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Meaning: [wish in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wish/). - C'est ce que je **souhaite**. That's what I **wish**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#5432693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5432693) [\#8064851](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8064851)) - Je **souhaite** beaucoup de succès à Mme Jensen et au commissaire. I **wish** Mrs Jensen and the Commissioner every success. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1253870) - Nombre total d'heures que la personne **souhaite** travailler Number of hours **wished** to work in total ([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 656859) - Cuba **souhaite** partager sa modeste expérience. Cuba **wishes** to share its modest experience. ([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 8738376) - Je vous **souhaite** bonne chance. I **wish** you luck. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Elliv and piksea · checked, community translation · [\#858589](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/858589) [\#11583](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11583)) ## like Used about 5 245 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 38 · parliamentary ≈ 3 121 · legal and administrative ≈ 102 · UN documents ≈ 1 984). Meaning: [like in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/like/). - Que **souhaites**-tu boire ? What would you **like** to drink? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by qdii and CK · checked, community translation · [\#24765](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/24765) [\#590187](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/590187)) - Qui **souhaite** l'appuyer? Who would **like** to speak in support of it? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1871341) - L'Autorité **souhaite** formuler une remarque préliminaire concernant la portée de la présente évaluation. The Authority would **like** to make a preliminary remark regarding the scope of the current assessment. ([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 5630679) - À cet égard, la République islamique d ' Iran **souhaite** présenter ci-après ses vues sur la question. In this regard, the Islamic Republic of Iran would **like** to elaborate its views on this issue below. ([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 30134651) - Reste aussi longtemps que tu le **souhaites**. Stay as long as you **like**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3185026](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3185026) [\#7555120](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7555120)) ## want Used about 4 379 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 125 · parliamentary ≈ 2 270 · UN documents ≈ 1 984). Meaning: [want in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/want/). - Je **souhaite** me laver. I **want** to wash myself. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and marloncori · checked, community translation · [\#774874](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/774874) [\#7064840](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7064840)) - Je **souhaite** juste aborder trois domaines cruciaux. I just **want** to mention three critical areas: first, the time scale; ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 187795) - Le fait est que le Zimbabwe ne **souhaite** pas que ses médias soient aux mains d ' intérêts étrangers. The reason was that Zimbabwe did not **want** its media to fall into the hands of foreign interests. ([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 2755370) - Je **souhaite** me doucher. I **want** to take a shower. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2361777](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2361777) [\#6545474](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6545474)) - Je **souhaite** m'exprimer au sujet du rapport Karamanou sur Europol. I **want** to speak about the Karamanou report on Europol. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 113858) ## take Used about 3 968 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 968). Meaning: [take in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/take/). - Une autre délégation **souhaite**-t-elle prendre la parole? Does any other delegation wish to **take** the floor? ([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 24207683) - Une autre délégation **souhaite**-t-elle prendre la parole à ce stade? Is there anybody else who would like to **take** the floor at this point? ([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 24203158) - Puis-je considérer que l ' Assemblée générale **souhaite** adopter la recommandation et prendre note des informations qui figurent au paragraphe 70? May I **take** it that it is the wish of the General Assembly to approve the recommendation and to take note of the information contained in paragraph 70? ([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 21893484) - Ma délégation **souhaite** exprimer sa reconnaissance aux délégations qui ont préparé de tels rapports à la fin de leurs présidences respectives. My delegation would, of course, like to **take** this opportunity to express its appreciation to those delegations that have already prepared such reports upon completion of their respective presidencies. ([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 3508308) ## assembly Used about 992 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 992). Meaning: [assembly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/assembly/). - M. Diab (Liban) dit que sa délégation **souhaite** faire une déclaration au sujet du projet de résolution en plénière, au nom du Groupe des États arabes. 17. Mr. Diab (Lebanon) said that his delegation would make a statement on the draft resolution in the General **Assembly**, on behalf of the Group of Arab States. ([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 7015370) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Je vous **souhaite** une merveilleuse soirée. I hope you have a wonderful evening. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CM · checked, community translation · [\#3731360](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3731360) [\#3940653](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3940653)) - Je vous **souhaite** à tous une bonne soirée et plus tard des rêves colorés. I hope you all have a good evening, and later, colorful dreams. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by felix63 and kaiperkins271 · checked, community translation · [\#6900590](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6900590) [\#6771990](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6771990)) - Je vous **souhaite** de tout cœur la bienvenue. I welcome you with all my heart. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by fleur74 and qwertydiy · checked, community translation · [\#13752603](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13752603) [\#8424153](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8424153)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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