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# désertification — French to English

How French *désertification* 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: désertification (28 050), désertifications (3). By style: parliamentary 416 · legal and administrative 51 · UN documents 27 586.

## desertification

Used about 23 124 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 355 · legal and administrative ≈ 51 · UN documents ≈ 22 718).

- Convention sur la lutte contre la **désertification** (débats)
  Convention to Combat **Desertification** (debate)
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 960708)

- Dégradation des sols (y compris **désertification**)
  Soil degradation (including **desertification**)
  ([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 5247853)

- la sécheresse et/ou la **désertification**, en particulier en Afrique
  and/or **Desertification**, particularly in Africa
  ([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 8253274)

- Empêcher leur **désertification** est donc une priorité.
  It is therefore a priority to prevent their **desertification**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1667626)

- La dégradation des sols et la **désertification** sont d’autres conséquences.
  It is also exacerbating soil degradation and **desertification**.
  ([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 2838334)

## convention

Used about 541 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 541). Meaning: [convention in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/convention/).

- 1 c) Large reconnaissance des travaux de la Convention comme normes de référence dans la lutte contre la **désertification**, la dégradation des terres et la sécheresse
  - GM 1(c) The **Convention** process is increasingly recognized as a normative reference for addressing DLDD issues in decisions concerning land
  ([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 28326821)

## drought

Used about 541 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 541). Meaning: [drought in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/drought/).

- **désertification** dans les pays gravement touchés par
  in Those Countries Experiencing Serious **Drought**
  ([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 17616288)

## particularly

Used about 541 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 541). Meaning: [particularly in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/particularly/).

- Surveillance et évaluation de la sécheresse et de la **désertification** ; Accès des pays Parties touchés aux technologies, aux connaissances et au savoir-faire appropriés.
  (g) Access by affected country Parties, **particularly** affected developing country Parties, to appropriate technology, knowledge and know-how.
  ([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 14038176)

## More sentences

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

- Par rapport à la jeunesse, il est important de noter que le problème de la **désertification** des campagnes est celui du vieillissement de la population agricole.
  With regard to youth, it is important to note that the problem of the rural exodus is also the problem of the ageing of the farming population.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1647392)

- Dans le cadre de l'Agenda 2000 nous souhaiterions que soit proposée une politique agricole équitable, réaliste et qui permette d'arrêter la **désertification** du monde rural.
  Within the framework of Agenda 2000 we would wish to see proposals for a fair and realistic farming policy, and one that would help to halt the desertion of the countryside.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1739920)

- Comprenez donc que je redoute une phase de libéralisation étendue, et son lot de mesures, qui entraînera une nouvelle vague de **désertification**.
  So you can appreciate why I am afraid of a phase of extensive liberalisation, and a package of measures which will entail a new wave of depopulation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 17440)

## Grammar

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