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# offence — English to French

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

What it means: [offence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/offence/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: offence (59 320), offences (69 899). By style: everyday 14 · literary 6 · parliamentary 1 718 · legal and administrative 3 399 · UN documents 124 082.

## infractions

Used about 69 394 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 501 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 974 · UN documents ≈ 65 919). Forms: infraction, infractions.

- First, the list of **offences** needs to be extended.
  Il s' agit, d'une part, d'étendre la liste des **infractions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 73151)

- the type of **offence**;
  le type d'**infraction**;
  ([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 4734963)

- **Offences** provided for in special laws 23.3%
  **infractions** qualifiées dans des lois spéciales 23,3%
  ([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 6040203)

- However, other important **offences** are missing from this list.
  Mais d'autres **infractions** importantes n'apparaissent pas dans cette liste.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 234021)

- the type of **offence**;’;
  le type d'**infraction**;».
  ([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 4734367)

## délits

Used about 16 189 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 537 · legal and administrative ≈ 142 · UN documents ≈ 15 510). Forms: délit, délits.

- We also face difficulties with regard to **offences**.
  Ensuite, nous avons des difficultés relatives aux **délits**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1661)

- Arrested again on 11.8.2006 for terrorist **offences**.
  Arrêté de nouveau le 11.8.2006 pour **délits** terroristes.
  ([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 1476813)

- Forcing people into marriage is a statutory **offence**.
  Le mariage forcé est un **délit**.
  ([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 13597001)

- Forgeries and piracy are clearly punishable **offences**.
  La contrefaçon et le piratage sont de toute évidence des **délits** punissables.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 926053)

- (e.g. suspected of serious **offence**; aggressive behaviour):
  (par exemple, présomption de **délit** grave; comportement agressif):
  ([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 101900)

## loi

Used about 5 207 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 36 · UN documents ≈ 5 170).

- But this supposition vanished very quickly, and he smiled bitterly as he remembered that the theft of the forty sous from little Gervais put him in the position of a man guilty of a second **offence** after conviction, that this affair would certainly come up, and, according to the precise terms of the law, would render him liable to penal servitude for life.
  Mais cette supposition s'évanouit bien vite, et il sourit amèrement en songeant que le vol des quarante sous à Petit-Gervais le faisait récidiviste, que cette affaire reparaîtrait certainement et, aux termes précis de la **loi**, le ferait passible des travaux forcés à perpétuité.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5130)

- It also requires Member States to create yet more criminal **offences** to regulate the commercial market.
  Il impose également aux États membres de nouveaux manquements à la **loi** pour régulariser le marché commercial.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 402100)

- 5. Reviewing the Emergency Act and confining its provisions to **offences** that undermine State security;
  5. Réexamen de la **loi** sur l &apos; état d &apos; urgence, dont les dispositions doivent être limitées aux atteintes à la sécurité de l &apos; État;
  ([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 13467823)

- The second is that the Immunity Act, which is current law in the Czech Republic, is an **offence** against human rights as understood both in Europe and throughout the world.
  Deuxièmement, la **loi** d'amnistie en vigueur dans la République tchèque contrevient aussi bien aux droits fondamentaux européens qu'aux droits de l'homme en vigueur dans 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 446439)

- 509. This Act will assist police to monitor child sex offenders in the community and investigate child sex **offences** committed by recidivist offenders.
  509. Ladite **loi** aide la police à surveiller les délinquants libérés et à enquêter lors de violences sexuelles sur enfants commises par des récidivistes.
  ([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 11927089)

## pénales

Used about 1 328 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 1 293).

- Member States shall ensure that inciting, aiding and abetting the intentional conduct referred to in paragraph 1 is punishable as a criminal **offence**.
  Les États membres veillent à ce que le fait d’encourager, de faciliter et d’inciter à commettre intentionnellement les actes visés au paragraphe 1 soit passible de sanctions **pénales**.
  ([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 1753955)

- A failure to do so exposes them to criminal liability for the **offence** of financing, or assisting to finance terrorists.
  À défaut, elle s &apos; expose à des poursuites **pénales** pour financement ou complicité de financement d &apos; actes de terrorisme.
  ([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 15935434)

## More sentences

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

- The best defence is a good **offence**.
  La meilleure défense est une bonne attaque.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#12640896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12640896) [\#8114450](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8114450))

- If somebody rebukes him for anything, he easily takes **offence**.
  Si quelqu'un lui fait des reproches, il se vexe facilement.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Ergulis and Micsmithel · checked, community translation · [\#8117606](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8117606) [\#10558618](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10558618))

- I meant no **offence**.
  Je n'avais pas l'intention de l'offenser.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1890743](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1890743) [\#1891856](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1891856))

## 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/).

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