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([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source\_VOA and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#807255](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/807255) [\#10521421](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10521421)) - Right of women to vote in **Kuwait**: Droit de vote des femmes au **Koweït** ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2050130) - Place of birth: **Kuwait**. Lieu de naissance: **Koweït**. ([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 1584232) - situation between Iraq and **Kuwait** la situation entre l ' Iraq et le **Koweït** ([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 2142202) - Both pacts have been signed by **Kuwait**. Le **Koweït** a signé les deux pactes. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2050370) ## iraq Used about 3 224 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 224). - SITUATION BETWEEN IRAQ AND **KUWAIT** SITUATION BETWEEN **IRAQ** AND KUWAIT ([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 3068422) - The 166th (closed) meeting of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and **Kuwait** will be held on Wednesday, 3 February 1998, at 3 p.m.\* in Conference Room 7. The 166th (closed) meeting of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between **Iraq** and Kuwait will be held on Wednesday, 3 February 1998, at 3 p.m.\* in Conference Room 7. ([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 5322776) - The 213th (closed) meeting\* of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and **Kuwait** will be held on Monday, 26 February 2001, at 3.30 p.m. in Conference Room 7. The 213th (closed) meeting\* of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between **Iraq** and Kuwait will be held on Monday, 26 February 2001, at 3.30 p.m. in Conference Room 7. ([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 8278207) ## saoudite Used about 12 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 10). - Emir Jaber of **Kuwait** or the Wahhabite family of Saudi Arabia? L'émir Jaber du Koweit, la famille wahhabite d'Arabie **saoudite**? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1932354) - It conducts transfers between Iran and the Gulf States such as **Kuwait**, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. Elle effectue des transports entre l'Iran et les pays du Golfe (Koweit, Qatar, Bahrain, Émirats arabes unis et Arabie **saoudite**). ([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 2134730) ## après Used about 5 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 5). - During the first Gulf Crisis, after the invasion of **Kuwait**, I supported military intervention against Iraq. - J'avais, lors de la première crise du Golfe, **après** l'invasion du Koweit, approuvé l'intervention militaire contre l'Irak. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1811722) - Having led Saddam Hussein into the trap of recapturing **Kuwait**, the United States hammered the derisory Iraqi army with their might. **Après** avoir entraîné Saddam Hussein dans le piège de la reconquête du Koweit, les États-Unis ont écrasé de leur gigantesque marteau-pilon la dérisoire armée irakienne. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1808406) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - In 1980, he declared war on Iran, and in 1990 he invaded **Kuwait**. Il a, en 1980, commencé la guerre avec l'Iran et, en 1990, attaqué le Koweit. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 414427) - We recall that on 20 August 1990 Iraq invaded **Kuwait** in a unilateral act of aggression that was universally condemned. On se souvient du 20 août 1990, date où l' Irak a envahi le Koweit dans un acte unilatéral d' agression condamné par le monde entier. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 25099) - Aramco, Exxon, or British colonial power in **Kuwait**? Aramco, Exxon, la puissance coloniale britannique au Koweit? ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1932352) ## 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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