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# dégradation — French to English

How French *dégradation* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 5 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: dégradation (30 587), dégradations (536). By style: everyday 7 · literary 1 · parliamentary 827 · legal and administrative 2 128 · UN documents 28 160.

## degradation

Used about 11 739 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 2 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 171 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 005 · UN documents ≈ 10 560).

- L'humanité sera-t-elle capable d’empêcher la **dégradation** des écosystèmes?
  Will humanity be able to prevent the **degradation** of ecosystems?
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by gorgmah and Scott · checked, community translation · [\#412050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/412050) [\#3836016](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3836016))

- Le rire de tous est complice de la **dégradation** universelle.
  The laughter of all is the accomplice of universal **degradation**.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 29593)

- La législation européenne actuelle ne semble pas empêcher la **dégradation** du sol.
  Current European legislation does not appear to prevent **degradation** of the soil.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 991591)

- toute **dégradation** abiotique observée,
  any observed abiotic **degradation**,
  ([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 1535673)

- :: Les vols, extorsions, destructions, **dégradations** et détériorations;
  :: Theft, extortion, destruction, **degradation** and damage;
  ([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 14176408)

## damage

Used about 4 671 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 153 · legal and administrative ≈ 118 · UN documents ≈ 4 400). Meaning: [damage in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/damage/).

- Encore davantage de **dégradations** de l'environnement ?
  Even more **damage** to the environment?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 422545)

- diminution des **dégradations** causées à l’environnement par les activités minières et métallurgiques,
  reduction of the **damage** which mining and metallurgy activities cause to the environment,
  ([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 535037)

- **Dégradations** de biens privés
  **Damage** to private property
  ([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 11875325)

- Dans bien des cas, cela a entraîné des **dégradations** de l'environnement sans précédent.
  In many instances that has resulted in unprecedented environmental **damage**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 875469)

- développement d’études et de projets technologiques qui contribuent à atténuer les **dégradations** que les activités minières et métallurgiques causent à l’environnement.
  technology studies and projects to help reduce the **damage** which mining and metallurgy activities cause to the environment.
  ([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 535044)

## deterioration

Used about 4 437 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 153 · legal and administrative ≈ 177 · UN documents ≈ 4 107). Meaning: [deterioration in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/deterioration/).

- Cette **dégradation** ne semble pas s’être accentuée en 2004.
  The **deterioration** does not seem to have gathered pace in 2004.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 632523)

- une **dégradation** importante de la qualité du crédit de l'émetteur.
  a significant **deterioration** in the issuer’s creditworthiness.
  ([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 512684)

- Mais, elle a généralement subi de graves **dégradations** à cause des interventions de l &apos; homme.
  Generally, however, water quality has undergone severe **deterioration** through anthropogenic interventions.
  ([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 275704)

- Ces combats ont entraîné une **dégradation** importante de la situation humanitaire.
  This fighting has led to a major **deterioration** in the humanitarian situation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1165072)

- L'augmentation de ces importations à des prix inférieurs aux prix de vente de l'Union a entraîné une **dégradation** de la situation de l'industrie de l'Union.
  The increase of these imports at prices undercutting the Union sales prices led to the **deterioration** of the situation of the Union industry.
  ([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 3403597)

## environmental

Used about 379 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 27 · legal and administrative ≈ 59 · UN documents ≈ 293). Meaning: [environmental in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/environmental/).

- Cependant, l'activité militaires est elle-même responsable de **dégradations** écologiques importantes.
  Military activity is also responsible for widespread **environmental** destruction.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1946542)

- promouvoir le développement de moyens d’internalisation des coûts environnementaux externes et la dissociation de la croissance économique vis-à-vis des **dégradations** environnementales.
  promote the development of means of internalisation of external **environmental** costs and decoupling of economic growth from environmental degradations.
  ([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 1432098)

- Les **dégradations** environnementales telles que les changements écologiques, les répercussions sur les poissons et la réduction des débits doivent être examinées.
  **Environmental** degradations, such as ecological changes, effects on fish and reduced water flow, need to be addressed.
  ([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 7225850)

- D'autres dangers existent, qui sont plus importants, par exemple les **dégradations** écologiques, le manque d'eau douce, la désertification et la modification des climats, les accidents qui se produisent dans l'industrie chimique, les centrales nucléaires, etc. C'est pourquoi il est important que nous révisions notre concept de défense et que nous l'étendions à ces menaces écologiques.
  However, there are other bigger dangers, such as **environmental** devastation, shortages of fresh water, desertification, climate change, accidents in chemical and nuclear power plants and so on.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1946569)

- Pour encourager l’utilisation durable des ressources et renforcer les synergies entre la protection de l’environnement et la croissance, les États membres devraient: 1) donner la priorité à l’efficacité énergétique et à la cogénération, au développement d’énergies durables, notamment renouvelables, et à la diffusion rapide de technologies respectueuses de l’environnement et écoefficaces a) au sein du marché intérieur, d’une part, en particulier dans les secteurs des transports et de l’énergie, notamment en vue de réduire la vulnérabilité de l’économie européenne aux variations du prix du pétrole, b) vers le reste du monde, d’autre part, en tant que secteur doté d’un potentiel d’exportation considérable; 2) promouvoir le développement de moyens d’internalisation des coûts environnementaux externes et la dissociation de la croissance économique vis-à-vis des **dégradations** environnementales.
  To encourage the sustainable use of resources and strengthen the synergies between **environmental** protection and growth, Member States should: 1. give priority to energy efficiency and co-generation, the development of sustainable, including renewable, energies and the rapid spread of environmentally friendly and eco-efficient technologies, (a) inside the internal market on the one hand particularly in transport and energy, inter alia, in order to reduce the vulnerability of the European economy to oil price variations, and (b) towards the rest of the world on the other hand as a sector with a considerable export potential; 2. promote the development of means of internalisation of external environmental costs and decoupling of economic growth from environmental degradations.
  ([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 598019)

## caused

Used about 1 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1).

- Le labeur et l'inquiétude ont entraîné une **dégradation** de sa santé.
  Toil and worry **caused** his health to break down.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#18375](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18375) [\#8854637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8854637))

## More sentences

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

- En raison de la **dégradation** des conditions météorologiques, le départ fut retardé.
  Due to the worsening weather, the departure was delayed.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and aliene · checked, community translation · [\#432796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/432796) [\#527909](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/527909))

- « Amnesty International » a déclaré que le procès de Sergeï Magnitsky, assassiné dans une prison russe, « ouvrirait un chapitre entièrement nouveau de la **dégradation** des droits de l'homme en Russie. »
  Amnesty International said the trial of Sergei Magnitsky, assassinated in a Russian prison, would "open a whole new chapter in Russia's worsening human rights record".
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · [\#2282396](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2282396) [\#2282402](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2282402))

- Mettre un terme à la **dégradation** des écosystèmes de la planète peut s'avérer le plus grand défi auquel l'humanité ait été confrontée.
  Halting the decline of the planet's ecosystems may be the most difficult challenge humanity has ever faced.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Dreamk33 and Dreamk33 · checked, community translation · [\#2142659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142659) [\#2142668](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2142668))

## Grammar

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