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# sustained — English to French

How English *sustained* is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

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

Sentence pairs counted, by form: sustained (35 779). By style: everyday 13 · literary 2 · biblical 4 · parliamentary 1 013 · legal and administrative 790 · UN documents 33 957.

## soutenu

Used about 8 051 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 169 · legal and administrative ≈ 99 · UN documents ≈ 7 782). Forms: soutenu, soutenue.

- Journalists are waging a **sustained** fight against censorship.
  Les journalistes mènent un combat **soutenu** contre la censure.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by ddnktr and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#11303242](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11303242) [\#11303246](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11303246))

- D——, which had **sustained** sieges during the wars of religion, was still surrounded in 1815 by ancient walls flanked by square towers which have been demolished since.
  Digne, qui a **soutenu** des sièges dans les guerres de religion, était encore entourée en 1815 de vieilles murailles flanquées de tours carrées qu'on a démolies depuis.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 1475)

- **Sustained** growth in Europe is essential if we wish to solve the problem of employment.
  Une croissance **soutenue** en Europe est indispensable si nous voulons résoudre le problème de l' emploi.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2020744)

- He **sustained** the ban of the independent ‘Autoradio’ station.
  Il a **soutenu** l'interdiction de la radio indépendante «Autoradio».
  ([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 2256529)

- 34. **Sustained** growth is not the same as sustainable growth.
  Croissance **soutenue** n &apos; est pas synonyme de croissance durable.
  ([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 23511640)

## croissance

Used about 2 851 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 21 · UN documents ≈ 2 830).

- This qualification will be reflected in terms of innovation, research and development, which are crucial for **sustained** economic and social growth.
  La qualification se reflète dans l'innovation, et dans la recherche et le développement, dont l'importance est capitale pour le maintien de la **croissance** économique et sociale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1396088)

- Only then could progress be achieved towards **sustained** economic growth and development.
  C &apos; est à cette seule condition que l &apos; on progressera vers la **croissance** économique durable et le développement.
  ([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 10243663)

- 4. **Sustained** economic growth for social development, including the eradication of poverty and hunger.
  4. La **croissance** économique durable pour le développement social, notamment l &apos; élimination de la pauvreté et de la faim.
  ([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 16224015)

- This current state of affairs is depriving the continent of human capital much needed for **sustained** growth prospects.
  La situation actuelle prive le continent du capital humain dont il a tant besoin pour que ses perspectives de **croissance** soient durables.
  ([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 12944282)

- Small island developing States have not achieved **sustained** high levels of economic growth owing in part to the ongoing negative impacts of the financial and economic crisis.
  Ils n &apos; ont pas connu de forte **croissance** économique durable, en raison notamment des effets néfastes que continue d &apos; avoir la crise financière et économique.
  ([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 24103473)

## durable

Used about 2 316 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 127 · legal and administrative ≈ 66 · UN documents ≈ 2 122).

- Such drastic economic growth cannot be **sustained**.
  Une croissance économique aussi impressionnante ne peut être **durable**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by alpucca and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#49796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/49796) [\#1834749](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1834749))

- For a **sustained** strategy for the Eurovignette, however, the success achieved so far is not sufficient.
  En ce qui concerne une stratégie **durable** pour l’Eurovignette, on peut toutefois affirmer que le succès atteint jusqu’ici est insuffisant.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 587492)

- pursuing **sustained** inclusive economic growth;
  la réalisation d'une croissance économique globale et **durable**;
  ([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 275603)

- Needless to say, conflict prevention begins and ends with the promotion of human security and of **sustained** development.
  Il va sans dire que la prévention des conflits passe nécessairement par la promotion de la sécurité commune et du développement **durable**.
  ([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 7738389)

- Commissioner, the most important point is that we need to establish the foundations for stable and **sustained** growth over a generation.
  Mais le plus important, Monsieur le Commissaire, c'est que nous devons établir les bases d'une croissance stable et **durable** pour toute une génération.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1279851)

## More sentences

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

- The driver **sustained** multiple injuries.
  Le conducteur a subi de multiples lésions.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by PeterR and lbdx · checked, community translation · [\#1243328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1243328) [\#11065279](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11065279))

- The driver **sustained** multiple injuries.
  La conductrice a subi plusieurs blessures.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by PeterR and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#1243328](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1243328) [\#1243736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1243736))

- Tom **sustained** minor injuries.
  Tom a subi de légères blessures.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and saillier · checked, community translation · [\#4500267](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4500267) [\#11392806](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11392806))

## 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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