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# settlement — English to French

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

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: settlement (72 912), settlements (49 588). By style: everyday 10 · literary 1 · biblical 2 · parliamentary 2 304 · legal and administrative 8 274 · UN documents 111 909.

## humains

Used about 27 977 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 27 977).

- COMMITTEE ON HUMAN **SETTLEMENTS**
  COMITE DES ETABLISSEMENTS **HUMAINS**
  ([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 4110469)

- COMMISSION ON HUMAN **SETTLEMENTS**
  COMMISSION DES ÉTABLISSEMENTS **HUMAINS**
  ([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 2422556)

- Environment and human **settlements**
  Environnement et établissements **humains**
  ([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 19999386)

- United Nations Human **Settlements** Programme
  Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements **humains**
  ([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 13002047)

- strengthening of the United Nations Human **Settlements**
  des Nations Unies pour les établissements **humains**
  ([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 13067287)

## règlement

Used about 24 424 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 600 · legal and administrative ≈ 5 171 · UN documents ≈ 18 652). Forms: règlement, règlements.

- The two countries will negotiate a **settlement** to the crisis.
  Les deux pays vont négocier un **règlement** à la crise.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#325614](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/325614) [\#1088178](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1088178))

- However, the fourth directive affords no solution to **settlement** procedures currently under way.
  Ladite directive n'apporte toutefois pas de solution aux procédures de **règlement** en cours.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 158620)

- Gains on litigation **settlements**
  Profits sur les **règlements** de litiges
  ([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 5310142)

- 1. The Tribunal shall make suitable provisions for the **settlement** of:
  1. Le Tribunal prend des dispositions appropriées en vue du **règlement** :
  ([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 3187728)

- Mr President, others have talked about the issue of dispute **settlement** specifically.
  Monsieur le Président, d'autres orateurs ont abordé spécifiquement le problème du **règlement** des litiges.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 202191)

## différends

Used about 19 068 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 72 · legal and administrative ≈ 345 · UN documents ≈ 18 652).

- With regard to dispute **settlement**, an issue you have also addressed, I would make three comments.
  En ce qui concerne le règlement des **différends**, sur lequel vous vous êtes aussi penché, trois remarques.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 250863)

- Dispute **Settlement** and Mediation Mechanism
  Règlement des **différends** et mécanisme de médiation
  ([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 317284)

- 1. Suriname promotes the peaceful **settlement** of disputes.
  Le Suriname encourage le règlement pacifique des **différends**.
  ([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 14592078)

- Since Russia is not a member of the WTO, we do not have a dispute **settlement** mechanism with them.
  La Russie n'étant pas membre de l'OMC, nous ne pouvons recourir à aucun mécanisme de règlement des **différends** à son égard.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1343314)

- Confidentiality and relationship to dispute **settlement**
  Confidentialité et relation avec la procédure de règlement des **différends**
  ([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 4846031)

## colonies

Used about 11 180 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 600 · legal and administrative ≈ 86 · UN documents ≈ 10 491).

- They established **settlements** in Africa.
  Ils ont établi des **colonies** en Afrique.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by shekitten and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#305476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/305476) [\#13273870](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13273870))

- It is time to stop and remove illegal **settlements**.
  Il est temps de mettre fin à la colonisation et de démanteler les **colonies** illégales.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 933842)

- Registration of the proposed citizens' initiative entitled ‘Stopping trade with Israeli **settlements** operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’ is hereby refused.
  L'enregistrement de la proposition d'initiative citoyenne intitulée «Mettre fin au commerce avec les **colonies** israéliennes exerçant leurs activités dans le territoire palestinien occupé» est refusé.
  ([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 4815021)

- Israeli **settlements** in the occupied Arab territories 36
  **Colonies** israéliennes dans les territoires arabes occupés 37
  ([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 1073863)

- All the Jewish **settlements** in the West Bank are illegal.
  Toutes les **colonies** juives de la Cisjordanie sont illégales.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#11698464](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11698464) [\#12104675](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12104675))

## établissements

Used about 6 261 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · legal and administrative ≈ 431 · UN documents ≈ 5 829).

- Today these **settlements** are maintained and recognized as a cultural heritage.
  Aujourd'hui, ces **établissements** sont entretenus et reconnus comme un patrimoine culturel.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by hackerman and Aiji · checked, community translation · [\#9125586](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9125586) [\#12232726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12232726))

- Grassland converted to **settlements**
  Prairies converties en **établissements**
  ([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 5248838)

- Out of 329,000 rural **settlements**, almost 9,000 are declining and dying.
  Sur 329 000 **établissements** ruraux en Ukraine, près de 9 000 sont en train de dépérir.
  ([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 24752963)

- **Settlements** converted to other land
  **Établissements** convertis en autres terres
  ([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 5248850)

- Informal **settlements** are also often built in hazardous locations and their dwellers suffer social segregation.
  Les **établissements** spontanés sont souvent construits dans des endroits dangereux et leurs habitants sont victimes de ségrégation sociale.
  ([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 24565313)

## internationaux

Used about 1 277 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 24 · legal and administrative ≈ 86 · UN documents ≈ 1 166).

- Italy rejects war as an instrument of aggression against the freedom of other peoples and as a means for the **settlement** of international disputes.
  L'Italie répudie la guerre en tant qu'instrument d'atteinte à la liberté des autres peuples et comme mode de solution des conflits **internationaux**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#11611608](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11611608) [\#11606074](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11606074))

- Finally, we are calling for the essential cooperation between the Governors of the Central Banks to be carried out under the auspices of the Bank for International **Settlements**.
  Nous demandons également que la collaboration indispensable entre les gouverneurs des banques centrales soit assurée par l'intermédiaire de la Banque des paiements **internationaux**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1595581)

- payment of a final award or of an award **settlement** paid to an investor in the context of such international agreements.
  les versements à des investisseurs des sommes allouées dans une sentence finale ou prévues dans un accord transactionnel dans le contexte de tels accords **internationaux**.
  ([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 3444241)

- Source: Bank of International **Settlements**.
  Source: Banque des règlements **internationaux**.
  ([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 25161870)

## More sentences

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

- The **settlement** is a matter of time.
  Le compromis est une question de temps.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gin and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#22328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/22328) [\#981374](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/981374))

- May we ask you to remit the **settlement** in full at your earliest convenience?
  Pourrions-nous vous demander de renvoyer pour solde de tout compte sitôt que cela vous sera possible ?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by LiborSupcik and dominiko · checked, community translation · [\#36259](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/36259) [\#12998](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12998))

- The Israeli **settlement** of Sderot was founded in 1951.
  La colonie israélienne de Sderot a été fondée en 1951.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Amastan and Amastan · checked, community translation · [\#12103536](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12103536) [\#12104867](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12104867))

## Grammar

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