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# penalties — English to French

How English *penalties* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: penalties (31 137). By style: everyday 2 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 1 651 · legal and administrative 5 282 · UN documents 24 201.

## sanctions

Used about 15 669 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 963 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 622 · UN documents ≈ 10 084).

- It seeks to approximate laws with common minimum **penalties**.
  Elle cherche à rapprocher les législations avec des **sanctions** communes minimales.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 288769)

- Calculation of cash **penalties**
  Calcul des **sanctions** pécuniaires
  ([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 4274641)

- Suspension and termination of contract and **penalties**
  Suspension, résiliation et **sanctions**
  ([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 7369633)

- Another new aspect is that there has been some increase in the possible **penalties**.
  Un autre nouvel aspect est l’augmentation du nombre de **sanctions** possibles.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 767757)

- **PENALTIES** FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
  **SANCTIONS** POUR NON-CONFORMITÉ DE LA PRODUCTION
  ([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 5593370)

## peines

Used about 6 761 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 206 · UN documents ≈ 6 554).

- **Penalties** must suddenly get stricter.
  Nous devons alourdir les **peines** sur-le-champ.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 843904)

- This legislation provides strict **penalties** for the commission of such an offence.
  La loi susmentionnée punit de lourdes **peines** une telle infraction.
  ([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 3790674)

- We would also like to have had more details on how tough the **penalties** should be.
  Nous aurions également souhaité obtenir des détails sur la sévérité prévue des **peines**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1076588)

- **Penalties** included a prison sentence of up to one year.
  Des **peines** de prison d &apos; une durée maximale d &apos; un an pouvaient être prononcées.
  ([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 29259976)

- If we set minimum **penalties**, we shall be contradicting cleverly worked-out national criminal codes.
  Établir des **peines** minimales est en contradiction avec les systèmes pénaux nationaux minutieusement mis en place.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 115756)

## pénalités

Used about 2 189 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 172 · UN documents ≈ 2 017).

- The Commission has, of course, applied the contractual **penalties** provided for to punish this delay.
  La Commission a évidemment activé les **pénalités** contractuelles prévues pour sanctionner ce retard.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1288946)

- Suspension and termination of contract and **penalties**
  Suspension et résiliation du contrat et **pénalités**
  ([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 14054572)

- Finally, how does the Commission intend to exact contractual **penalties** on those responsible for the project?
  Enfin, comment la Commission envisage-t-elle de réclamer les **pénalités** contractuelles aux gestionnaires du projet?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1289114)

- 3. **Penalties** for late delivery of goods 22
  3. **Pénalités** pour retard dans la livraison des marchandises 22
  ([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 1359250)

- Both of these projects are governed by the same contract, so the **penalties** are deducted equally from the invoices for SIS II and for VIS.
  Ces deux projets sont régis par le même contrat, les **pénalités** sont donc défalquées indifféremment des factures pour le SIS II ou pour le VIS.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1289146)

## infraction

Used about 1 043 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 34 · UN documents ≈ 1 008).

- The Commission did not monitor rigorously enough the imposition of **penalties** on fishing vessels for infringements of the regulations.
  La Commission n'a pas suffisamment contrôlé les condamnations prises contre les bateaux de pêche en **infraction**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1648673)

- 88. The existing laws in the Philippines offer criminal **penalties** when an offence can be proven before the court.
  Les lois en vigueur aux Philippines prévoient une peine lorsqu &apos; une **infraction** peut être prouvée devant un tribunal.
  ([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 30287944)

- 43. Current Mexican legislation does not establish **penalties** for conscientious objectors, since conscientious objection does not constitute an offence.
  43. L &apos; objection de conscience n &apos; étant pas une **infraction** au Mexique, la législation en vigueur ne sanctionne pas les objecteurs de conscience.
  ([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 4011938)

## amendes

Used about 144 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 34 · legal and administrative ≈ 110).

- The Commission wishes to make the procedures stricter and impose **penalties** for tender irregularities, often without objective reasons.
  La Commission souhaite durcir les procédures et imposer des **amendes** en cas d'irrégularités dans l'appel d'offres, souvent sans raison objective.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1002635)

- Including interest, administrative **penalties** and fines, and costs.
  Y compris les intérêts, les pénalités et les **amendes** administratives, ainsi que les frais.
  ([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 1622736)

## More sentences

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

- It's always disappointing when you lose a match on **penalties**.
  Il est toujours décevant de perdre un match aux tirs aux buts.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1629080](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1629080) [\#1629877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1629877))

- England go out on **penalties** again.
  L'Angleterre est à nouveau éliminée aux tirs au but.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by User13844 and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1508053](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1508053) [\#12943744](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12943744))

- **Penalties** are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  Les châtiments sont prêts pour les moqueurs, Et les coups pour le dos des insensés.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 19:29)

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