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# civiles — French to English

How French *civiles* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 4 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: civiles (35 518). By style: everyday 1 · parliamentary 2 258 · legal and administrative 1 738 · UN documents 31 521.

## civil

Used about 32 576 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 317 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 050 · UN documents ≈ 30 208). Forms: civil, civilian. Meaning: [civil in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/civil/).

- Toutes les guerres sont des guerres **civiles**, car tous les hommes sont frères.
  All wars are **civil** wars, because all men are brothers.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Adelpa and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#13673340](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13673340) [\#13673336](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13673336))

- Il s'agit d'une atteinte aux droits de l'homme et aux libertés **civiles**.
  We are faced with a violation of human and **civil** rights and freedoms.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 863100)

- photocopieuses industrielles ou **civiles**;
  Industrial or **civilian** photocopiers;
  ([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 4743035)

- Guerres/guerres **civiles** / terrorisme
  Wars/**Civil** Wars/Terrorism
  ([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 11834200)

- Cet engagement militaire doit être accompagné par un volume équivalent d'initiatives **civiles**.
  This military commitment must be matched by **civil** initiatives.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1321400)

## calendar

Used about 1 603 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 290 · UN documents ≈ 1 313). Meaning: [calendar in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/calendar/).

- Par conséquent, les valeurs relatives à ces années **civiles** pour le groupement Volkswagen et pour son membre Dr. ing. h.c.
  As a consequence, the values for those **calendar** years for the Volkswagen pool and its member Dr Ing. h.c.
  ([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 4811464)

- c) L &apos; exercice est un exercice biennal qui comprend deux années **civiles** consécutives;
  (c) The financial period of the Centre is a biennium and consists of two consecutive **calendar** years.
  ([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 2476428)

- Toutefois, ils ne devraient produire leurs effets qu’au moyen d’ajustements des taux unitaires au cours des années **civiles** suivantes.
  They should however only produce effects through unit rate adjustments in subsequent **calendar** years.
  ([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 5292239)

- c) L &apos; exercice de l &apos; UNU est un exercice biennal qui comprend deux années **civiles** consécutives;
  (c) The financial period of the United Nations University is a biennium and consists of two consecutive **calendar** years.
  ([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 8691933)

- Comme cela est expliqué au considérant 35 du règlement provisoire, la période considérée couvre trois années **civiles** complètes et la période d'enquête.
  As explained in recital (35) of the provisional Regulation, the period considered covers three full **calendar** years and the investigation period.
  ([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 4585943)

## liberties

Used about 1 032 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 706 · legal and administrative ≈ 326).

- C’est une attitude cavalière envers des libertés **civiles** établies et pour lesquelles nous nous sommes beaucoup battus.
  That is a cavalier attitude towards long-fought and established civil **liberties**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 575640)

- La collecte présente-t-elle un risque injustifié pour la vie privée et les libertés **civiles**, quelle que soit la nationalité des personnes concernées?
  Will the collection present an unwarranted risk to privacy and civil **liberties**, regardless of nationality?
  ([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 3842756)

- Il se déclare aujourd’hui en faveur d’une solution qui restreint clairement les libertés **civiles**.
  Today, however, he has come out in support of a solution that quite clearly curtails civil **liberties**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 751952)

- vu les avis de la commission de l’emploi et des affaires sociales et de la commission des libertés **civiles**, de la justice et des affaires intérieures,
  having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs and the Committee on Civil **Liberties**, Justice and Home Affairs,
  ([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 5613425)

- La liberté de culte est un élément essentiel d'une société respectueuse des droits de l'homme et des libertés **civiles**.
  Freedom of religion is essential for a society which respects human rights and civil **liberties**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 998936)

## criminal

Used about 36 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 36). Meaning: [criminal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/criminal/).

- En ce qui concerne les mesures d’exécution, l’application du présent règlement ne devrait avoir aucune incidence sur les procédures pénales et **civiles** engagées dans les États membres.
  As regards the enforcement measures, **criminal** and judicial proceedings in Member States should not be affected by the application of this Regulation.
  ([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 4451368)

## More sentences

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

- Monsieur le Président, en ce huitième jour de l'intervention en Irak, je voudrais exprimer ma tristesse devant les souffrances des populations **civiles** touchées par ce conflit.
  Mr President, on this, the eighth day of the action in Iraq, I would like to convey my sadness at the suffering of the civilians affected by this conflict.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 440321)

- Faciliter les actions **civiles** renforcera l'efficacité des règles de concurrence.
  Facilitating private actions will make the competition rules more effective.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 922513)

- Je sais que nous vivons à une époque où la sécurité est d'une importance capitale, mais cela ne justifie pas de restreindre les libertés **civiles**.
  I know we are living in days when security is paramount; however, citizens' freedoms should not suffer because of this.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1331065)

## Grammar

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