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La situation est **grave**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Yemana · checked, community translation · [\#5355711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5355711) [\#5682573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5682573)) - The **grave** voice resumed La voix **grave** reprit: ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12143) - That is a **grave** mistake. C'est une **grave** erreur! ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1964252) - Dr William L **Graves**’ Dr. William L **Graves**» ([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 1123408) - D. Rape and **grave** sexual violence D. Viols et violences sexuelles **graves** ([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 19545114) ## tombes Used about 2 607 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 10 · parliamentary ≈ 152 · legal and administrative ≈ 13 · UN documents ≈ 2 432). - You were digging **graves**. Tu creusais des **tombes**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#13864244](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13864244) [\#2232402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2232402)) - The **graves** we are talking about are in the line of control. Les **tombes** dont nous parlons se situent sur la ligne de contrôle. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1117550) - coffins, funerary urns, ornamental funerary articles and items for the upkeep of **graves** and funeral monuments; les cercueils, les urnes funéraires, les objets d'ornement funéraire et les objets destinés à l'entretien des **tombes** et des monuments funéraires; ([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 751747) - New **graves** have not been touched. Les nouvelles **tombes** n ' ont pas été touchées. ([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 1143862) - How many **graves** are there? Combien y a-t-il de **tombes** ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#10691269](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10691269) [\#10691285](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10691285)) ## charniers Used about 2 312 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 141 · legal and administrative ≈ 42 · UN documents ≈ 2 128). - The victims of the genocide were buried in mass **graves** spread over 25 square kilometers. Les victimes du génocide furent enterrées dans des **charniers** s'étendant sur vingt-cinq kilomètres carrés. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by darinmex and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#590481](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/590481) [\#590593](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/590593)) - It was said that Srebrenica is overrun with mass **graves**, which is true. On a dit que Srebrenica était remplie de **charniers**, ce qui est vrai. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1200905) - One such **grave** was purported to contain 200-300 civilians. Selon certaines informations, entre 200 et 300 corps auraient été retrouvés dans l'un de ces **charniers**. ([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 3503664) - H. Allegations of mass **graves** H. Allégations faisant état de **charniers** ([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 23941044) - The mass **graves**, more of which are found every day, are proof of this. Les nouveaux **charniers** qui sont découverts chaque jour en témoignent. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2036983) ## fosses Used about 2 027 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 176 · legal and administrative ≈ 25 · UN documents ≈ 1 824). - In the morning I write love letters; in the evening I dig **graves**. Le matin j'écris des billets doux, le soir je creuse des **fosses**. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12092) - Why should there be mass **graves**? Vers quelles **fosses** communes? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2008417) - providing assistance to national authorities in affected countries in the Western Balkans to excavate and examine mortal remains from clandestine **graves**; prêter assistance aux autorités nationales des États affectés des Balkans occidentaux pour exhumer et examiner des dépouilles provenant des **fosses** clandestines; ([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 4774679) - No one had been held responsible for the mass **graves** discovered in Donetsk. Nul n ' a été tenu pour responsable des **fosses** communes découvertes à Donetsk. ([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 29086142) - Allegation of mass **graves** in Indian-administrated Kashmir Présence présumée de **fosses** communes dans la partie du Cachemire administrée par l'Inde ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1117486) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - He has one foot in the **grave**. Il a un pied dans la tombe. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Anthaus · checked, community translation · [\#297213](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/297213) [\#2511787](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2511787)) - The boy dug a **grave** for his dog that had died. L'enfant creusa une tombe pour son chien qui venait de mourir. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sysko · checked, community translation · [\#46350](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/46350) [\#333267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/333267)) - I went to visit my grandfather's **grave** today. Je me suis rendu sur la tombe de mon grand-père aujourd'hui. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by WestofEden and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#2592748](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2592748) [\#11433300](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11433300)) ## 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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