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# degradation — English to French

How English *degradation* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: degradation (25 204), degradations (26). By style: everyday 4 · literary 1 · parliamentary 317 · legal and administrative 1 361 · UN documents 23 547.

## dégradation

Used about 16 781 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 277 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 176 · UN documents ≈ 15 324).

- Will humanity be able to prevent the **degradation** of ecosystems?
  L'humanité sera-t-elle capable d’empêcher la **dégradation** des écosystèmes?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and gorgmah · checked, community translation · [\#412050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/412050) [\#3836016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3836016))

- The laughter of all is the accomplice of universal **degradation**.
  Le rire de tous est complice de la **dégradation** universelle.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29593)

- - (PL) Soil **degradation** is a fact.
  - (PL) La **dégradation** des sols est un fait.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 989557)

- Route and rate of **degradation**
  Voie et taux de **dégradation**
  ([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 2393515)

- Take into account land **degradation**;
  g) Tenir compte de la **dégradation** des terres;
  ([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 21071157)

## environnement

Used about 1 518 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 23 · UN documents ≈ 1 495).

- To encourage the sustainable use of resources and strengthen the synergies between environmental protection and growth, Member States should: 1. give priority to energy efficiency and co-generation, the development of sustainable, including renewable, energies and the rapid spread of environmentally friendly and eco-efficient technologies, (a) inside the internal market on the one hand particularly in transport and energy, inter alia, in order to reduce the vulnerability of the European economy to oil price variations, and (b) towards the rest of the world on the other hand as a sector with a considerable export potential; 2. promote the development of means of internalisation of external environmental costs and decoupling of economic growth from environmental **degradations**.
  Pour encourager l’utilisation durable des ressources et renforcer les synergies entre la protection de l’**environnement** et la croissance, les États membres devraient: 1) donner la priorité à l’efficacité énergétique et à la cogénération, au développement d’énergies durables, notamment renouvelables, et à la diffusion rapide de technologies respectueuses de l’environnement et écoefficaces a) au sein du marché intérieur, d’une part, en particulier dans les secteurs des transports et de l’énergie, notamment en vue de réduire la vulnérabilité de l’économie européenne aux variations du prix du pétrole, b) vers le reste du monde, d’autre part, en tant que secteur doté d’un potentiel d’exportation considérable; 2) promouvoir le développement de moyens d’internalisation des coûts environnementaux externes et la dissociation de la croissance économique vis-à-vis des dégradations environnementales.
  ([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 598019)

- (a) Work to reduce the contribution made by developed countries to global environmental **degradation**;
  a) Cherchera à limiter les répercussions de l &apos; activité des pays développés sur l &apos; **environnement**;
  ([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 8580372)

- (d) Establishing a database for monitoring the environment regularly and preventing further **degradation**.
  d) Créer une base de données permettant de surveiller régulièrement l &apos; **environnement** et de prévenir de nouvelles dégradations.
  ([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 9146664)

- The vicious cycle by which residents of poor areas are trapped in poverty through environmental **degradation** must be broken.
  Il convient de briser le cercle vicieux qui maintient dans la pauvreté les habitants des zones défavorisées en raison de la détérioration de l’**environnement**.
  ([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 5693812)

- However, the revision of the standards on industrial statistics and economic activities in general should acknowledge the link between the economy and the environment by measuring the impact of the economy on the environment through emissions, depletions and **degradations** resulting from industrial production processes.
  Toutefois, dans le cadre de la révision des normes relatives aux statistiques industrielles et aux activités économiques en général, il serait bon de prendre acte du lien qui existe entre l &apos; économie et l &apos; **environnement**, en mesurant les incidences de la première sur le second au travers des émissions, appauvrissements et dégradations résultant des activités de production industrielle.
  ([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 13777936)

## terres

Used about 374 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 374).

- The land area affected by **degradation** in Kazakhstan is 179.9 million hectares or 66% of the country, and as much as 80% is affected in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
  La superficie des **terres** dégradées au Kazakhstan est de 179,9 millions d &apos; hectares, soit 66 % du territoire, et elle atteint 80 % du territoire au Turkménistan et en Ouzbékistan.
  ([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 10658461)

## More sentences

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

- Starch **degradation** is linked to a circadian clock.
  La décomposition de l'amidon est liée à une horloge circadienne.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by marcelostockle and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#1172818](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1172818) [\#10867910](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10867910))

- The new students are forced to submit under actions of **degradation** and intimidation.
  Les nouveaux étudiants sont forcés à subir des actions dégradantes ou intimidantes.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Eccles17 and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#7043464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7043464) [\#3300168](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3300168))

- Is it not rather a sign of dehumanisation and **degradation**, and a threat to civilisation?
  N’est-elle pas plutôt un signe de déshumanisation et d’avilissement et une menace pour 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 612808)

## Grammar

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