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# décolonisation — French to English

How French *décolonisation* 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: décolonisation (21 596), décolonisations (4). By style: everyday 1 · parliamentary 78 · UN documents 21 521.

## decolonization

Used about 19 381 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 11 · UN documents ≈ 19 369).

- Des communautés juives remontant à l'époque pré-islamique ont été expulsées comme « pieds-noirs » lors de la prétendue « **décolonisation** » de l'Afrique du Nord.
  Jewish communities dating to pre-Islamic times were driven out as "Pieds-Noirs" during the so-called **decolonization** of North Africa.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and shekitten · checked, community translation · [\#10105476](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10105476) [\#10105531](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10105531))

- Et ce qui se passe en Tchétchénie n'est que le début de la **décolonisation** de la Russie.
  And what is happening in Chechnya is only the start of **decolonization** in Russia.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1624356)

- spéciales et de la **décolonisation**
  Special Political and **Decolonization**
  ([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 6001854)

- C'est pourquoi nous n'avons que faire de la Russie dans l'Union européenne tant que la **décolonisation** ne sera accomplie; par la suite, oui, mais pas avant.
  We do not need Russia in the European Union before **decolonization** has taken place, afterwards yes, but not before.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1829003)

- Je voudrais surtout dire ceci: aujourd'hui, à l'ère de la **décolonisation** mondiale, la Russie reste le dernier grand empire colonial du monde.
  I would like to point out the following above all else here: Russia is today, in an era of worldwide **decolonization**, the last great colonial empire on earth.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1829000)

## fourth

Used about 861 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 861). Meaning: [fourth in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fourth/).

- et de la **décolonisation** (Quatrième Commission) (A/60/478/Add.1)\]
  (**Fourth** Committee) (A/60/478/Add.1)\]
  ([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 13343831)

- et de la **décolonisation** (Quatrième Commission) (A/56/551/Add.1)\]
  (**Fourth** Committee) (A/56/551/Add.1)\]
  ([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 8890602)

## political

Used about 2 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2). Meaning: [political in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/political/).

- Le problème du Sahara occidental est un problème politique, un problème de **décolonisation**.
  The problem of Western Sahara is a **political** problem, a problem of decolonisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1445241)

## self

Used about 2 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 2). Meaning: [self in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/self/).

- Ce référendum, qui permettra enfin au peuple sahraoui d'exprimer son droit à l'autodétermination et à l'indépendance, constitue la voie démocratique la plus appropriée pour trouver une solution juste et durable aux problèmes de **décolonisation** du Sahara occidental.
  This referendum, which will finally allow the Sahrawi people to express the right to **self**-determination and independence, is the most appropriate democratic means of finding a fair and lasting solution to the problems of decolonisation in Western Sahara.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1943961)

## More sentences

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

- par écrit. - Pendant de longues années, la Côte d'Ivoire a représenté l'archétype d'une bonne **décolonisation**.
  For many years, Côte d'Ivoire was the archetype of good decolonisation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1465540)

- Après plus de 30 ans, le processus de **décolonisation** du Sahara occidental demeure inachevé.
  After more than 30 years, the Western Sahara decolonisation process remains unfinished.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1448743)

- Nous confions le maintien de la paix dans une région à ceux dont les tentatives de **décolonisation** ont entraîné des massacres dépassant par leur atrocité ceux de l'époque coloniale.
  We are entrusting peacekeeping in that area to those whose attempts at decolonisation have resulted in foul massacres which are worse than those of the colonial period.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 470028)

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