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# sauf — French to English

How French *sauf* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 7 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: sauf (69 741), saufs (158). By style: everyday 258 · literary 6 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 1 548 · legal and administrative 23 768 · UN documents 44 315.

## unless

Used about 21 836 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · parliamentary ≈ 178 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 874 · UN documents ≈ 8 771).

- Les chiens ne mordent que rarement, **sauf** s'ils sont attaqués.
  A dog seldom bites **unless** it is attacked.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and CK · checked, community translation · [\#239193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/239193) [\#2362068](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2362068))

- Ils ne peuvent pas trouver de contacts **sauf** s’ils les connaissent personnellement.
  They cannot find their connections **unless** they know them personally.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 662762)

- Volume contingentaire (tonnes en poids net, **sauf** indication contraire)
  Quota volume (in tonnes net weight **unless** otherwise specified)
  ([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 4112200)

- Le M. cutaneus trunci est enlevé **sauf** indication contraire.
  The M. cutaneus trunci is removed **unless** otherwise specified.
  ([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 20868665)

- La fête se tiendra dans le jardin **sauf** en cas de pluie.
  The festival will be held in the garden, **unless** it rains.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hortusdei and timmartin · checked, community translation · [\#26913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/26913) [\#237100](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/237100))

## except

Used about 16 931 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 87 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 279 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 942 · UN documents ≈ 10 617). Meaning: [except in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/except/).

- Personne n'est bon, **sauf** Dieu.
  No one is good, **except** God.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#9141512](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9141512) [\#9141724](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9141724))

- —-Aucunement, **sauf** quelques douleurs d'oreilles.
  "Nothing, **except** a little pain in the ears."
  ([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 2177)

- Mais je vous dis que celui qui répudie sa femme, **sauf** pour infidélité, et qui en épouse une autre, commet un adultère.
  I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, **except** for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 19:9)

- Nous disons «oui», **sauf** pour les amendements 41 et 48.
  We say yes, **except** for Amendments 41 and 48.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 813440)

- **sauf** pour les ballons et dirigeables
  **Except** for balloons and airships.
  ([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 5007104)

## safely

Used about 8 627 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 61 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 254 · UN documents ≈ 8 309). Forms: safe, safely. Meaning: [safely in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/safely/).

- Il est sain et **sauf**.
  He's **safe** and sound.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and ddnktr · checked, community translation · [\#10808858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10808858) [\#10467666](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10467666))

- Vous dites que me voilà sain et **sauf**?
  You say that I am **safe** and sound?"
  ([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 2522)

- Qu’il y ait aussi des montures pour Paul, afin qu’on le mène sain et **sauf** au gouverneur Félix.
  He asked them to provide mounts, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him **safely** to Felix the governor.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 23:24)

- Monsieur le Président, je voudrais vous informer que nous sommes arrivés sains et **saufs** à Strasbourg.
  Mr President, I should like to report that we have arrived **safely** here in Strasbourg.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 482648)

- À chaque fois, les hélicoptères ont pu rentrer sains et **saufs** à Goma.
  In all three cases, the helicopters returned **safely** to Goma.
  ([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 28560548)

## unharmed

Used about 7 416 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · parliamentary ≈ 25 · UN documents ≈ 7 386). Meaning: [unharmed in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/unharmed/).

- Tous les otages ont été relâchés sains et **saufs**.
  All the hostages were released **unharmed**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Archibald and CK · checked, community translation · [\#270372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/270372) [\#128714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/128714))

- - Monsieur le Président, Mesdames et Messieurs, le concept de trêve olympique, ou , qui signifie «lever les mains» - c’est fou comme le grec garde toute sa pertinence quand il s’agit d’exprimer une activité politique - est aussi vieux que les jeux Olympiques eux-mêmes, lorsque, afin que les jeux puissent avoir lieu, l’inviolabilité de l’Olympie était protégée, de telle sorte que ceux qui allaient regarder ou participer aux concours soient sains et **saufs**.
  Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the concept of an Olympic truce or ‘ekecheiria’, meaning ‘raise your hands’ – the Greek language is still extraordinarily relevant when it comes to conveying political activity – is as ancient as the Olympics themselves, when, in order that the games could take place, the inviolability of Olympia was guaranteed, so that those who went to watch or participate in the contests remained **unharmed**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 746709)

