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# telle — French to English

How French *telle* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 2 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: telle (142 060), telles (170 367). By style: everyday 418 · literary 38 · biblical 100 · parliamentary 25 066 · legal and administrative 48 834 · UN documents 237 971.

## such

Used about 155 461 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 253 · literary ≈ 28 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 12 272 · legal and administrative ≈ 23 908 · UN documents ≈ 118 985). Meaning: [such in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/such/).

- Ne dis pas de **telles** choses !
  Don't say **such** things.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Spamster · checked, community translation · [\#1935372](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1935372) [\#1935651](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1935651))

- **Telle** était la situation.
  **Such** was the situation.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 18529)

- Moïse, dans la loi, nous a ordonné de lapider de **telles** femmes: toi donc, que dis-tu?
  Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone **such** women. What then do you say about her?”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOH 8:5)

- J'espère que cette fois-ci on m'épargnera une **telle** farce.
  I hope that this time I will be spared **such** a farce.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1182805)

- Ils doivent être conçus de **telle** sorte que:
  These shall be **such** that:
  ([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 5582833)

## as

Used about 75 455 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 35 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 3 133 · legal and administrative ≈ 15 261 · UN documents ≈ 57 014). Meaning: [as in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/as/).

- Essaie de voir les choses **telles** qu'elles sont.
  Try to see things **as** they are.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#67319](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67319) [\#1786433](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1786433))

- Comme on a pu le remarquer dans ce qui a été dit plus haut, le logis était distribué de **telle** sorte que, pour passer dans l'oratoire où était l'alcôve ou pour en sortir, il fallait traverser la chambre à coucher de l'évêque.
  **As** might have been observed from what has been said above, the house was so arranged that in order to pass into the oratory where the alcove was situated, or to get out of it, it was necessary to traverse the Bishop’s bedroom.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1818)

- Comme un lis au milieu des épines, **Telle** est mon amie parmi les jeunes filles.
  **As** a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · SOL 2:2)

- (La Présidente déclare les deux positions communes approuvées **telles** que modifiées)
  (The President declared the two common positions approved **as** amended)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 72623)

- Rés. MEPC.227(64) de l'OMI, **telle** que modifiée.
  IMO Res.MEPC.227(64), **as** amended.
  ([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 4631147)

## More sentences

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

- Une **telle** chose n'arrive pas tous les jours.
  Something like that doesn't happen every day.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and DJ\_Saidez · checked, community translation · [\#10136083](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10136083) [\#12364529](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12364529))

- Une fois, Christophe Colomb se coupa avec un couteau. Cela le mit dans une colère **telle** qu'il coupa le couteau... avec lui-même.
  Christopher Columbus once cut himself with a knife. It made him so angry that he then cut the knife... with himself.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sysko and FeuDRenais · checked, community translation · [\#545957](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/545957) [\#737193](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/737193))

- C'était très impoli de votre part de dire une **telle** chose.
  It was very rude of you to say a thing like that.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#6877020](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6877020) [\#7804160](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7804160))

## Grammar

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