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Meaning: [detention in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detention/). - Je me suis évadé du centre de **détention**. I escaped from the **detention** center. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2826565](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2826565) [\#10535796](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10535796)) - La simple suspicion peut entraîner la **détention**. A simple suspicion can result in **detention**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 489093) - Ces actes comprennent des exécutions extrajudiciaires, des violences sexuelles et la **détention** forcée. These include unlawful killings, sexual violence and forced **detention**. ([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 4813221) - D. Arrestations et **détention** D. Arrests and **detention** ([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 5196514) - La pratique de **détention** est en soi condamnable. The practice of **detention** is, per se, condemnable. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 795923) ## arrests Used about 6 962 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 46 · UN documents ≈ 6 916). Forms: arrest, arrests. - Aung San Suu, élue à la tête de la Birmanie, reste en **détention**. Aung San Suu, who was elected leader in Burma's elections, remains under **arrest**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 963092) - Nombre et proportion des arrestations et **détentions** déclarées illégales par les tribunaux nationaux Number and proportion of **arrests** and detentions declared unlawful by national courts ([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 15819613) - Une autre question très importante concerne les droits des citoyens européens dans les procédures juridiques, et notamment dans le cas des **détentions** préventives. Another very important issue is that of the rights of European citizens in legal processes such as **arrests**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 407120) - Grâce à la réforme du Code en question, la norme qui donnait à la police pouvoir de pratiquer ces **détentions** a été abrogée. Under the reform of the Code, the provision that granted the police the powers to carry out such **arrests** was revoked. ([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 15047783) - Une procédure commune existante sous la forme d'un mandat d'arrêt européen a éliminé les garanties séculaires contre les arrestations et **détentions** arbitraires dont les Anglais ont toujours bénéficié. An existing common procedure in the form of the European **Arrest** Warrant has removed the centuries-old safeguards against unjust arrest and imprisonment that the English used to enjoy. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1327007) ## arbitrary Used about 6 917 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 6 916). Meaning: [arbitrary in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/arbitrary/). - --Je vous rappelle, à vous, l'article quatre-vingt-un de la loi du 13 décembre 1799 sur la **détention** arbitraire. “I refer you to article eighty-one of the law of the 13th of December, 1799, in regard to **arbitrary** detention.” ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 4411) - Le nombre de **détentions** arbitraires s ' est accru dans le pays. The number of **arbitrary** arrests in Peru has risen. ([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 1152531) - Ce nombre extraordinairement élevé donne à penser qu ' une grande partie de ces **détentions** étaient totalement arbitraires. This extraordinarily high number suggests that many of the detentions were wholly **arbitrary**. ([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 4016842) - 32. D ' autres témoignages confirment que les arrestations et les **détentions** arbitraires restent très répandues dans le sud de l ' Iraq. 32. Other testimonies indicated that **arbitrary** arrests and detentions remained widespread in southern Iraq. ([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 1613119) - Ces arrestations et **détentions** eurent lieu sans aucune intervention de l ' autorité judiciaire et les coupables de ces **détentions** arbitraires ne furent pas poursuivis. These **arbitrary** arrests and detentions took place without judicial supervision, and the persons responsible for them were never made to take responsibility. ([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 3995974) ## holdings Used about 2 442 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 2 442). - (-) **Détentions** croisées de fonds propres AT1 (-) Reciprocal cross **holdings** in AT1 Capital ([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 5164769) - (-) **Détentions** croisées de fonds propres CET1 (-) Reciprocal cross **holdings** in CET1 Capital ([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 3341223) - Traitement des **détentions** indirectes d'immobilier Treatment of indirect **holdings** in real estate ([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 3334903) - Total des **détentions** de métaux précieux autres que l'or Total **holdings** of precious metals other than gold ([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 3348151) - Numéro interne d'identification des titres pour les données agrégées sur les **détentions** de titres Internal securities identification number for aggregated data on securities **holdings** ([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 3909079) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Nous avons un suspect en **détention**. We've got a suspect in custody. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3240701](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3240701) [\#7553171](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7553171)) - Tom est maintenant en **détention** provisoire. Tom is now in custody. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Julien\_PDC and CK · checked, community translation · [\#7367747](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7367747) [\#7410896](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7410896)) - Nous serons bientôt en mesure de te placer en **détention**. Soon we'll be able to send you to gaol. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and BE · checked, community translation · [\#460759](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/460759) [\#1589887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1589887)) ## Grammar Notes on grammar and translation on Mova: [French grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/fr/) · [English grammar](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/en/) · [translating between English and French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/pairs/en-fr/) · [translating from French](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/from-fr/) · [translating into English](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/docs/languages/translation/into-en/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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