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Ce n'est pas **illégal**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2025430](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2025430) [\#2025665](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2025665)) - - The CIA and the **illegal** transportation of prisoners (RC-B6-0649/2005) - CIA et transport **illégal** de prisonniers (RC-B6-0649/2005) ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 758259) - Senior official, closely associated with the **illegal** government of Anjouan Haut fonctionnaire, étroitement associé au gouvernement **illégal** d'Anjouan ([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 1503217) - Special cases of **illegals** in Europe Cas particuliers des **illégaux** en Europe ([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 6296938) - They're not **illegal**. Ils ne sont pas **illégaux**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#2243645](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2243645) [\#6379195](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6379195)) ## clandestins Used about 7 281 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 1 836 · UN documents ≈ 5 443). - Sami was pimping out his workers because they were **illegal** immigrants. Sami exploitait ses employés puisqu'ils étaient des immigrés **clandestins**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by OsoHombre and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#7205102](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7205102) [\#14033178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14033178)) - **Illegals** are brought to closed centres, with good reason. Les **clandestins** sont conduits à juste titre dans des centres fermés. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 945698) - Up to 400 **illegals** arrived in Mayotte every day in small boats from the Comoros. Jusqu ' à 400 **clandestins** arrivent chaque jour à Mayotte dans des petites embarcations en provenance des Comores. ([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 18681366) - One might sum this up as meaning that, if there are too many **illegal** immigrants, we arrange for them all to be legalised. Pour résumer: il y a trop de **clandestins**? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 551444) - Those people, who are known as **illegals**, are in fact a bridge for integration. Ceux que l ' on appelle les **clandestins** ne sont en réalité qu ' autant de passerelles vers l ' intégration. ([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 23749601) ## immigration Used about 2 117 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 580 · legal and administrative ≈ 631 · UN documents ≈ 907). - We are wrong if we only ever speak about **illegal** immigration rather than about the people who can be integrated into European life. Nous avons tort si nous ne faisons que parler de l'**immigration** clandestine au lieu des personnes qui peuvent s'intégrer à la vie européenne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 914805) - The Parties shall cooperate in order to prevent and control **illegal** immigration. Les parties coopèrent en vue de prévenir et de contrôler l'**immigration** clandestine. ([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 146893) - 7. Transfer of information between the Ministry of the Interior and the Immigration Authority should be continued and heightened in order to prevent unnecessary arrests of foreign workers - Since the Immigration Authority of the Police is no longer in existence, the " Oz Unit " of the Ministry of Interior arrests **illegals**. 7. Les échanges d ' informations entre le Ministère de l ' intérieur et le service de l ' **immigration** devraient se poursuivre, voire se renforcer, afin de prévenir les arrestations inutiles de travailleurs étrangers - depuis que le service de l ' immigration de la police a disparu, c ' est l ' unité < < Oz > > du Ministère de l ' intérieur qui procède aux arrestations des personnes en situation irrégulière. ([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 22386111) - Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this directive is a first significant step in the fight against **illegal** immigration. Madame la Présidente, Mesdames, Messieurs les parlementaires, cette directive est un premier pas significatif dans la lutte contre l'**immigration** irrégulière. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1205229) - The Parties shall cooperate in order to prevent and control **illegal** immigration. Les parties coopèrent en vue de prévenir et de contrôler l’**immigration** clandestine. ([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 2813349) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - The ship was searched thoroughly, but no **illegal** drugs were found. Le navire fut soigneusement fouillé mais aucune drogue ne fut trouvée. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1963163](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1963163) [\#1965500](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1965500)) - Do you use any **illegal** substances? Consommes-tu des substances illicites ? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by NurseMeeks and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#9849568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849568) [\#9937052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9937052)) - Tom did nothing **illegal**. Tom n'a commis aucun acte illicite. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#3286821](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3286821) [\#3432783](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3432783)) ## 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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