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# pollution — English to French

How English *pollution* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 6 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: pollution (44 792), pollutions (59). By style: everyday 38 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 3 504 · legal and administrative 3 107 · UN documents 38 201.

## pollution

Used about 40 244 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 36 · parliamentary ≈ 3 212 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 376 · UN documents ≈ 34 620). Forms: pollution, pollutions.

- **Pollution** is damaging our earth.
  La **pollution** endommage notre terre.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#25711](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/25711) [\#888812](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/888812))

- **Pollution** is identifiable and measurable.
  La **pollution** est identifiable et mesurable.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1094138)

- BEMP FOR NOISE **POLLUTION**
  MPME POUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LA **POLLUTION** SONORE
  ([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 4787276)

- (ii) **pollution** and energy.
  ii) la **pollution** et l &apos; énergie;
  ([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 6260969)

- The **pollution** worsens with each year.
  La **pollution** s'aggrave d'année en année.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#453208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/453208) [\#11918789](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11918789))

## antipollution

Used about 1 142 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 73 · legal and administrative ≈ 670 · UN documents ≈ 398).

- Cars are equipped with anti-**pollution** filters.
  Les voitures sont équipées de filtres **antipollution**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by traeton and Julien\_PDC · checked, community translation · [\#10480642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10480642) [\#8640167](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8640167))

- France did not have enough anti-**pollution** vessels to deal with this oil slick.
  La France ne disposait pas de bateaux **antipollution** suffisants pour faire face à cette marée noire.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 59140)

- Completion of anti-**pollution** measures
  Achèvement des mesures **antipollution**
  ([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 4469258)

- Every replacement **pollution** control device conforming to the type approved under this Regulation as a separate technical unit shall bear a type-approval mark.
  3.1 Chaque dispositif **antipollution** de remplacement correspondant au type homologué conformément au présent Règlement en tant qu &apos; entité technique distincte doit porter une marque d &apos; homologation de type.
  ([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 26373091)

- Type V (durability of anti-**pollution** devices);
  type V (durabilité des dispositifs **antipollution**);
  ([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 5497934)

## eau

Used about 869 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 73 · UN documents ≈ 796).

- Water spreads the **pollution** into other parts of the natural environment and, in order to construct housing or other buildings on the land, it must be decontaminated at great expense.
  En effet, l'**eau** véhicule les substances polluantes vers d'autres terrains sur lesquels la construction de logements, par exemple, exigent dès lors des travaux d'assainissement extrêmement onéreux.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 74896)

- Furthermore, the draft articles did not consider the harm caused when groundwater was contaminated by **pollution** loads.
  Par ailleurs, le projet d &apos; articles n &apos; envisage pas le dommage causé lorsque l &apos; **eau** souterraine est contaminée par une charge polluante.
  ([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 23507940)

- Due to the size of the country and the low level of manufacturing, there is little **pollution** of the air and water ways.
  475. Compte tenu de la superficie du pays et de son faible degré d &apos; industrialisation, l &apos; atmosphère et les cours d &apos; **eau** sont peu pollués.
  ([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 29653639)

## air

Used about 399 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 398).

- This district is notorious for air **pollution**.
  Ce quartier est réputé pour son **air** pollué.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and appzer0 · checked, community translation · [\#57919](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/57919) [\#427273](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/427273))

- ECE/EB.AIR/94 (Hemispheric transport of air **pollution** 2007.
  ECE/EB.**AIR**/94 (Transport hémisphérique des polluants atmosphériques 2007.
  ([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 19037422)

## environnement

Used about 398 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 398).

- As a result, indigenous peoples &apos; participation in meetings has continued to grow over the past few years, with representatives of indigenous organizations attending meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Forum on Forests, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic **Pollutions**, Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
  Grâce à ces recommandations, la participation des peuples autochtones aux réunions en question s &apos; est constamment développée ces dernières années : aujourd &apos; hui, des représentants des organisations d &apos; autochtones participent à des réunions telles que celles de la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, le Forum des Nations Unies sur les forêts, les réunions de la Convention de Stockholm sur les polluants organiques persistants, de la Convention de Ramsar relative aux zones humides, de la Convention sur la conservation des espèces migratrices appartenant à la faune sauvage, de la Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées, de la Convention des Nations Unies contre la désertification, ou encore du Conseil d &apos; administration du PNUE (Programme des Nations Unies pour l &apos; **environnement**).
  ([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 24517723)

## nuisances

Used about 73 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 73).

- Joint motion for a resolution on night flights and noise **pollution** in the vicinity of airports.
  Proposition de résolution commune sur les vols de nuit et les **nuisances** acoustiques à proximité des aéroports.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 44446)

## More sentences

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

- but that we write to them that they abstain from the **pollution** of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood.
  mais qu’on leur écrive de s’abstenir des souillures des idoles, de l’impudicité, des animaux étouffés et du sang.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 15:20)

- Our sources of energy are far from inexhaustible, and in any case they cause **pollution**.
  Nos sources d'énergie sont loin d'être inépuisables, et par ailleurs, polluantes.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1615478)

- Means may be provided to reduce **pollution** by the effective use of protection.
  Ces effets peuvent être réduits par le biais de protections efficaces.
  ([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 390129)

## 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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