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Déserter de l'armée était **motif** de peine de mort. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by AlanF\_US and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#5250662](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5250662) [\#8483255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8483255)) - Her husband and the friend were refused a drink on the **grounds** that they were "Arabic' . Son mari et leur ami se sont vu refuser une boisson au **motif** qu'ils sont «arabes». ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1870963) - **GROUNDS** FOR INITIATING THE PROCEDURE **MOTIFS** JUSTIFIANT L’OUVERTURE DE LA PROCÉDURE ([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 1142444) - C. **Grounds** for the termination of an C. **Motifs** pour la rupture du contrat de travail123-129 ([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 5022886) - Membership of an allotment association is not **grounds** for dismissal. L'appartenance à une association de jardins ouvriers n'est pas un **motif** de licenciement. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sundown and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#11477796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11477796) [\#893240](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/893240)) ## raisons Used about 6 372 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 7 · parliamentary ≈ 614 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 022 · UN documents ≈ 4 730). - There are **grounds** for optimism. Il y a des **raisons** d'être optimiste. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and benl · checked, community translation · [\#5729826](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5729826) [\#5092810](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5092810)) - I support the opt-out on two **grounds**. Je soutiens l'opt-out pour deux **raisons**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 254335) - E. **GROUNDS** TO WITHDRAW THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNDERTAKING E. **RAISONS** DE RETIRER L'ACCEPTATION DE L'ENGAGEMENT ([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 3722703) - 25. Is divorce available for women and men on the same **grounds**? Les femmes peuvent-elles divorcer pour les mêmes **raisons** que les hommes? ([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 15113146) - Do you have any **grounds** for thinking so? Avez-vous des **raisons** de le penser ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#49753](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/49753) [\#9978493](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9978493)) ## discrimination Used about 3 820 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 273 · UN documents ≈ 3 547). - Subject: Discrimination on the **grounds** of sexual orientation in the granting of visas Objet : **Discrimination** dans l'octroi de visas, fondée sur l'orientation sexuelle ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 376730) - Discrimination on the **grounds** of age is not permitted, unless it is objectively justified. Toutes **discrimination** fondée sur l ' âge est interdite, sauf à être objectivement justifiée. ([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 13639409) - We also adopt legal regulations which protect citizens from discrimination on the **grounds** of religious faith. Nous adoptons également des dispositions législatives qui protègent les citoyens de la **discrimination** fondée sur la confession religieuse. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1477924) - Definition of the offences of domestic violence and discrimination on the **grounds** of gender la mise en œuvre 1.6 Répression de la violence dans la famille et de la **discrimination** fondée sur le sexe ([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 15119228) - Furthermore, Article 13 of the Treaty allows for the adoption at a European level of appropriate measures in the fight against discrimination on the **grounds** of gender. En outre, l'article 13 du Traité permet d'adopter, au niveau européen, des mesures appropriées pour lutter contre toute **discrimination** fondée sur le genre. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 926483) ## régime Used about 613 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 613). - Contributions to the pension scheme by officials and other agents on leave on personal **grounds** Contribution des fonctionnaires et autres agents en congé de convenance personnelle au **régime** de pensions ([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 2755049) - Contributions to the pension scheme by officials and temporary staff on leave on personal **grounds** Contribution des fonctionnaires et des agents temporaires en congé de convenance personnelle au **régime** de pensions ([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 2753260) - Contributions to the pension scheme by officials and temporary staff on leave on personal **grounds** Contribution des fonctionnaires et des agents temporaires en congé de convenance personnelle au **régime** des pensions ([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 4765129) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Students are forbidden to smoke on the school **grounds**. Il est interdit aux élèves de fumer dans l'enceinte de l'école. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#48938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/48938) [\#9978545](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9978545)) - There were a bunch of highschoolers doing drugs within school **grounds**. Il y avait une bande de lycéens qui prenaient de la drogue dans l'enceinte du lycée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ferra and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#3791484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3791484) [\#9978621](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9978621)) - Students are forbidden to smoke on the school **grounds**. Il est interdit aux étudiants de fumer sur le terrain de l'école. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#48938](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/48938) [\#419256](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/419256)) ## 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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