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# punishment — English to French

How English *punishment* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 7 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: punishment (77 361), punishments (3 929). By style: everyday 35 · literary 5 · biblical 27 · parliamentary 1 131 · legal and administrative 414 · UN documents 79 678.

## peine

Used about 35 457 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 507 · legal and administrative ≈ 86 · UN documents ≈ 34 859). Forms: peine, peines.

- I'll get off with very light **punishment**.
  Je m'en sortirai avec une **peine** très légère.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by \_undertoad and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2254132](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2254132) [\#4996978](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4996978))

- Even as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, having in the same way as these given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are shown as an example, suffering the **punishment** of eternal fire.
  que Sodome et Gomorrhe et les villes voisines, qui se livrèrent comme eux à l’impudicité et à des vices contre nature, sont données en exemple, subissant la **peine** d’un feu éternel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · JUD 1:7)

- Barbaric **punishments** are still being carried out.
  Des **peines** abominables sont toujours d'application.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 382880)

- GOODS THAT COULD BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAPITAL **PUNISHMENT**
  BIENS SUSCEPTIBLES D'ÊTRE UTILISÉS EN VUE D'INFLIGER LA **PEINE** CAPITALE
  ([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 4899800)

- The rest of the accused were awarded lesser **punishments**.
  Les autres accusés se sont vu condamner à des **peines** moins sévères
  ([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 13458274)

## sanctions

Used about 12 679 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 165 · legal and administrative ≈ 64 · UN documents ≈ 12 450).

- They are being denied this right and they are being hit with very heavy **punishments**.
  Ce droit leur est dénié et ils sont frappés de très lourdes **sanctions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1308861)

- prosecution or **punishment** which is disproportionate or discriminatory;
  les poursuites ou **sanctions** qui sont disproportionnées ou discriminatoires;
  ([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 1871607)

- Trend in number of disciplinary **punishments**, 1993-2003
  Évolution du nombre de **sanctions** disciplinaires (19932003)
  ([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 13370447)

- Some of the draconian **punishments**, though, appear to me to be too strict and too unproductive.
  Certaines **sanctions** draconiennes me paraissent en tout cas trop sévères et trop négatives.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1765604)

- prosecution or **punishment**, which is disproportionate or discriminatory;
  les poursuites ou **sanctions** qui sont disproportionnées ou discriminatoires;
  ([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 427515)

## contre

Used about 1 697 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 35 · UN documents ≈ 1 660).

- I am against using death as a **punishment**. I am also against using it as a reward.
  Je suis **contre** l'utilisation de la mort en tant que punition. Je suis aussi contre son utilisation en tant que récompense.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Smoky and eS · checked, community translation · [\#2264](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2264) [\#4107](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4107))

- Every stroke of the rod of **punishment**, which the LORD will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.
  A chaque coup de la verge qui lui est destinée, Et que l’Éternel fera tomber sur lui, On entendra les tambourins et les harpes; L’Éternel combattra **contre** lui à main levée.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 30:32)

- This overwhelming rejection is, however, the people’s **punishment** for your policy, including that relating to the textile industry.
  Mais ce rejet massif est une sanction populaire **contre** votre politique, y compris concernant le textile.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 706647)

- Violence against children, including corporal **punishment**, in the family, schools and other institutions.
  6. Les violences **contre** les enfants, y compris les châtiments corporels, dans la famille, l &apos; école ou d &apos; autres institutions.
  ([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 15239968)

- I believe that this **punishment** is symptomatic of the Chinese authorities stepping up their campaign against human rights activists.
  Je crois que cette sanction prouve que les autorités chinoises intensifient leur campagne **contre** les militants des droits de l'homme.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1332257)

## inhumains

Used about 1 660 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 660).

- It had not opposed the draft resolution, since it also opposed torture and inhuman **punishment**.
  Il n &apos; a pas voté contre le projet de résolution car il est opposé à la torture et aux traitements **inhumains**.
  ([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 8818861)

- 49. Take all necessary steps to eliminate torture and other inhuman **punishments** in prisons and detention facilities (Denmark);
  49. Prendre toutes les mesures nécessaires pour éliminer le recours à la torture et aux traitements **inhumains** dans les prisons et les lieux de détention (Danemark);
  ([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 22098678)

## dégradants

Used about 178 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 178).

- Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or **Punishment**
  Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou **dégradants**
  ([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 689659)

- the 1984 Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or **Punishment**;
  la convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou **dégradants** de 1984;
  ([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 333655)

- torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or **punishment** of an applicant in the country of origin; or
  la torture ou des traitements ou sanctions inhumains ou **dégradants** infligés à un demandeur dans son pays d'origine, ou
  ([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 427571)

- torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or **punishment** of an applicant in the country of origin; or
  la torture ou des traitements ou sanctions inhumains ou **dégradants** infligés à un demandeur dans son pays d’origine; ou
  ([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 1871663)

- the Convention of 10 December 1984 against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or **Punishment**,
  la convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou **dégradants** du 10 décembre 1984,
  ([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 3023426)

## cruels

Used about 24 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 24).

- The imposition of Islamic law goes hand in hand with the most brutal and savage **punishments**.
  L'application des lois islamiques entraîne les châtiments les plus brutaux et les plus **cruels**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1645637)

- In it we refer to human dignity and the ban on degrading and cruel **punishment**.
  Dans celle-ci, nous faisons référence à la dignité humaine ainsi qu'à l'interdiction de châtiments dégradants et **cruels**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1023079)

## torture

Used about 20 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 12 · legal and administrative ≈ 7).

- Before his eyes he had the sublime summit of abnegation, the highest possible pitch of virtue; the innocence which pardons men their faults, and which expiates in their stead; servitude submitted to, torture accepted, **punishment** claimed by souls which have not sinned, for the sake of sparing it to souls which have fallen; the love of humanity swallowed up in the love of God, but even there preserving its distinct and mediatorial character; sweet and feeble beings possessing the misery of those who are punished and the smile of those who are recompensed.
  Il avait sous les yeux le sommet sublime de l'abnégation, la plus haute cime de la vertu possible; l'innocence qui pardonne aux hommes leurs fautes et qui les expie à leur place; la servitude subie, la **torture** acceptée, le supplice réclamé par les âmes qui n'ont pas péché pour en dispenser les âmes qui ont failli; l'amour de l'humanité s'abîmant dans l'amour de Dieu, mais y demeurant distinct, et suppliant; de doux êtres faibles ayant la misère de ceux qui sont punis et le sourire de ceux qui sont récompensés.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 12565)

- In addition, since 2002, when this offence was created, thousands of refugees have suffered this **punishment**, this torture.
  Et depuis 2002, date à laquelle cette infraction a été créée, des milliers de réfugiés ont subi ce châtiment, cette **torture**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1465735)

- AUTHORISATION FOR THE SUPPLY OF TECHNICALASSISTANCE RELATED TO GOODS THAT COULD BEUSED FOR TORTURE OR FOR CAPITAL **PUNISHMENT**(REGULATION (EU) 2019/125)
  AUTORISATION POUR LA FOURNITURE D'ASSISTANCETECHNIQUE LIÉE Ŕ DES BIENS SUSCEPTIBLES D'ĘTREUTILISÉS Ŕ DES FINS DE **TORTURE** OU EN VUE D'INFLIGERLA PEINE CAPITALE \[RČGLEMENT (UE) 2019/125\]
  ([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 4900529)

## More sentences

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

- I'm ready to accept my **punishment**.
  Je suis prête à accepter ma sanction.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#6871247](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6871247) [\#7889025](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7889025))

- We must also make sure that the **punishment** fits the crime.
  On doit également prêter attention à ce que la punition n'excède pas la faute.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by tieguy and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#13807497](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13807497) [\#1711746](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1711746))

- Tatoeba: Where attention to detail is sacred, and **punishment** is swift.
  Tatoeba : Où l'attention au détail est sacrée et la sanction prompte.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by FeuDRenais and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#481877](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/481877) [\#552484](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/552484))

## 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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