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# précédemment — French to English

How French *précédemment* 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: précédemment (30 948). By style: everyday 3 · biblical 11 · parliamentary 2 000 · legal and administrative 4 115 · UN documents 24 819.

## previously

Used about 13 278 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 625 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 829 · UN documents ≈ 9 824). Meaning: [previously in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/previously/).

- Il fera exactement ce qu'il a décidé **précédemment**.
  They will do exactly as they have **previously** decided.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1078098)

- Transferts d'UQAE **précédemment** reportées
  Transfers of **previously** banked AEAs
  ([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 4985249)

- 3. Rétablissement de réclamations **précédemment** rejetées
  Reinstatement of claims **previously** rejected
  ([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 11062691)

- La Commission préférerait dès lors s'en tenir à ce qui a été **précédemment** convenu.
  The Commission would prefer, therefore, to stick to what has **previously** been agreed.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 304095)

- Aucune pratique de dumping n'a été observée **précédemment**.
  No dumping was found to have taken place **previously**.
  ([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 4094933)

## earlier

Used about 3 984 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 708 · legal and administrative ≈ 171 · UN documents ≈ 3 102). Meaning: [earlier in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/earlier/).

- Je te suis reconnaissant pour ce que tu as fait **précédemment**.
  I appreciate what you did **earlier**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1933608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1933608) [\#4234044](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4234044))

- Je ne peux rien ajouter à ce que j’ai dit **précédemment**.
  I cannot add anything to what I said **earlier**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 623936)

- Le programme a-t-il été soumis **précédemment** à une autorité compétente de l'Union européenne ou de l'EEE?
  Has the programme been submitted to an EU or EEA appropriate authority at an **earlier** stage?
  ([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 4323027)

- Nous allons suivre la procédure évoquée **précédemment** et appliquée hier.
  We will follow the procedure outlined **earlier** and used yesterday.
  ([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 10232761)

- Je vous suis reconnaissant pour ce que vous avez fait **précédemment**.
  I appreciate what you did **earlier**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1933608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1933608) [\#4234041](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4234041))

## above

Used about 3 056 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 42 · legal and administrative ≈ 429 · UN documents ≈ 2 585). Meaning: [above in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/above/).

- Il en a été de même en deuxième lecture et la procédure de conciliation a été engagée avec le résultat indiqué dans le rapport **précédemment** mentionné.
  The same happened in the second reading and the conciliation procedure was opened with the result laid down in the **above**-mentioned report.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1715505)

- Le processus décrit **précédemment** et les informations utilisées à cet effet doivent satisfaire au document technique suivant:
  The **above** process and the information used therefor shall comply with the technical document(s):
  ([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 2377680)

- Outre les observations formulées **précédemment**, le Comité a noté ce qui suit.
  In addition to the **above** observations, the Board noted the following.
  ([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 13211893)

- Cette détérioration concerne l'utilisation des capacités, la production, les ventes et les prix de vente unitaires, tels que décrits **précédemment**.
  This concerns the capacity utilisation, production, sales and unit sales prices, as described **above**.
  ([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 4906862)

- Les formalités de traduction prévues **précédemment** doivent obligatoirement être respectées.
  The regulations on the provision of interpreting services described **above** must also be followed;
  ([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 26052582)

## formerly

Used about 1 936 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 42 · legal and administrative ≈ 343 · UN documents ≈ 1 551). Meaning: [formerly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/formerly/).

- Décharge 2006: Agence européenne des droits fondamentaux (**précédemment** l'Observatoire européen des phénomènes racistes et xénophobes) (
  2006 discharge: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (**formerly** European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia) (
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1063045)

- PHOSPHONATES DE POTASSIUM (**PRÉCÉDEMMENT** PHOSPHITE DE POTASSIUM)
  POTASSIUM PHOSPHONATES (**FORMERLY** POTASSIUM PHOSPHITE)
  ([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 4260400)

- d Dont 27 postes d &apos; auditeur résident dont le coût était **précédemment** imputé au budget des différentes missions de maintien de la paix.
  d Includes 27 posts for resident auditors **formerly** budgeted under individual peacekeeping operations.
  ([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 9941030)

- le régime des autorisations préalables (**précédemment** appelé «régime des licences préalables»);
  Advance Authorisation Scheme (**formerly** known as Advance Licence Scheme);
  ([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 2351012)

- Le même jour, le Gouvernement congolais annonçait sa victoire, ayant pris toutes les grandes agglomérations **précédemment** aux mains du M23.
  On the same day, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced its victory, having captured all the major towns **formerly** held by M23.
  ([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 28562291)

## More sentences

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

- Comparé à **précédemment**, c'est déjà grandement amélioré.
  Compared to before, it's already improved greatly.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Feryll · checked, community translation · [\#1681156](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1681156) [\#1681485](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1681485))

- La troisième année du règne du roi Belschatsar, moi, Daniel, j’eus une vision, outre celle que j’avais eue **précédemment**.
  In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DAN 8:1)

- Je restai sur la montagne, comme **précédemment**, quarante jours et quarante nuits. L’Éternel m’exauça encore cette fois; l’Éternel ne voulut pas te détruire.
  I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me that time also. The LORD would not destroy you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 10:10)

## 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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