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# prisoners — English to French

How English *prisoners* 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: prisoners (48 769). By style: everyday 63 · literary 12 · biblical 17 · parliamentary 2 088 · legal and administrative 331 · UN documents 46 258.

## prisonniers

Used about 21 446 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 49 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 1 827 · legal and administrative ≈ 283 · UN documents ≈ 19 274).

- We're all **prisoners**.
  Nous sommes tous **prisonniers**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#3821391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3821391) [\#4867208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4867208))

- “But the **prisoners**, our unfortunate fellow-travellers—”
  --Mais ces **prisonniers**... nos malheureux compagnons...
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2637)

- The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the **prisoners**, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
  Les soldats furent d’avis de tuer les **prisonniers**, de peur que quelqu’un d’eux ne s’échappât à la nage.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 27:42)

- Political **prisoners** are being tortured.
  Les **prisonniers** politiques sont torturés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1753690)

- the situation of **prisoners** arrested during protests;
  la situation des **prisonniers** arrêtés lors des manifestations,
  ([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 3808026)

## détenus

Used about 14 567 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 87 · legal and administrative ≈ 21 · UN documents ≈ 14 456).

- Ten **prisoners** broke out of jail.
  Dix **détenus** se sont échappés de la prison.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and U2FS · checked, community translation · [\#73416](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/73416) [\#799785](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/799785))

- “Fifthly: in the Madelonettes there are only two bars to the canteen, so that the canteen woman can touch the **prisoners** with her hand.
  «Cinquièmement: aux Madelonnettes, il n'y a que deux barreaux à la cantine, ce qui permet à la cantinière de laisser toucher sa main aux **détenus**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28716)

- Some people allege that the **prisoners** have been tortured.
  Certaines personnes prétendent que des **détenus** ont été torturés.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1206711)

- The regime provided for all **prisoners** shall offer a balanced programme of activities.
  Le régime prévu pour tous les **détenus** doit offrir un programme d'activités équilibré.
  ([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 4226894)

- B. Convicted **prisoners** and administrative detainees 47 - 48 20
  B. **Détenus** condamnés et personnes frappées d &apos; internement administratif 47 −48 20
  ([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 18428585)

## prison

Used about 2 893 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2 · UN documents ≈ 2 891).

- to open the blind eyes, to bring the **prisoners** out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
  Pour ouvrir les yeux des aveugles, Pour faire sortir de **prison** le captif, Et de leur cachot ceux qui habitent dans les ténèbres.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 42:7)

- Additional staff had been assigned to Ljubljana Prison and convicted **prisoners** were transferred on a daily basis to other locations.
  Le personnel de la **prison** de Ljubljana a été étoffé et des condamnés sont transférés quotidiennement vers d &apos; autres installations.
  ([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 25900983)

- They will be gathered together, as **prisoners** are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.
  Ils seront assemblés captifs dans une **prison**, Ils seront enfermés dans des cachots, Et, après un grand nombre de jours, ils seront châtiés.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 24:22)

- Nearly one in four sentenced **prisoners** (23 per cent) had an aggregate sentence of 2-5 years, and **prisoners** with a sentence of 5-10 years comprised 22 per cent of the prisoner population.
  Près d &apos; un condamné sur quatre (23 %) purgeait une peine de 2 à 5 ans d &apos; emprisonnement, laquelle peine était de 5 à 10 de **prison** pour 22 % de la population carcérale.
  ([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 19341394)

- 3. The medical and nutritional needs of women **prisoners** who have recently given birth, but whose babies are not with them in prison, shall be included in treatment programmes.
  3. Les besoins médicaux et nutritionnels des détenues ayant récemment accouché, mais dont l &apos; enfant ne séjourne pas avec elles en **prison**, doivent être inclus dans les programmes de traitement.
  ([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 23390296)

## libération

Used about 1 051 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 87 · UN documents ≈ 964).

- What steps is the Council taking - and what further steps can it take - to secure the release of all political **prisoners** being detained by the Cuban regime?
  Que fait le Conseil, et que peut-il faire de plus, pour assurer la **libération** par le régime cubain de toutes les personnes persécutées pour leurs opinions politiques?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 456567)

- The Committee welcomed the release of the Palestinian women **prisoners**.
  Le Comité s &apos; est félicité de la **libération** de détenues palestiniennes.
  ([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 3376306)

- Releasing all of the political **prisoners** and reopening the offices of the opposition parties, which were closed by the authorities, will be steps in this direction.
  La **libération** de tous les détenus politiques ainsi que la réouverture des bureaux des partis de l’opposition fermés par les autorités iront dans cette direction.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 726672)

## More sentences

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

- The **prisoners** were set free.
  Les prisonnières furent libérées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#320488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/320488) [\#1341691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1341691))

- The **prisoners** were set free.
  Les prisonnières ont été libérées.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#320488](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/320488) [\#1341693](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1341693))

- Those **prisoners** were set free yesterday.
  Ces prisonnières ont été libérées hier.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1332081](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1332081) [\#1332118](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1332118))

## Grammar

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