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# bénin — French to English

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

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: bénin (24 816), bénine (1), bénins (108). By style: parliamentary 36 · legal and administrative 437 · UN documents 24 452.

## benin

Used about 11 340 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 23 · legal and administrative ≈ 226 · UN documents ≈ 11 092).

- Je pense que le **Bénin** a besoin de ses élites.
  I think that **Benin** needs its elites.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1116497)

- Transporteurs aériens du **Bénin**
  Air carriers from **Benin**
  ([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 4324439)

- Président : René Valéry Mongbe (**Bénin**)
  Chairman: René Valéry Mongbe (**Benin**)
  ([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 341837)

- Le 23 juin 2000, un nouvel accord a été signé à Cotonou au **Bénin**.
  On 23 June 2000, a new agreement was signed at Cotonou in **Benin**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 282987)

- II. L &apos; état de l &apos; insécurité alimentaire au **Bénin**
  II. The state of food insecurity in **Benin**
  ([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 20332939)

## mild

Used about 2 715 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2 · legal and administrative ≈ 192 · UN documents ≈ 2 521). Meaning: [mild in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/mild/).

- Il n'y a pas d'abus sexuel **bénin**.
  There is no such thing as '**mild**' child abuse.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 199635)

- La forme faiblement pathogène ne cause que des symptômes **bénins**, tandis que la variante hautement pathogène entraîne, chez la plupart des espèces d'oiseaux, un taux de mortalité très élevé.
  The low pathogenic form generally only causes **mild** symptoms, while the highly pathogenic form results in very high mortality rates in most species of birds.
  ([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 5117675)

- Ces chiffres continuent à ne pas être jugés inquiétants vu que ces cas sont **bénins** et soignables (Ministère de la santé, 1995).
  This rate is still not considered problematic, as these cases are considered **mild** and treatable (Ministry of Health, 1995).
  ([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 3791057)

- J' ai souligné, au cours du débat, le décalage choquant entre le caractère très **bénin** du texte sur lequel nous étions appelés à voter et la réalité, particulièrement difficile, dans laquelle se débattent les victimes de la catastrophe de l' Erika, dont les préjudices apparaissent absolument considérables.
  (FR) During the debate I highlighted the disturbing gap between the extremely **mild** nature of the text on which we were required to vote and the particularly harsh reality affecting the victims of the Erika disaster, which caused such extensive damage.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 59955)

- La première école spécialisée, pour les troubles **bénins** ou modérés, accueille maintenant (en 2007-2008) 98 élèves âgés de 6 à 16 ans.
  In the school mentioned first, for the **mild**/moderate developmental disorders, there now (2007 - 2008) are 98 students between 6 - 16 years of age.
  ([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 22500075)

## symptoms

Used about 252 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 252).

- 761. En conclusion, le Comité juge possible que des polluants libérés par les incendies de puits de pétrole au Koweït aient entraîné une certaine aggravation de l &apos; asthme et de symptômes respiratoires **bénins** dans un nombre limité d &apos; endroits et pendant quelques jours en Syrie en 1991, mais estime impossible de mesurer l &apos; ampleur des effets de ces incendies sur la population syrienne avec la moindre certitude.
  The Panel concludes that, although it is possible that pollutants released from the oil well fires in Kuwait caused some exacerbation of asthma and minor respiratory **symptoms** in a limited number of locations on a few days in Syria in 1991, the magnitude of the impact on the population in Syria cannot be measured with any degree of certainty.
  ([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 14238041)

## More sentences

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

- Ce problème relativement **bénin** à l'échelle des budgets, M. le Président, peut se reporter dans tant d'autres domaines.
  This relatively small problem on the scale of budgets, Mr President, can be carried over to so many other areas.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 980292)

- Il s'agit peut-être d'un point **bénin** au vu de la dimension de cette directive mais il est l'objet de la controverse.
  In the grand scheme of the directive, it is perhaps a minor point, but nevertheless a disputed one.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 6936)

- Le ministère public allemand a demandé au Parlement européen de lever l'immunité parlementaire de Jean-Marie Le Pen sur la base des articles 130 et 220 du code pénal allemand, qui prévoit une peine d'emprisonnement maximale de cinq ans ou une amende pour ceux qui, publiquement, approuvent, nient ou présentent comme **bénin** tout acte commis sous la domination nazie.
  The Public Prosecutor's office in Munich has asked the European Parliament to lift the parliamentary immunity of Jean-Marie Le Pen on the basis of Articles 130 and 220 of the German Criminal Code, which provides for a maximum prison sentence of five years or a fine to be imposed on anyone who publicly approves, denies or presents as inoffensive any act committed under Nazi rule.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1890317)

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