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Le monde est **cruel**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1651096](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1651096) [\#1222874](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1222874)) - “Master Jacques,” replied Rym, “’tis because wine renders kings less **cruel** than does barley water.” --Maître Jacques, répondit Rym, c'est que les rois ont le vin moins **cruel** que la tisane.» ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7957) - Their wine is the poison of serpents, the **cruel** venom of asps. Leur vin, c’est le venin des serpents, C’est le poison **cruel** des aspics. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 32:33) - This is tremendously **cruel** and the world cannot accept it. C'est effroyablement **cruel** et ce monde ne peut l'autoriser. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2036892) - Convention Against Torture and other **Cruel**, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements **cruels**, inhumains ou dégradants ([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 689659) ## peines Used about 2 265 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 16 · UN documents ≈ 2 249). - Corporal punishment such as flogging constitutes torture or other **cruel**, inhuman or degrading punishment. Les châtiments corporels tels que la flagellation sont constitutifs de torture ou d'autres **peines** cruelles, inhumaines ou dégradantes. ([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 3359421) - and Other **Cruel**, Inhuman la torture et autres **peines** ([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 18637915) - Moreover, the prohibition of **cruel**, inhuman or degrading punishment should impose clear limits on the use of the death penalty. En outre, l'interdiction des **peines** cruelles, inhumaines ou dégradantes devrait imposer des limites claires au recours à la peine de mort. ([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 4899567) - They also make the point that the prohibition of **cruel**, inhuman or degrading punishment imposes clear limits on the use of the death penalty. Elles indiquent en outre que l’interdiction des **peines** cruelles, inhumaines ou dégradantes impose des limites claires au recours à la peine de mort. ([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 706738) - Convention against Torture and Other **Cruel**, Convention contre la torture et autres **peines** ou ([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 5317907) ## torture Used about 1 880 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 5 · UN documents ≈ 1 874). - The Union also reiterated its strong condemnation of the use of torture and other **cruel**, inhuman and degrading treatment. L’Union a également condamné une nouvelle fois fermement le recours à la **torture** et à tout autre traitement cruel, inhumain et dégradant. ([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 2242399) - Convention Against Torture and Other **Cruel**, Convention Against **Torture** and Other Cruel, ([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 7059622) - Agenda item 3: report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other **cruel**, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Agenda item 3: report of the Special Rapporteur on **torture** and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ([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 27421309) - These provisions are further developed in the Prevention of Torture Bill so as to eliminate any **cruel**, inhuman or degrading treatment. Ces principes constituent le fondement du projet de loi portant création du mécanisme de prévention contre la **torture** et visent à mettre fin à tout traitement cruel, inhumain ou dégradant. ([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 24167621) - The Australian Government assesses each individual case as to whether there is a real risk to the individual of torture or **cruel**, inhuman or degrading treatment. Le Gouvernement australien évalue dans chaque cas s ' il existe un risque réel qu ' elle soit soumise à la **torture** ou à un traitement cruel, inhumain ou dégradant. ([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 18627161) ## inhumains Used about 375 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 375). - Thus, the term " torture " is applied to deliberate inhuman treatment causing very serious and **cruel** suffering (Ireland v. United Kingdom, 18 January 1978, GA, No. 11, para. 167). Ainsi, la qualification de torture est réservée à < < des traitements **inhumains** délibérés provoquant de fort graves et cruelles souffrances > > (Irlande c. Royaume-Uni, 18 janvier 1978, GA, n°11, § 167). ([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 8917953) ## contre Used about 10 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10). - These euphemisms designed to numb the conscience cannot make it any less brutal, violence against women less **cruel** or this strategy less deplorable. Ces euphémismes destinés à endormir la conscience ne parviennent pas à rendre cette réalité moins brutale, la violence **contre** les femmes moins cruelle ou cette stratégie moins déplorable. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1340864) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - She's **cruel** and heartless. Elle est cruelle et sans cœur. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1851479](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1851479) [\#1853180](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1853180)) - How could you be so **cruel**? Comment pourrais-tu être si cruelle ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2275625](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2275625) [\#2281402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2281402)) - In a way, life is a **cruel** thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us. En un sens, la vie est cruelle. Elle garde en réserve des problèmes majeurs pour chacun d'entre nous. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lumi\_alt and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#67139](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/67139) [\#460013](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460013)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-en/) · [translating into French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-fr/). ## 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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