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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Miktsoanit and rul · checked, community translation · [\#12361526](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12361526) [\#13915516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13915516)) - They had been taught by the Left to be **defenders** of freedom. La gauche les avait habitués à être **défenseurs** de la liberté. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1954446) - Freedom and safety of civil society and **defenders** of human rights. Liberté et sécurité de la société civile et des **défenseurs** des droits de l'homme ([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 3808082) - (b) HUMAN RIGHTS **DEFENDERS** b) **DÉFENSEURS** DES DROITS DE L ' HOMME; ([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 12217245) - He managed to dribble past all the **defenders**. Il a réussi à dribbler tous les **défenseurs**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lebensfreude and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#12993859](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12993859) [\#12463547](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12463547)) ## defenders Used about 11 838 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 12 · UN documents ≈ 11 826). - ‘Red Hand **Defenders**’ – ‘RHD’ Red Hand **Defenders** (RHD) ([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 1175931) - FLD Front Line **Defenders** \[Dublin, Ireland\], FLD Front Line **Defenders** \[Dublin, Ireland\], ([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 27519969) - ‘Red Hand **Defenders**’ — ‘RHD’ \*Red Hand **Defenders** (RHD) ([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 1427276) - 2. Strategies to prevent attacks against **defenders** 2. Strategies to prevent attacks against **defenders** ([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 22063464) - \*‘Red Hand **Defenders**’ – ‘RHD’ \*Red Hand **Defenders** (RHD) ([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 1725101) ## homme Used about 579 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 21 · legal and administrative ≈ 20 · UN documents ≈ 538). - Indeed, we speak about specific cases, human rights **defenders**, and sometimes about judicial cases. En effet, parlons de cas spécifiques, de militants des droits de l'**homme**, et parfois d'affaires judiciaires. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1102586) - Responsible for the denial of rights, including visits and other prisoner's rights, to human rights **defenders** and political prisoners. Responsable de dénis de droits (droit de visite et autres droits de prisonniers, notamment) à l'égard de militants des droits de l'**homme** et de prisonniers politiques. ([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 2602297) - As a result, human rights associations operate outside the law, exposing **defenders** to prosecution and imprisonment. Il se constitue ainsi des associations de défense des droits de l ' **homme** qui opèrent dans l ' illégalité, ce qui expose leurs membres à être poursuivis et détenus. ([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 8573039) - Sadly the persecution of religious minorities and human rights **defenders** in India continues to be reported by the international press. Malheureusement, la presse internationale ne cesse de faire état de la persécution de minorités religieuses et de partisans des droits de l'**homme** en Inde. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1242693) - Was responsible for the denial of rights, including visits and other prisoner's rights, to human rights **defenders** and political prisoners. A été responsable de dénis de droits (droit de visite et autres droits de prisonniers, notamment) à l'égard de militants des droits de l'**homme** et de prisonniers politiques. ([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 3480331) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Those who oppose the war in Iraq that is being planned are no foes of the United States, but rather **defenders** of civilisation. Ceux qui sont contre la guerre prévue en Irak ne sont pas des ennemis des États-Unis, mais des partisans de la civilisation ! ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 432445) - President-in-Office of the Council. - I am not among the greatest **defenders** of the CAP. président en exercice du Conseil. - (EN) Je ne suis pas un ardent défenseur de la PAC. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1227402) - It clearly will not be the advocates of subsidiarity but rather the **defenders** of the right to engage in unbridled competition. Ce ne sont évidemment pas les tenants de la subsidiarité, mais bien ceux qui défendent la liberté de concurrence sans entraves. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 543881) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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