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Forms: prison, prisons. - The **prison** is small. La **prison** est petite. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#11223655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11223655) [\#11223664](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11223664)) - “In **prison**,” said he. --En **prison**, dit-il. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6597) - and he sent and beheaded John in the **prison**. et il envoya décapiter Jean dans la **prison**. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 14:10) - Thirdly, **prisons** are not hotels. Troisièmement, les **prisons** ne sont pas des hôtels. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1052061) - Other (e.g. **prison**) Autres (par exemple: **prison**) ([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 1520728) ## détenus Used about 5 576 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 49 · UN documents ≈ 5 528). - There are over 2 000 Kosovo Albanians held in Serbian **prisons**, most of them since spring 1999, that is before the NATO offensive. On y trouve plus de 2 000 Albanais du Kosovo, la plupart y étant **détenus** depuis le printemps 1999, avant donc les attaques de l'OTAN. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 65768) - After the earthquake, the priorities were altered to ensuring the security of the **prisons** and well-being of detainees. Après le séisme, la sécurité des établissements pénitentiaires et les conditions de vie des **détenus** sont devenues prioritaires. ([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 23219944) - On a delegation visit to Kazakhstan in September, I received conclusive evidence of the most brutal treatment in **prisons**. J'ai accompagné une délégation en visite au Kazakhstan en septembre et j'ai eu la preuve manifeste de la brutalité des traitements infligés aux **détenus**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1429400) - It also observed that it is difficult for the detainees concerned to successfully challenge the decision taken by the **prison** authorities. Il a également relevé qu ' il était difficile pour les **détenus** d ' obtenir la révision des décisions rendues par les autorités pénitentiaires. ([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 20372654) - 17. As to the composition of the **prison** population, 65 per cent of detainees were aged 31 to 59 years, 96.8 per cent were male and 3.2 per cent female. 17. S ' agissant de la composition de la population carcérale, 65 % des **détenus** sont âgés de 31 à 59 ans, 96,8 % sont des hommes et 3,2 % des femmes. ([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 26031709) ## emprisonnement Used about 2 457 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 24 · legal and administrative ≈ 222 · UN documents ≈ 2 211). - Forty seven year-old Nasrin Sotoudeh, who was arrested on 4 September, tortured and who has now been sentenced to 11 years in **prison**, is an example of this. Nasrin Sotoudeh, âgée de quarante-sept ans, qui a été arrêtée le 4 septembre, et torturée, et qui vient d'être condamnée à onze ans d'**emprisonnement**, en est un exemple. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1482038) - 07, Lelikaw Andrey, 7 days in **prison**; 7 juillet 2011, Lelikaw Andrey, 7 jours d'**emprisonnement**; ([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 2491845) - The charges are still pending, and the two individuals risk up to five years in **prison**. La procédure est toujours en cours et les intéressés encourent une peine pouvant aller jusqu ' à cinq ans d ' **emprisonnement**. ([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 27405182) - 20, Furman Viktar, 11 days in **prison**; 20 décembre 2010, Furman Viktar, 11 jours d'**emprisonnement**; ([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 2491851) - (a) The original act was a particularly serious offence, i.e. one for which the minimum penalty is a **prison** sentence exceeding three years; a) L ' acte en question est une infraction particulièrement grave. On entend par infraction grave celle pour laquelle la peine minimum est supérieure à trois (3) ans d ' **emprisonnement**; ([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 16005134) ## ans Used about 1 184 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 4 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 73 · UN documents ≈ 1 106). - She could face a ten-year **prison** term. Elle pourrait être passible d'une peine de dix **ans** d'emprisonnement. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#715601](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/715601) [\#2106472](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2106472)) - He thought he was looking at himself, grown old; not absolutely the same in face, of course, but exactly similar in attitude and aspect, with his bristling hair, with that wild and uneasy eye, with that blouse, just as it was on the day when he entered D——, full of hatred, concealing his soul in that hideous mass of frightful thoughts which he had spent nineteen years in collecting on the floor of the **prison**. Il crut se voir lui-même, vieilli, non pas sans doute absolument semblable de visage, mais tout pareil d'attitude et d'aspect, avec ces cheveux hérissés, avec cette prunelle fauve et inquiète, avec cette blouse, tel qu'il était le jour où il entrait à Digne, plein de haine et cachant dans son âme ce hideux trésor de pensées affreuses qu'il avait mis dix-neuf **ans** à ramasser sur le pavé du bagne. ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 5935) - For seven years, the Swedish citizen Dawit Isaak has been imprisoned without trial in a **prison** cell in a terrible dictatorship. Le ressortissant suédois Dawit Isaak est incarcéré depuis sept **ans** sans procès dans une dictature terrible. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1200367) - The court sentenced the husband to twenty years in **prison** and the wife to nine years in **prison**, to be followed by her deportation back to Nigeria. Le tribunal a condamné le mari à 20 **ans** de réclusion et sa femme à neuf ans, puis à l ' expulsion vers le Nigéria. ([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 25952864) - It is that agreement that Israel has flagrantly violated, despite there not having been any problems at all in the **prison** for four years. C’est cet accord-là qu’Israël a violé de façon flagrante, et ce, alors que pendant quatre **ans** il ne s’est produit aucun problème. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 786502) ## police Used about 1 106 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 106). - Complaints procedure in cases of torture or ill-treatment by the police, the security forces or **prison** staff Les procédures permettant de porter plainte contre des actes de torture ou des mauvais traitements commis par la **police**, par les forces de sécurité ou par le personnel pénitentiaire ([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 27641486) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - **Prison** guards found a shiv in Tom's cell. Les matons ont trouvé un schlass dans la cellule de Tom. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and Myrano\_ · checked, community translation · [\#10792470](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10792470) [\#14060291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/14060291)) - Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard and commanded to bring John’s head; and he went and beheaded him in the **prison**, Il envoya sur-le-champ un garde, avec ordre d’apporter la tête de Jean-Baptiste. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAR 6:27) - You brought us into **prison**. You laid a burden on our backs. Tu nous as amenés dans le filet, Tu as mis sur nos reins un pesant fardeau, ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 66:11) ## 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. 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