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# raisons — French to English

How French *raisons* 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: raisons (98 331). By style: everyday 109 · literary 14 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 11 749 · legal and administrative 14 762 · UN documents 71 696.

## reasons

Used about 73 993 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 98 · literary ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 9 301 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 302 · UN documents ≈ 52 278). Forms: reason, reasons.

- J'avais mes **raisons**.
  I had my **reasons**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#4829393](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4829393) [\#5555268](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5555268))

- --Ah! mille **raisons**!
  “Oh! a thousand **reasons**!”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 6683)

- Et ce pour des **raisons** éthiques.
  This was for ethical **reasons**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1839667)

- autres **raisons** familiales ou personnelles
  Other personal or family **reasons**
  ([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 1520368)

- \* Nouveau tirage pour **raisons** techniques.
  \* Reissued for technical **reasons**.
  ([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 14925689)

## grounds

Used about 6 820 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 490 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 845 · UN documents ≈ 4 481). Meaning: [grounds in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/grounds/).

- Si tu as vraiment des **raisons** pour avoir agi de la sorte, dis-les-moi.
  If you really have **grounds** for acting the way you did, then please tell me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and qdii · checked, community translation · [\#722624](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/722624) [\#722639](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/722639))

- Nous devons supprimer le cannibalisme, tant pour des **raisons** éthiques que pour des **raisons** scientifiques.
  Both on ethical and scientific **grounds**, we must abandon cannibalism.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 201421)

- Absence du travail pour **raisons** de force majeure
  Time off from work on **grounds** of force majeure
  ([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 4871665)

- Quelques-uns ont dû être réinstallés au Danemark, aux États-Unis d &apos; Amérique et au Canada pour des **raisons** de sécurité.
  A few have had to be resettled, on security **grounds**, in Denmark, the United States of America and Canada.
  ([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 6904907)

- Il y a de bonnes **raisons** d'affirmer que Paris était le lieu de fréquentes émeutes même avant la révolution de 1789.
  There are good **grounds** for the view that Paris was the scene of frequent riots even before the revolution of 1789.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and RoyalBee · checked, community translation · [\#35050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/35050) [\#390496](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390496))

## why

Used about 3 234 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 245 · UN documents ≈ 2 987). Meaning: [why in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/why/).

- Sur Tatoeba, tu devras toujours écouter les utilisateurs expérimentés. Ils te diront ce qui ne se fait pas, et pour quelles **raisons**. Alors, fais-le.
  In Tatoeba, you gotta always listen to veteran members. They'll tell you what can't be done and **why**. Then do it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and saeb · checked, community translation · [\#451582](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/451582) [\#809709](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/809709))

- Ce phénomène est à l'origine même des **raisons** pour lesquelles la crise financière a frappé si fort l'UE, en particulier certains de nos États membres.
  This has been at the root and origin of **why** the financial crisis hit the EU so hard, especially some of our Member States.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1390909)

- Sous-thème 3: prise en compte simultanée des **raisons** et de la manière: conclusions et recommandations pour les activités de suivi
  Sub-topic 3: Bringing the **why** and how together: conclusions and recommendations for follow up work
  ([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 24543985)

- 33. M. Prosper (Rapporteur pour le Cambodge) voudrait savoir pour quelles **raisons** les autorités ont refusé de délivrer des papiers d &apos; identité à 19 Khmers Kroms depuis janvier 2010.
  33. Mr. Prosper, Country Rapporteur, wished to know **why** the authorities had refused to issue identity papers to 19 Khmer Krom since January 2010.
  ([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 22447217)

## there

Used about 245 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 245). Meaning: [there in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/there/).

- Dans ce contexte, nous devons avant tout prendre en considération les **raisons** ethniques.
  In the light of such considerations, **there** is a general obligation to make an ethical assessment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 151163)

## More sentences

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

- Pour quelles **raisons** portez-vous plainte contre Dan?
  What are you suing Dan for?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scorpionvenin14 and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#3991532](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3991532) [\#3991615](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3991615))

- Je n'arrive pas à comprendre les **raisons** qui poussent certaines personnes à parasiter les forums.
  I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and fcbond · checked, community translation · [\#328682](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/328682) [\#967668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/967668))

- Je prendrai mes **raisons** de haut, Et je prouverai la justice de mon créateur.
  I will get my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 36:3)

## 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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