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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#827226](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/827226) [\#827227](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/827227)) - “Oh! terrible **drugs**.” --Oh! des **drogues** terribles. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4091) - We need to fight **drugs** effectively. Notre lutte contre la **drogue** doit être menée efficacement. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 843910) - Screening for **drugs** of abuse. le dépistage de l'usage et de l'abus de **drogues**. ([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 858576) - United Nations Office on **Drugs** and Crime Office des Nations Unies contre la **drogue** et le crime ([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 11347711) ## stupéfiants Used about 18 117 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 77 · legal and administrative ≈ 319 · UN documents ≈ 17 712). - **Drugs** are an international problem. Les **stupéfiants** sont un problème international. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13875989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13875989) [\#13867992](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13867992)) - In fact, the first death from doping took place in 1896, when a cyclist took **drugs**. En effet, le premier décès dû au dopage remonte à 1896 et est le fait d'un cycliste ayant pris des **stupéfiants**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 87386) - illicit trafficking in narcotic **drugs** and psychotropic substances; trafic de **stupéfiants** et de substances psychotropes; ([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 4730328) - a. Commission on Narcotic **Drugs**. a. Commission des **stupéfiants**. ([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 5803684) - **Drugs** are an international problem. Les **stupéfiants**, c'est un problème international. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by rul and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#13875989](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13875989) [\#13867990](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13867990)) ## médicaments Used about 7 429 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 17 · parliamentary ≈ 463 · legal and administrative ≈ 137 · UN documents ≈ 6 812). - He's addicted to **drugs**. Il est accroché aux **médicaments**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1855197](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1855197) [\#1858270](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1858270)) - Another solution would be for these countries to have licences that authorise them to produce generic **drugs**. Une autre solution serait que ces pays disposent de licences d'autorisation de production de **médicaments** génériques. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 242868) - In some Member States, only the supply of prescription **drugs** is reserved to pharmacists. Dans certains États membres, seule la délivrance de **médicaments** sur prescription est réservée aux pharmaciens. ([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 295467) - Before the 27th of December there was a severe shortage of medical **drugs**. Avant le 27 décembre, il y avait déjà une pénurie grave de **médicaments**. ([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 21369594) - She's addicted to **drugs**. Elle est accrochée aux **médicaments**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1855198](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1855198) [\#1858267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1858267)) ## substances Used about 2 748 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 23 · UN documents ≈ 2 725). - United Nations Convention on Psychotropic **Drugs** (1971) Convention des Nations unies sur les **substances** psychotropes (1971) ([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 3440197) - Narcotic **Drugs** and Psychotropic Substances of 1988 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic **Substances** of 1988 ([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 9709757) - United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic **Drugs** and Psychotropic Substances. United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic **Substances**. ([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 9551163) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - He got hooked on **drugs** at a young age. Il est devenu toxico-dépendant à un jeune âge. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1386714](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1386714) [\#1390023](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1390023)) - Sami was back to drinking and using **drugs**. Sami a recommencé à pillave et à bédave. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#6327563](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6327563) [\#13915000](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13915000)) - He's either crazy or on **drugs**. Il est soit fou, soit drogué. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2753329](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2753329) [\#4995235](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4995235)) ## 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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