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Meaning: [ill in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ill/). - Prévention de la torture et des **mauvais** traitements Prevention of torture and **ill**-treatment ([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 1353104) - Torture et **mauvais** traitements Torture and **ill**-treatment ([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 28888207) - Ces violations comprennent des **mauvais** traitements infligés aux détenus et la torture. These violations include the **ill**-treatment of detainees and torture. ([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 4939024) - Allégations de torture et de **mauvais** traitements dans les établissements Allegations of torture and **ill**-treatment in prisons ([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 28901630) - Renforcer les services de contrôle interne chargés de gérer les cas de **mauvais** traitements infligés par les forces de l’ordre. Strengthen the internal control services dealing with **ill**-treatment by law enforcement agents. ([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 1109356) ## bad Used about 4 379 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 508 · literary ≈ 16 · biblical ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 970 · legal and administrative ≈ 188 · UN documents ≈ 2 692). Meaning: [bad in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/bad/). - Ce n'est pas **mauvais**. It's not **bad**. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2249109](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2249109) [\#4582361](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4582361)) - «Voilà du **mauvais** temps qui se prépare.» "Here's some very **bad** weather coming on." ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 3104) - qui en fera l’estimation selon qu’il sera bon ou **mauvais**, et l’on s’en rapportera à l’estimation du sacrificateur. and the priest shall evaluate it, whether it is good or **bad**. As the priest evaluates it, so it shall be. ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · LEV 27:12) - Les socialistes sont **mauvais** perdants. The Socialists are **bad** losers. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1934642) - Système de radionavigation permettant l'assistance à l'atterrissage par **mauvais** temps. Radio navigation system providing landing assistance during **bad** weather. ([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 3877986) ## wrong Used about 1 534 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 180 · parliamentary ≈ 456 · UN documents ≈ 897). Meaning: [wrong in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/wrong/). - Tom a pris le **mauvais** bus. Tom took the **wrong** bus. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wittydev and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1141092](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1141092) [\#1144863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1144863)) - Ces mesures vont dans le **mauvais** sens. This is the **wrong** direction. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1040006) - Nous affirmons ici qu ' un système qui promet le développement et fait baisser le prix des exportations est fondamentalement **mauvais**. We say that there is something inherently **wrong** with a system that promises development and delivers lower prices for exports. ([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 14800120) - Tom prit le **mauvais** train. Tom took the **wrong** train. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wittydev and CK · checked, community translation · [\#1141091](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1141091) [\#1146887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1146887)) - Il s'agit d'un message néfaste, il s'agit du **mauvais** message. That is a fatal signal. That is the **wrong** signal. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1237793) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Aux **mauvais** jours, bonne figure ! Grin and bear it! ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Lebensfreude · checked, community translation · [\#11863365](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11863365) [\#7779819](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7779819)) - J'ai honte de mon **mauvais** anglais. I am ashamed of myself for my poor English. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by dindonox and CN · checked, community translation · [\#264655](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/264655) [\#8898932](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8898932)) - Il a réussi à obtenir son permis de conduire bien qu'il fut un **mauvais** conducteur. He managed to pass his driving test even though he was a poor driver. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by siggg and CS · checked, community translation · [\#26611](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/26611) [\#788557](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/788557)) ## 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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