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# vous — French to English

How French *vous* 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: vous (249 115). By style: everyday 44 188 · literary 1 177 · biblical 3 709 · parliamentary 106 386 · legal and administrative 2 409 · UN documents 91 246.

## you

Used about 198 119 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 40 506 · literary ≈ 1 103 · biblical ≈ 3 632 · parliamentary ≈ 86 439 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 807 · UN documents ≈ 64 633). Forms: you, your. Meaning: [you in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/you/).

- Merci à **vous** toutes.
  Thanks to all of **you**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2891896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2891896) [\#4550844](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4550844))

- --Je **vous** dis que non!
  “I tell **you**, no!”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3074)

- Que tout ce que **vous** faites se fasse avec charité!
  Let all that **you** do be done in love.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 16:14)

- Que voulez-**vous** savoir d'autre?
  What else do **you** want to know?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1347668)

- Une pension ou une rente (7) **vous** est accordée
  A pension (7) has been awarded to **you**
  ([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 823364)

## if

Used about 11 721 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 216 · UN documents ≈ 9 505). Meaning: [if in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/if/).

- Sinon, je **vous** apporterai un rapport de la Commission le jeudi.
  **If** it does not, on Tuesday week I will be bringing a report to the Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2026278)

- 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.
  I should be grateful **if** the text of this letter and its annex 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 11039691)

- 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.
  I would greatly appreciate it **if** the present letter and its annex 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 15988591)

- Nous **vous** serions reconnaissants de bien vouloir faire distribuer le texte de la présente lettre et de son annexe comme document du Conseil de sécurité.
  We should be grateful **if** the present letter and its annex 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 28520375)

- 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.
  I should be grateful **if** this letter and its annex were circulated as a document of the Security Council. (Signed) Dragomir DJOKIC
  ([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 421562)

## please

Used about 2 518 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 216 · legal and administrative ≈ 301). Meaning: [please in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/please/).

- Nous utilisons les moyens que nous avons pour envoyer un signal amical à Israël en disant - Mais s'il **vous** plaît, bougez! -.
  We are using the means we have to send a friendly signal to Israel, saying, '**Please** get a move on!' -.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1172982)

- Veuillez **vous** reporter au SWD(2014) 179 final du 28.5.2014.
  **Please** make reference to SWD(2014)179 final of 28.5.2014.
  ([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 3733236)

- Veuillez **vous** référer au texte législatif qui transpose l’article 7 de la directive 2003/87/CE
  **Please** refer to the legal provision which transposes Article 7 of Directive 2003/87/EC
  ([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 849183)

- Si **vous** remplissez la version papier du formulaire, veuillez utiliser des feuilles séparées et numéroter chaque page.
  When filling in the form on paper, **please** use separate sheets and number each page.
  ([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 4075637)

- Pour de plus amples explications sur la portée exacte du tarif douanier commun, veuillez **vous** reporter à la dernière modification de cette annexe.
  For further explanation of the exact coverage of the Common Customs Tariff **please** refer to the latest amendment to that Annex.
  ([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 1483104)

## do

Used about 2 216 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 216). Meaning: [do in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/do/).

- Je **vous** rappelle que nous n'avons pas seulement la lecture de demain, mais aussi une troisième lecture, et que 64 amendements déposés, c'est beaucoup pour une procédure de conciliation.
  Please consider that we **do** not only have tomorrow's reading; we have a third reading too, and 64 amendments on the table are quite a lot for a conciliation procedure.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1093862)

## would

Used about 2 216 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 216).

- Je réitère l'engagement commun sur les grands objectifs, que nombre d'entre **vous** ont évoqués dans l'optique de Johannesburg.
  I **would** emphasise once again our joint undertaking with regard to the major objectives, which many speakers have mentioned in relation to Johannesburg.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 337367)

## council

Used about 1 901 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 901). Meaning: [council in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/council/).

- Je **vous** écris en ma qualité de Président du Groupe de travail du Conseil de sécurité sur les enfants dans les conflits armés, créé par la résolution 1612 (2005).
  I write in my capacity as Chairman of the Security **Council** Working Group on children and armed conflict established by resolution 1612 (2005).
  ([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 19562112)

## me

Used about 921 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 921).

- Encore du café s'il **vous** plait.
  Please give **me** some more coffee.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kjh and CK · checked, community translation · [\#62208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/62208) [\#435556](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/435556))

## More sentences

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

- Elle prendra rendez-**vous** chez le médecin.
  She'll make a doctor's appointment.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10658616](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10658616) [\#10658620](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10658620))

- Asseyez-**vous** sur le banc.
  Sit down on the bench.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hikari and CK · checked, community translation · [\#33808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/33808) [\#1970015](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1970015))

- Ça **vous** coûtera au moins 2000 yens pour le taxi.
  It will cost at least 2000 yen to take a taxi.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rabicat22 and Swift · checked, community translation · [\#40937](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/40937) [\#12507](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12507))

## 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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