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# separation — English to French

How English *separation* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 4 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: separation (25 478), separations (1 080). By style: everyday 13 · literary 1 · biblical 13 · parliamentary 830 · legal and administrative 3 197 · UN documents 22 504.

## séparation

Used about 12 866 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 13 · literary ≈ 1 · biblical ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 684 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 320 · UN documents ≈ 9 846). Forms: séparation, séparations.

- Linda filed for a legal **separation**.
  Linda a déposé une demande de **séparation** légale.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Scorpionvenin14 · checked, community translation · [\#3991490](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3991490) [\#3991564](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3991564))

- He saw Cosette every day, he felt paternity spring up and develop within him more and more, he brooded over the soul of that child, he said to himself that she was his, that nothing could take her from him, that this would last indefinitely, that she would certainly become a nun, being thereto gently incited every day, that thus the convent was henceforth the universe for her as it was for him, that he should grow old there, and that she would grow up there, that she would grow old there, and that he should die there; that, in short, delightful hope, no **separation** was possible.
  Il voyait Cosette tous les jours, il sentait la paternité naître et se développer en lui de plus en plus, il couvait de l'âme cette enfant, il se disait qu'elle était à lui, que rien ne pouvait la lui enlever, que cela serait ainsi indéfiniment, que certainement elle se ferait religieuse, y étant chaque jour doucement provoquée, qu'ainsi le couvent était désormais l'univers pour elle comme pour lui, qu'il y vieillirait et qu'elle y grandirait, qu'elle y vieillirait et qu'il y mourrait, qu'enfin, ravissante espérance, aucune **séparation** n'était possible.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 19158)

- For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of **separation**,
  Car il est notre paix, lui qui des deux n’en a fait qu’un, et qui a renversé le mur de **séparation**, l’inimitié,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EPH 2:14)

- Subject: **Separation** of powers
  Objet : **Séparation** des pouvoirs
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 358790)

- Gas centrifuge **separation** plant;
  installations de **séparation** à centrifugeuses à gaz;
  ([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 1840886)

## cessations

Used about 3 985 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 985).

- staff **separations** total **separations** reappointmentsa
  **cessations** du total fonctionnaires
  ([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 25408771)

- **separations** Percentage of total **separations**
  Pourcentage du nombre total de **cessations** de service
  ([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 21727162)

- Difference between the representation of women and the percentage of **separations**
  Différence entre le pourcentage de femmes et le pourcentage des **cessations** de service
  ([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 25423408)

- B. Entity: new table 14 showing appointments and **separations** by largest 10 entities
  B. Entité : nouveau tableau 14 : nominations et **cessations** de service dans les 10 plus grandes entités
  ([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 21726941)

- b Other **separations** includes transfer to another organization within the United Nations common system.
  b La catégorie Autres **cessations** comprend la mutations dans une autre organisation au sein du système commun des Nations Unies.
  ([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 21727170)

## service

Used about 3 047 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 047).

- at time of **separation**
  de la cessation de **service**,
  ([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 19720528)

- **Separations** on or after 1 July 1995
  Cessation de **service** intervenant le 1er juillet 1995 ou ultérieurement
  ([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 737176)

- (c) In respect of the scale of **separation** payments
  c) Incidence en ce qui concerne les versements à la cessation de **service**
  ([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 14652857)

- including appointments and **separations**, from 30 June 2011 to 30 June 2012
  **service** entre le 1er juillet 2011 et le 30 juin 2012
  ([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 25408211)

- No **separations** were conducted during the reporting period
  Aucune cessation de **service** n &apos; a eu lieu au cours de la période considérée.
  ([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 28974469)

## divorces

Used about 469 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 469).

- (12b) **Separations** and divorces and foster children.
  (12b) Separations and **divorces** and foster children.
  ([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 22503451)

- 248. In 1999, 21,400 children experienced the **separation** of their parents. Two thirds of these **separations** were due to divorce, while the remaining third were due to the **separation** of cohabitants.
  248. En 1999, 21 400 enfants ont vu leurs parents se séparer (deux tiers de **divorces** et un tiers de ruptures de concubinage).
  ([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 11922783)

## More sentences

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

- All the days of his **separation** he is holy to the LORD.
  Pendant tout le temps de son naziréat, il sera consacré à l’Éternel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 6:8)

- “‘This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his **separation** are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
  Voici la loi du naziréen. Le jour où il aura accompli le temps de son naziréat, on le fera venir à l’entrée de la tente d’assignation.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 6:13)

- All the days of his **separation** he shall eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the seeds even to the skins.
  Pendant tout le temps de son naziréat, il ne mangera rien de ce qui provient de la vigne, depuis les pépins jusqu’à la peau du raisin.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · NUM 6:4)

## Grammar

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