3 577 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 583 · UN documents ≈ 61 311). Meaning: [continue in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/continue/).

- Puis-je **poursuivre** mon voyage ?
  Can I **continue** my trip?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Delapouite and CM · checked, community translation · [\#325568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325568) [\#1398718](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1398718))

- Pourquoi **poursuivre** le dialogue?
  Why **continue** the dialogue?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1765306)

- La consultation peut se **poursuivre** au sein du conseil d'association si les parties en conviennent.
  The consultation may **continue** in the Association Council if the Parties so agree.
  ([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 164680)

- 11. Décide de **poursuivre** l &apos; examen de cette question.
  11. Decides to **continue** the consideration of this matter.
  ([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 17136456)

- Il a décidé de **poursuivre** le plan.
  He decided to **continue** the plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and lohnesinpr · checked, community translation · [\#4038375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4038375) [\#4039208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4039208))

## pursue

Used about 15 661 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 6 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 622 · legal and administrative ≈ 879 · UN documents ≈ 14 149). Meaning: [pursue in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/pursue/).

- Comptes-tu **poursuivre** tes études ?
  Do you intend to **pursue** your education?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and sharptoothed · checked, community translation · [\#2890284](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2890284) [\#11267583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11267583))

- Votre intention est-elle de **poursuivre** les Sioux?
  Do you propose to **pursue** the Sioux?”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2569)

- Veux-tu frapper une feuille agitée? Veux-tu **poursuivre** une paille desséchée?
  Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you **pursue** the dry stubble?
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 13:25)

- Le nouveau gouvernement croate a véritablement besoin d' un soutien fiable et durable pour **poursuivre** les difficiles réformes qu' il doit entreprendre.
  The new Croatian leadership clearly needs dependable and sustained backing to **pursue** demanding reforms.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 102685)

- **Poursuivre** la réforme du régime de retraite et du système d'assurance maladie.
  Further **pursue** the reform of the pension and health insurance systems.
  ([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 774073)

## must

Used about 5 431 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 622 · legal and administrative ≈ 88 · UN documents ≈ 4 716). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/).

- Vous devez le **poursuivre** en justice.
  You **must** sue him.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13328573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13328573) [\#13328617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13328617))

- Il nous faut à présent **poursuivre** nos démarches avec la Commission.
  We **must** obviously take other steps together with the Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1753552)

- Si l’une de ces conditions n’est pas respectée, la demande doit être rejetée et il n’est pas nécessaire de **poursuivre** l’évaluation.
  If any one of those conditions is not met, the application **must** be rejected without there being a need to examine the others.
  ([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 1347179)

- Il s &apos; agit dans ce cas de délits transnationaux qu &apos; il faut prévenir, **poursuivre** et punir.
  Those were transnational crimes that **must** be prevented, prosecuted and punished.
  ([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 14881289)

- Vous devez le **poursuivre** en justice.
  You **must** take him to court.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by menaud and menaud · checked, community translation · [\#13328613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13328613) [\#13328617](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13328617))

## efforts

Used about 2 845 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 311 · legal and administrative ≈ 176 · UN documents ≈ 2 358).

- Je demande à l'Union africaine de **poursuivre** ses efforts pour assurer la paix dans la région des Grands Lacs.
  I ask the African Union to make further **efforts** to ensure peace in the Great Lakes Region.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1165191)

- par une déclaration écrite du médiateur, après consultation des Parties, indiquant qu'il ne servirait à rien de **poursuivre** la médiation;
  by a written declaration of the mediator, after consulting with the Parties, that further **efforts** at mediation would be to no avail;
  ([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 256539)

- Les efforts tendant à mettre en place un système de coopération financière capable de prévoir et de prévenir les graves crises financières doivent se **poursuivre** et être intensifiés.
  Therefore, current **efforts** to establish a system of financial cooperation capable of providing early warning and preventing the emergence of serious financial crises must be continued and intensified.
  ([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 2423450)

- Nous devons **poursuivre** les efforts à tous les niveaux afin de montrer que les initiatives européennes sont bien fondées et apportent une véritable valeur ajoutée.
  **Efforts** must be pursued at all levels to show that European initiatives are well founded and add real value.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 791990)

- estime toutefois que d'autres progrès sont possibles et demande à l'Office de **poursuivre** ses efforts d'amélioration du contrôle de son budget à l'avenir;
  considers, however, that there is still room for improvement and calls on the Office to further improve its budget monitoring **efforts** in the future;
  ([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 5604165)

## work

Used about 2 359 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 2 358). Meaning: [work in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/work/).

- J'ai décidé de **poursuivre** ce travail.
  I have decided to carry on the **work**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#321613](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/321613) [\#135157](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/135157))

- Considérant qu &apos; il est indispensable de **poursuivre** cet important travail avec l &apos; appui du Conseil économique et social,
  Recognizing the necessity of continuing this important **work** with the support of the Economic and Social Council,
  ([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 26460140)

## More sentences

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

- La lionne finit par **poursuivre** la gazelle.
  The lioness finally gave chase to the gazelle.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and papabear · checked, community translation · [\#851126](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/851126) [\#12348852](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12348852))

- Il a brièvement pensé **poursuivre** l'homme.
  For a moment, he thought of going after the man.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by belgavox and CK · checked, community translation · [\#27715](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/27715) [\#1153620](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1153620))

- Il a décidé de **poursuivre** le plan.
  He decided to get on with the plan.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and CM · checked, community translation · [\#290730](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/290730) [\#4039208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4039208))

## 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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