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# vouloir — French to English

How French *vouloir* 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: vouloir (33 948), vouloirs (1). By style: everyday 295 · literary 13 · biblical 7 · parliamentary 3 096 · legal and administrative 215 · UN documents 30 323.

## grateful

Used about 20 587 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 323 · legal and administrative ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 20 215). Meaning: [grateful in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/grateful/).

- Je serais extrêmement reconnaissant au commissaire de bien **vouloir** répondre à cette question.
  I would be very **grateful** if the Commissioner could answer this question.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 941092)

- Je vous saurais gré de bien **vouloir** me faire savoir si cette proposition recueille votre agrément.
  I should be **grateful** if you would let me know whether you agree on this proposal.
  ([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 212581)

- Je vous serais reconnaissant de bien **vouloir** faire droit à cette demande.
  I would be **grateful** if this would be done.
  ([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 6574397)

- Donc, c'est le texte français qui fait foi, et je vous prie de bien **vouloir** corriger.
  But it is the French version, which is the official version, and I would be **grateful** if you would arrange for it to be corrected.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1833408)

- Je vous saurais gré de bien **vouloir** me faire savoir si ces propositions recueillent votre agrément.
  I should be **grateful** if you would let me know whether you accept these suggestions.
  ([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 145415)

## circulated

Used about 3 159 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 159).

- Je vous saurais gré de bien **vouloir** faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre en tant que document du Conseil de sécurité.
  I have the honour to request that the present letter be **circulated** as a document of the Security Council.
  ([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 19530363)

- Je vous serais obligé de bien **vouloir** faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  I would appreciate it if the present letter could be **circulated** as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Elias Gounaris
  ([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 9612451)

- Je vous serais reconnaissant de bien **vouloir** faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre et de son annexe comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  It would be highly appreciated if this document could be **circulated** as a document of the Security Council.
  ([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 12525848)

- Je vous serais obligé de bien **vouloir** faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre et de ses annexes comme document de l &apos; Assemblée générale.
  I have the further honour to request that the present letter and its annexes be **circulated** as a document of the General Assembly.
  ([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 11399095)

- Je vous serais obligé de bien **vouloir** faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre et de son annexe comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  It would be highly appreciated if the present letter and its annex could be **circulated** as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Bashar Ja &apos; afari
  ([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 26788868)

## letter

Used about 1 304 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 40 · UN documents ≈ 1 263). Meaning: [letter in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/letter/).

- Je vous serais obligé de bien **vouloir** confirmer l'accord de votre gouvernement sur le contenu de la présente lettre.
  I should be obliged if you would confirm that your Government is in agreement with the contents of this **letter**.
  ([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 3737)

- Je vous prie de bien **vouloir** distribuer le texte de la présente lettre et de son annexe comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  You are kindly requested to circulate the **letter** present and the annex thereto as a document of the Security Council.
  ([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 28519725)

- Je vous serais obligé de bien **vouloir** faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre et de son annexe en tant que document de l &apos; Assemblée générale.
  I would appreciate your arranging to circulate the present **letter** and its annex as a document of the General Assembly. (Signed) Norachit Sinhaseni
  ([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 28788139)

- Je vous serais obligé de bien **vouloir** confirmer l'accord de votre gouvernement sur le contenu de la présente lettre.»
  I should be obliged if you would confirm that your Government is in agreement with the contents of this **letter**.”
  ([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 3646)

- Je vous serais reconnaissant de bien **vouloir** confirmer l'accord de votre gouvernement sur le contenu de la présente lettre.
  I should be obliged if you would confirm that your Government is in agreement with the content of this **letter**.
  ([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 2779217)

## present

Used about 65 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 65). Meaning: [present in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/present/).

- Nous sommes, pour le moment, dans le cadre de l'adoption du procès-verbal, donc je vous demanderai de bien **vouloir** limiter vos observations à ce procès-verbal.
  At **present** we are in the process of adopting the Minutes, and I would therefore ask you to be kind enough to confine your remarks to the Minutes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1637643)

## security

Used about 65 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 65). Meaning: [security in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/security/).

- Ces autorités paraissent **vouloir** protéger, par ce biais, la sécurité de l’État d’Israël.
  It appears that they want to protect the **security** of the State of Israel in this way.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 677066)

## More sentences

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

- Êtes-vous sûres de **vouloir** partir maintenant ?
  Are you sure you want to leave now?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2016819](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2016819) [\#2018092](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2018092))

- Je pensais que vous pourriez **vouloir** que ceci vous soit rendu.
  I thought you might want this back.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2016884](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2016884) [\#2017610](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2017610))

- Êtes-vous sûr de **vouloir** faire cela ?
  Are you sure that you want to do that?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#6978133](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6978133) [\#955084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/955084))

## 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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