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# voudrais — French to English

How French *voudrais* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: voudrais (91 298). By style: everyday 820 · literary 9 · biblical 26 · parliamentary 59 361 · legal and administrative 1 · UN documents 31 081.

## like

Used about 59 352 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 461 · literary ≈ 7 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 42 047 · UN documents ≈ 16 836). Meaning: [like in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/like/).

- Je **voudrais** que tu viennes.
  I'd **like** you to come.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#11956357](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11956357) [\#2838565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2838565))

- Oh! que je **voudrais** donc la voir!
  Oh, how I should **like** to see her!
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6355)

- Agrippa dit à Festus: Je **voudrais** aussi entendre cet homme. Demain, répondit Festus, tu l’entendras.
  Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would **like** to hear the man myself.” “Tomorrow,” he said, “you shall hear him.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 25:22)

- Je **voudrais** en ajouter deux de plus.
  I would just **like** to add two more.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1473911)

- Je **voudrais** également ajouter quelques observations.
  I should **like** also to add some further comments.
  ([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 5848785)

## wish

Used about 5 765 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 51 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 2 473 · UN documents ≈ 3 238). Meaning: [wish in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wish/).

- Je **voudrais** être à Paris.
  I **wish** I were in Paris.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by alexmarcelo and CN · checked, community translation · [\#1105811](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1105811) [\#1105814](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1105814))

- je **voudrais** être maintenant auprès de vous, et changer de langage, car je suis dans l’inquiétude à votre sujet.
  but I could **wish** to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GAL 4:20)

- Je **voudrais** pouvoir comparer objectivement.
  I **wish** to be able to make objective comparisons.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1596184)

- La dernière remarque que je **voudrais** faire concerne le paragraphe 7.
  The last point I **wish** to make concerns paragraph 7.
  ([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 6812270)

- Je **voudrais** déposer une plainte.
  I **wish** to make a complaint.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4081899](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4081899) [\#4082687](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4082687))

## let

Used about 4 535 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 4 533). Meaning: [let in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/let/).

- Mon père m’a fait jurer, en disant: Voici, je vais mourir! Tu m’enterreras dans le sépulcre que je me suis acheté au pays de Canaan. Je **voudrais** donc y monter, pour enterrer mon père; et je reviendrai.
  ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now therefore, please **let** me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.’”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · GEN 50:5)

- Avant de conclure, je **voudrais** également mentionner quatre autres enseignements.
  Before I conclude, **let** me also quickly touch on four other lessons.
  ([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 23779845)

- Gédéon dit à Dieu: Que ta colère ne s’enflamme point contre moi, et je ne parlerai plus que cette fois: Je **voudrais** seulement faire encore une épreuve avec la toison: que la toison seule reste sèche, et que tout le terrain se couvre de rosée.
  Gideon said to God, “Don’t **let** your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JDG 6:39)

- Je **voudrais** attirer l &apos; attention de la Commission sur certains d &apos; entre eux.
  **Let** me briefly draw the attention of the Commission to some of them.
  ([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 10290362)

- Je **voudrais** mettre en lumière les messages politiques clefs contenus dans le projet de résolution de cette année.
  **Let** me highlight the key political messages of this year &apos; s draft resolution.
  ([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 21901440)

## say

Used about 3 730 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · biblical ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 710). Meaning: [say in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/say/).

- **Voudrais**-tu le dire encore une fois ?
  Would you **say** it once more?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#31720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/31720) [\#1339997](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1339997))

- Si tu as quelque chose à dire, réponds-moi! Parle, car je **voudrais** te donner raison.
  If you have anything to **say**, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JOB 33:32)

- Je **voudrais**, si vous me le permettez, revenir sur quelques points.
  Let me just **say** a few things.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1214783)

- Je ne **voudrais** pas, si les Macédoniens m’accompagnent et ne vous trouvent pas prêts, que cette assurance tournât à notre confusion, pour ne pas dire à la vôtre.
  lest by any means, if anyone from Macedonia comes there with me and finds you unprepared, we (to **say** nothing of you) would be disappointed in this confident boasting.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 9:4)

- Je **voudrais** dire, toutefois, que le Parlement a déposé une proposition très constructive et très réaliste.
  I want to **say**, however, that Parliament has come up with a constructive and realistic proposal.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 686386)

## mr

Used about 3 121 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 473 · UN documents ≈ 648). Meaning: [mr in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mr/).

- Je ne **voudrais** pas terminer, Monsieur le Président, sans souligner, et à juste titre, que notre collègue Roberto Barzanti a réalisé un excellent travail.
  I do not wish to conclude, **Mr** President, without saying, in all justice, that Mr Barzanti's report is excellent.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1764267)

- Mme Persad-Bissessar (Trinité-et-Tobago) (parle en anglais) : Monsieur le Président, tout d &apos; abord, je **voudrais** vous présenter mes félicitations pour votre élection.
  Ms. Persad-Bissessar (Trinidad and Tobago): First, I offer my congratulations on your election, **Mr**. President.
  ([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 21886141)

- - Monsieur le Président, je **voudrais** commencer par féliciter les rapporteurs, plus particulièrement M. Mulder et limiter mon intervention au budget agricole.
  **Mr** President, I wish to begin by complimenting the rapporteurs, in particular Mr Mulder, and I will confine my brief remarks to the agricultural budget.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 535949)

## More sentences

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

- Pourquoi **voudrais**-je ceci ?
  Why would I want this?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3819766](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3819766) [\#5959700](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5959700))

- Je pensais que tu **voudrais** m'aider.
  I thought you'd want to help me.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1961845](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1961845) [\#1962124](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1962124))

- **Voudrais**-tu bien me prêter ta voiture ?
  Would you mind lending me your car?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#17080](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/17080) [\#474293](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/474293))

## 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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