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Personne n'a été **détenu**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#4494891](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4494891) [\#7839054](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7839054)) - Where were they **detained**? Où leur **détention** a-t-elle eu lieu? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 755872) - Currently **detained** in Italy.’ Actuellement en **détention** en Italie.» ([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 1258626) - A. Arrested and **detained** persons 46 19 A. Personnes arrêtées et **détenues** 46 20 ([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 18428584) - The police **detained** several suspects for questioning. La police a **détenu** plusieurs suspects pour interrogatoire. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2163164](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2163164) [\#2163913](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2163913)) ## detained Used about 9 651 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 9 651). - They were both **detained** without any formal charge. They were both **detained** without any formal charge. ([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 16725942) - Since March, he has been **detained** in Trincomalee Prison. Since March, he has been **detained** in Trincomalee Prison. ([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 18458343) - He was reportedly arrested and **detained** for several days before being released and returned to Albania. He was reportedly arrested and **detained** for several days before being released and returned to Albania. ([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 12176947) - 12. G is a sex worker who was **detained** near Port Moresby while she was talking to a male friend in the street. 12. G is a sex worker who was **detained** near Port Moresby while she was talking to a male friend in the street. ([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 27441651) - She was then informed that her husband was being **detained** at the Petah Tikva interrogation center for questioning. She was then informed that her husband was being **detained** at the Petah Tikva interrogation center for questioning. ([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 23910555) ## prison Used about 76 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33 · legal and administrative ≈ 43). - They are being **detained** in a civilian prison in disgraceful conditions. Ils sont incarcérés dans la **prison** civile dans des conditions scandaleuses. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 306290) - As of June 2011 **detained** at Makala Central Prison, Kinshasa. En juin 2011, détenu à la **prison** de Makala à Kinshasa. ([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 3415081) - The majority of those **detained** between 14 and 17 May are being held in the central prison in Adra, near Damascus. La majorité des personnes arrêtées entre le 14 et le 17 mai sont retenues dans la **prison** centrale d’Adra, près de Damas. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 831072) - As of June 2011, **detained** in Makala Prison in Kinshasa. En juin 2011, était détenu à la **prison** de Makala à Kinshasa. ([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 3415053) - He has been **detained** since 29 March 1995, for over 15 months, without charge or without trial. Il est à présent en **prison** depuis le 29 mars 1995, c'est-à-dire depuis plus de 15 mois, sans avoir fait l'objet d'aucune plainte ou d'aucun jugement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1610986) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Tom was **detained** by the police. Tom a été arrêté par la police. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Joclerc · checked, community translation · [\#1023992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1023992) [\#1412649](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1412649)) - I was **detained**. J'ai été incarcérée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2247474](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2247474) [\#4681720](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4681720)) - I was **detained**. J'ai été incarcéré. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2247474](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2247474) [\#4681719](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4681719)) ## 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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