- Tous les otages ont été libérés sains et **saufs**.
  All were released **unharmed**.
  ([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 27446813)

- Les membres d &apos; équipage seraient sains et **saufs**.
  The crew is reportedly **unharmed**.
  ([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 20252910)

- Les otages ont alors été libérés sains et **saufs**.
  The hostages were then released **unharmed**.
  ([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 4251618)

## released

Used about 4 155 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 4 155).

- Le 12 mai, les captifs ont été libérés sains et **saufs**.
  On 12 May, the peacekeepers were **released** safely and in good health.
  ([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 28519494)

- Après l &apos; intervention de l &apos; ONU, ils ont été libérés sains et **saufs**, mais sans explication.
  After intervention by the United Nations they were **released** without harm or explanation.
  ([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 374818)

- Tous les membres du personnel enlevés durant les six premiers mois de 2014 ont été relâchés sains et **saufs**.
  All personnel abducted during the first six months of 2014 have been safely **released**.
  ([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 28873849)

- Heureusement tous ont été relâchés sains et **saufs** mais le nombre d &apos; incidents de ce genre paraît être en augmentation.
  Fortunately, all of them had been safely **released**, but the number of such incidents seemed to be rising.
  ([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 3609345)

- Le 22 mai 2005 ou aux alentours de cette date, ils ont tous été libérés sains et **saufs** et emmenés à l &apos; ambassade de Roumanie en Iraq, à Bagdad.
  On or about 22 May 2005, they were all **released** without harm and taken to the Romanian Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
  ([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 19902134)

## otherwise

Used about 2 937 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 476 · UN documents ≈ 462). Meaning: [otherwise in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/otherwise/).

- **Sauf** disposition contraire du présent chapitre, chaque avis de marché envisagé comprend:
  Except as **otherwise** provided for in this Chapter, each notice of intended procurement shall include:
  ([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 167027)

- Ainsi, la Convention ne s &apos; appliquera pas à la Région **sauf** avis contraire du Gouvernement de la République populaire de la Chine.
  To this end, the Convention shall not apply to the Hong Kong SAR until the Government of the People &apos; s Republic of China notifies **otherwise**.
  ([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 13602136)

- **Sauf** indication contraire dans la présente annexe, l'essai est exécuté conformément à la norme CISPR 12 ou CISPR 25.
  If not **otherwise** stated in this annex the test shall be performed according to CISPR 12 or CISPR 25.
  ([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 5565688)

- **Sauf** indication contraire de la présente annexe, l’essai est exécuté conformément à la norme CISPR 25 (2e édition, 2002).
  If not **otherwise** stated in this Annex the test shall be performed according CISPR 25 (second edition 2002).
  ([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 5452522)

- **Sauf** dispositions contraires, les articles en métaux communs incrustés de métaux précieux sont considérés comme plaqués ou doublés.
  Except where the context **otherwise** requires, the expression also covers base metal inlaid with precious metal.
  ([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 4064003)

## return

Used about 462 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 462). Meaning: [return in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/return/).

- Au paragraphe 5 de sa résolution 3212 (XXIX), l &apos; Assemblée générale a déclaré considérer que tous les réfugiés devaient regagner leurs foyers sains et **saufs**.
  In resolution 3212 (XXIX), paragraph 5, the General Assembly considered that all the refugees should **return** to their homes in safety. English
  ([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 5613894)

## More sentences

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

- Tous les essais, **sauf** le vôtre, étaient bons.
  All the essays were good apart from yours.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#12336339](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12336339) [\#8553194](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8553194))

- Un poète peut survivre à tout **sauf** à une erreur d'impression.
  A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#411142](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/411142) [\#1290504](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1290504))

- Je te donnerai tout **sauf** ça.
  I'll give you anything but this.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Mutusen and CK · checked, community translation · [\#54908](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/54908) [\#1318451](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1318451))

## 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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