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# nationals — English to French

How English *nationals* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

The [Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: nationals (40 470). By style: everyday 1 · parliamentary 1 932 · legal and administrative 4 699 · UN documents 33 838.

## ressortissants

Used about 21 030 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 409 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 112 · UN documents ≈ 15 509).

- 3 Malay **nationals** and a Filipino were killed in the Davao bombing on Mindanao.
  3 **ressortissants** malais et un Philippin ont été tués dans l'attentat de Davao à Mindanao.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by U2FS and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#958063](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/958063) [\#958071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/958071))

- Only 15 Foreign **Nationals** have so far been detained under this Act.
  Seuls 15 **ressortissants** étrangers ont été détenus jusqu'à présent en vertu de cet acte.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 491550)

- Estonian **nationals** residing outside the country
  **ressortissants** estoniens résidant en dehors du pays
  ([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 2351792)

- Nine **nationals** from African States;
  Neuf **ressortissants** d &apos; États d &apos; Afrique;
  ([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 23738912)

- Some speeches focused attention on the status of **nationals** of third countries.
  Les intervenants ont attiré l' attention sur le statut des **ressortissants** de pays tiers.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2021914)

## étrangers

Used about 7 268 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 121 · legal and administrative ≈ 98 · UN documents ≈ 7 050).

- One particularly serious disadvantage of the capital gains tax is that **nationals** are treated worse than foreigners.
  C'est surtout dans le domaine de l'impôt sur les plus-values que le bât blesse, dans la mesure où les nationaux sont moins bien traités que les **étrangers**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1626902)

- Third country **nationals** for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry (Articles 2, 25, 96).
  **Étrangers** signalés aux fins de non-admission (articles 2, 25, 96).
  ([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 844994)

- Non-refoulement of undocumented foreign **nationals**
  Non-refoulement des **étrangers** sans papiers
  ([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 27164040)

- We must allow foreign **nationals** who live in our countries to live free from discrimination, and to become integrated.
  Il faut permettre aux **étrangers** qui sont chez nous, dans les conditions juridiques respectant le droit de nos pays, de vivre sans discrimination et d'être intégrés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 70307)

- Inter-ethnic marriages and marriages between Uzbeks and foreign **nationals**
  Mariage interethnique et entre Ouzbeks et **étrangers**
  ([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 22456074)

## nationaux

Used about 5 113 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 81 · legal and administrative ≈ 98 · UN documents ≈ 4 935).

- In France, as in nearly all the other European countries, public office is reserved for **nationals**, and that is how it should remain.
  En France, et dans presque tous les pays d'Europe, la fonction publique est réservée aux **nationaux** et cela doit le rester.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1831455)

- Scheme to promote compliance by **nationals** with CCAMLR conservation measures
  Système visant à promouvoir le respect par les **nationaux** des mesures de conservation établies par la CCAMLR
  ([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 1284739)

- Pursuant to that Act, American Samoans were given the status of United States **nationals**.
  Conformément à cette loi, les Samoans américains se sont vu accorder le statut de **nationaux** américains.
  ([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 23788485)

- We cannot, and I say this as a matter of principle, discriminate against **nationals** by making access to employment easier for non-**nationals**.
  Il ne peut être question, et je le dis en principe, de discriminer les **nationaux** en rendant l'accès à l'emploi plus facile pour les non-nationaux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 113556)

- The parties to the dispute shall each appoint one member, who may be chosen from among their respective **nationals**.
  Les parties au différend en nommeront chacune un, qui pourra être choisi parmi leurs **nationaux** respectifs.
  ([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 1507503)

## tiers

Used about 40 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 40).

- The importance of coordinating social security systems for third-country **nationals** is already amply conveyed in the first nine recitals proposed by the Commission.
  L'importance de la coordination des régimes de sécurité sociale pour les citoyens des pays **tiers** se reflète déjà abondamment dans les neuf premiers considérants proposés par la Commission.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 393167)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Six of the officials are Italian **nationals**, five are German, five are British, three Belgian, two Irish, one Dutch, one French, one Austrian and one Spanish.
  Six Italiens, cinq Allemands, cinq Britanniques, trois Belges, deux Irlandais, un Néerlandais, un Autrichien et un Espagnol.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 45824)

- We need a constructive, peaceful process that recognises that Tibetan **nationals** have a right to their own culture and religion.
  Nous devons mettre en place un processus constructif, pacifique, qui reconnaît le droit des Tibétains à conserver leur propre culture et leur propre religion.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 911050)

- The majority of these foreign **nationals**, i.e. 87%, are from EU countries.
  La majorité de ceux-ci - 87 % - provient des pays de l'UE.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 84791)

## Grammar

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