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Forms: emprisonnement, emprisonnements. - The judge sentenced him to one year's **imprisonment**. Le juge l'a condamné à un an d'**emprisonnement**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by kebukebu and Clavain · checked, community translation · [\#282740](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/282740) [\#437487](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/437487)) - It will be easily conceived that after an **imprisonment** of forty seven days in a narrow gallery it was the height of physical enjoyment to breathe a moist air impregnated with saline particles. On concevra sans peine qu'après un **emprisonnement** de quarante-sept jours dans une étroite galerie, c'était une jouissance infinie que d'aspirer cette brise chargée d'humides émanations salines. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2592) - They never require **imprisonment**. Elles ne nécessitent jamais l'**emprisonnement**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1359833) - Transferred to a prison facility in the DRC on 19 December 2015 to serve out his sentence of **imprisonment**. Transféré dans un établissement pénitentiaire de RDC le 19 décembre 2015 pour purger le reste de sa peine d'**emprisonnement**. ([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 4147158) - Eight month **imprisonment** (suspended). Huit mois d ' **emprisonnement** avec sursis ([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 29389149) ## peine Used about 5 244 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 6 · UN documents ≈ 5 238). - regarding money laundering, are punishable with criminal penalties of a maximum of at least 4 years of **imprisonment**, lorsqu’elle relève du blanchiment d’argent, soit passible d’une **peine** privative de liberté maximale d’une durée d’au moins quatre ans, ([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 595393) - :: Having cases pending for offences that are punishable by **imprisonment**; - Elles faisaient l ' objet de poursuites pour des infractions assorties de **peine** privative de liberté ; ([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 9587848) - 138.92. Abolish capital punishment and commute existing death sentences to life **imprisonments** terms (Slovakia); 138.93. 138.92 Abolir la **peine** capitale et commuer en prison à perpétuité les peines capitales déjà prononcées (Slovaquie); ([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 25730762) - They had been released from prison after serving long-term **imprisonments** of life sentences on charges of espionage. Ils avaient été relaxés après avoir accompli une longue partie de leur **peine** de réclusion à perpétuité pour espionnage. ([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 13385704) - A period of forced labour, if the penalty in the case of any other perpetrator would be **imprisonment** or detention; − < < Aux travaux forcés à temps si le crime emporte contre tout autre coupable la **peine** de réclusion ou de la détention; ([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 16835078) ## prison Used about 3 446 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 85 · legal and administrative ≈ 23 · UN documents ≈ 3 333). - The prosecutor had called for fifteen years' **imprisonment**. Le procureur a requis quinze ans de **prison** ferme. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by absvfx and Rovo · checked, community translation · [\#9554172](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9554172) [\#2242712](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2242712)) - “Inasmuch,” resumed the judge, “as the English law protects equally and sternly the religions of the Indian people, and as the man Passepartout has admitted that he violated the sacred pagoda of Malabar Hill, at Bombay, on the 20th of October, I condemn the said Passepartout to **imprisonment** for fifteen days and a fine of three hundred pounds.” --Attendu, reprit le juge, attendu que la loi anglaise entend protéger également et rigoureusement toutes les religions des populations de l'Inde, le délit étant avoué par le sieur Passepartout, convaincu d'avoir violé d'un pied sacrilège le pavé de la pagode de Malebar-Hill, à Bombay, dans la journée du 20 octobre, condamne ledit Passepartout à quinze jours de **prison** et à une amende de trois cents livres (7 500 F). ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1109) - Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and **imprisonment**. d’autres subirent les moqueries et le fouet, les chaînes et la **prison**; ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · HEB 11:36) - He was sentenced to five and a half years of **imprisonment**. Il a été condamné à cinq ans et demi de **prison**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 841758) - Transferred to a prison facility in the DRC on 19 December 2015 to serve out his sentence of **imprisonment**. Transféré dans une **prison** en RDC le 19 décembre 2015 afin d'y purger sa peine. ([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 4278641) ## détention Used about 1 947 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 42 · UN documents ≈ 1 905). - Even today, we still tolerate the **imprisonment** of Fatos Nano. Aujourd'hui, nous acceptons encore la **détention** de M. Fatos Nano. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1694682) - Specific measures in place to prevent ill-treatment of juveniles in places of detention and **imprisonment**; b) Indiquer les mesures spécifiques prises pour prévenir les mauvais traitements à l ' encontre des mineurs dans les lieux de **détention** et dans les prisons; ([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 20420838) - The **imprisonment** of people on political grounds is a means of survival for such a regime. La **détention** de citoyens pour des motifs politiques constitue un moyen de survie pour un régime de ce type. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1104613) - There are many unreasonable police interrogations, arrests, **imprisonments** and other actions due to suspicions of terrorism. Beaucoup de personnes avaient été interrogées, arrêtées, mises en **détention**, etc. par la police sans autre motif que des soupçons d ' actes de terrorisme qui pesaient sur elles. ([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 16750385) - Everyone must be able to express his or her political opinions freely and without the threat of **imprisonment**. En effet, chacun doit pouvoir faire part de ses opinions politiques librement et sans être menacé de **détention**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 661300) ## condamné Used about 655 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · biblical ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 176 · UN documents ≈ 476). - Having been convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life **imprisonment**. Ayant été convaincu de meurtre, il fut **condamné** à la prison à vie. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#244935](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/244935) [\#8242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8242)) - Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to **imprisonment**. Quiconque n’observera pas ponctuellement la loi de ton Dieu et la loi du roi sera **condamné** à la mort, au bannissement, à une amende, ou à la prison. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 7:26) - In 2012-2013 also she sentenced several activists to periods of **imprisonment**. En 2012-2013, elle a également **condamné** plusieurs militants à des penes d'emprisonnement. ([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 2818030) - One of them, Dr. Taye WoldeSemayat, was sentenced in June 1999 to longterm **imprisonment**. L ' un des responsables, M. Taye WoldeSemayat, a été **condamné** à la détention criminelle en juin 1999. ([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 8100098) - Tom learnt that he was the only convict sentenced to life **imprisonment** in that prison. Tom a appris qu'il était le seul **condamné** à perpétuité dans cette prison. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and sameclaire · checked, community translation · [\#3922541](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3922541) [\#3922808](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3922808)) ## ans Used about 6 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 6). - Other information: (a) Italian fiscal code: DAOMMD74T11Z352Z, (b) his mother's name is Bent Ahmed Ourida, (c) Sentenced to three and a half years’ **imprisonment** in Italy on 11.12.2002.’ Autres renseignements: a) numéro italien d’identification fiscale: DAOMMD74T11Z352Z, b) nom de sa mère: Bent Ahmed Ourida, c) condamnation de trois **ans** et demi en Italie, le 11 décembre 2002.» ([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 1015213) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - in beatings, in **imprisonments**, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, sous les coups, dans les prisons, dans les troubles, dans les travaux, dans les veilles, dans les jeûnes; ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 2CO 6:5) - To conclude, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to point out that everyone must have the right to freedom of sexual orientation, without fear of **imprisonment** or death. Pour conclure, chers collègues, je tiens à rappeler que chacun doit être libre de son orientation sexuelle, sans craindre d'être emprisonné ou tué. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1324419) - Tens of thousands of them have been subjected to persecution, **imprisonment** and torture. Des dizaines de milliers de personnes sont poursuivies, emprisonnées et torturées. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 144525) ## 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. Every example names its source and licence. 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