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# rendre — French to English

How French *rendre* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 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: rendre (139 735). By style: everyday 986 · literary 24 · biblical 77 · parliamentary 11 245 · legal and administrative 6 448 · UN documents 120 955.

## make

Used about 28 430 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 41 · literary ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 3 280 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 418 · UN documents ≈ 22 679). Meaning: [make in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/make/).

- Je veux **rendre** mon père fier.
  I want to **make** my father proud.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ceriz and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5193509](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5193509) [\#5193933](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5193933))

- Il fallut, pour lui **rendre** quelque vie et quelque force, qu'elle vit le prêtre faire signe à ses gardiens de s'éloigner et s'avancer seul vers elle.
  She only recovered life and force when she beheld the priest **make** a sign to her guards to withdraw, and himself advance alone towards her.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 5744)

- Ne jure pas non plus par ta tête, car tu ne peux **rendre** blanc ou noir un seul cheveu.
  Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t **make** one hair white or black.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 5:36)

- Il faut en effet **rendre** les droits fondamentaux aussi effectifs que possible.
  We need to **make** fundamental rights as practical as possible.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1186300)

- **rendre** obligatoire le contrôle technique de l’équipement facultatif;
  **make** the testing of optional equipment compulsory;
  ([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 1746568)

## also

Used about 13 808 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 937 · legal and administrative ≈ 269 · UN documents ≈ 12 599). Meaning: [also in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/also/).

- Tu leur donnas ton bon esprit pour les **rendre** sages, tu ne refusas point ta manne à leur bouche, et tu leur fournis de l’eau pour leur soif.
  You gave **also** your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NEH 9:20)

- Il est juste également de **rendre** hommage à notre excellent personnel travaillant dans le nouveau bureau des CE ouvert à Kaboul.
  It is **also** fair to pay tribute to the excellent staff we have at the newly set-up EC office in Kabul.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 410426)

- En règle générale, le RSUE rendra compte en personne au SG/HR et au COPS et peut **rendre** compte également au groupe de travail concerné.
  As a rule, the EUSR will report in person to the SG/HR and to the PSC and may report **also** to the relevant Working Group.
  ([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 875351)

- La création de connaissances devrait **rendre** compte non seulement des échelons mondial et national, mais aussi de la situation au niveau local et de la communauté.
  Building knowledge should reflect not only global and national scales but **also** local context and community.
  ([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 26910801)

- arriva Joseph d’Arimathée, conseiller de distinction, qui lui-même attendait aussi le royaume de Dieu. Il osa se **rendre** vers Pilate, pour demander le corps de Jésus.
  Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who **also** himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 15:43)

## more

Used about 10 988 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 234 · legal and administrative ≈ 672 · UN documents ≈ 10 080). Meaning: [more in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/more/).

- Le ravin était là, inattendu, béant, à pic sous les pieds des chevaux, profond de deux toises entre son double talus; le second rang y poussa le premier, et le troisième y poussa le second; les chevaux se dressaient, se rejetaient en arrière, tombaient sur la croupe, glissaient les quatre pieds en l'air, pilant et bouleversant les cavaliers, aucun moyen de reculer, toute la colonne n'était plus qu'un projectile, la force acquise pour écraser les Anglais écrasa les Français, le ravin inexorable ne pouvait se **rendre** que comblé, cavaliers et chevaux y roulèrent pêle-mêle se broyant les uns sur les autres, ne faisant qu'une chair dans ce gouffre, et, quand cette fosse fut pleine d'hommes vivants, on marcha dessus et le reste passa.
  The ravine was there, unexpected, yawning, directly under the horses’ feet, two fathoms deep between its double slopes; the second file pushed the first into it, and the third pushed on the second; the horses reared and fell backward, landed on their haunches, slid down, all four feet in the air, crushing and overwhelming the riders; and there being no means of retreat,—the whole column being no longer anything **more** than a projectile,—the force which had been acquired to crush the English crushed the French; the inexorable ravine could only yield when filled; horses and riders rolled there pell-mell, grinding each other, forming but one mass of flesh in this gulf: when this trench was full of living men, the rest marched over them and passed on.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 7151)

- Pour **rendre** justice à l’orphelin et à l’opprimé, Afin que l’homme tiré de la terre cesse d’inspirer l’effroi.
  to judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that man who is of the earth may terrify no **more**.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 10:18)

- L'objectif est de les **rendre** plus propices au développement, et de voir ce processus régi en consultation avec les pays en développement.
  The aim is to render them **more** development-friendly, and that process is governed in consultation with the developing countries.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1090343)

- Par exemple, plus de deux chiffres sont nécessaires pour **rendre** compte de la complexité du secteur.
  For example, **more** than two-digits are necessary when addressing the complexity of the sector.
  ([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 2840150)

- L &apos; objectif principal est de **rendre** plus positif le concept des relations entre homme et femme dans la société.
  The main objective is to render society &apos; s perception of gender relations **more** positive.
  ([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 20598465)

## More sentences

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

- J'ai décidé de ne pas me **rendre** en Europe.
  I decided not to go to Europe.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#255859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/255859) [\#472191](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/472191))

- Pourriez-vous me **rendre** un petit service?
  Could you do me a small favor?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2772936](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2772936) [\#3984230](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3984230))

- Je ne peux pas vous dire à quel point je suis heureuse que vous soyez venu nous **rendre** visite.
  I can't tell you how happy I am that you've come to visit us.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#953399](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/953399) [\#1402938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1402938))

## Grammar

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