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# placés — French to English

How French *placés* 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: placés (28 856). By style: everyday 10 · literary 2 · biblical 13 · parliamentary 581 · legal and administrative 2 441 · UN documents 25 809.

## placed

Used about 12 789 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 1 · literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 194 · legal and administrative ≈ 763 · UN documents ≈ 11 829).

- Des dos d'âne peuvent être **placés** en travers de la route pour ralentir la circulation.
  Road humps may be **placed** across the road to slow traffic.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Adelpa · checked, community translation · [\#9943541](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9943541) [\#10374420](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10374420))

- Deux fauteuils étaient **placés** aux deux coins de la cheminée.
  Two armchairs were **placed** at the two corners of the fireplace.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 30842)

- Combien d’amis ont-ils été **placés** au sein des groupes d’experts?
  How many friends have been **placed** in the expert groups?
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 680148)

- les bagages des personnes renvoyées ne doivent pas être **placés** en cabine.
  the returnee's luggage shall not be **placed** in the passengers cabin.
  ([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 4226166)

- b) Enfants **placés** dans des institutions
  On Children **placed** in institutions
  ([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 15237282)

## detention

Used about 4 890 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 51 · UN documents ≈ 4 839). Meaning: [detention in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detention/).

- à avoir accès aux demandeurs d’asile, y compris ceux qui sont **placés** en rétention ou dans des zones de transit aéroportuaire ou portuaire;
  to have access to applicants for asylum, including those in **detention** and in airport or port transit zones;
  ([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 617144)

- Nombre total d &apos; adultes accusés **placés** en détention Jusqu &apos; à
  Total number of accused adults based on **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 27657934)

- Il faudrait collecter des données sur les migrants **placés** en détention et sur ceux qui sont expulsés.
  The data collection should include migrants in **detention** and deportations.
  ([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 29277505)

- e) Le nombre de mineurs **placés** en détention provisoire et la durée moyenne de leur détention
  (e) Persons below 18 kept in pretrial **detention** and the average length of their 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 15244903)

- 430. La fourniture de certains services aux mineurs **placés** en détention a nettement progressé.
  430. Significant progress has been made in the provision of certain services to juveniles in **detention** facilities.
  ([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 25904255)

## care

Used about 3 226 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 3 226). Meaning: [care in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/care/).

- - 72 % des enfants **placés** l &apos; ont été sur ordonnance d &apos; un tribunal;
  72 per cent of children were in **care** as a result of a court order;
  ([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 5017898)

- Tableau 12.10 Nombre d &apos; enfants **placés** au titre de la loi sur la santé de 1953 (art. 55), au 20 juin 2004
  Table 12.10 Number of children in **care** on 20th June, 2004 under the Health Act, 1953 (Section 55)
  ([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 15230772)

- a) Le nombre croissant d &apos; enfants privés de milieu familial et **placés** sous la garde d &apos; une autorité publique;
  (a) The increasing number of children deprived of their family environment and taken into public **care**;
  ([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 29497394)

- 180. Le Gouvernement et ses partenaires ont adopté une stratégie pour évaluer et recenser les enfants **placés** dans des institutions assurant une protection de remplacement.
  180. The Government and its partners have adopted a strategy of assessing and documenting children in alternative **care**.
  ([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 24323775)

- Le Comité a reçu des informations indiquant que 25 enfants monténégrins privés de protection parentale avaient été **placés** en institution en Serbie.
  The Committee had received information to the effect that 25 Montenegrin children without parental **care** had been institutionalized in Serbia.
  ([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 22552886)

## children

Used about 1 113 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 36 · UN documents ≈ 1 075).

- C’est là que je me rencontrerai avec toi; du haut du propitiatoire, entre les deux chérubins **placés** sur l’arche du témoignage, je te donnerai tous mes ordres pour les enfants d’Israël.
  There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the **children** of Israel.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EXO 25:22)

- Au lieu d'aider la famille, les enfants sont **placés** dans une famille d'accueil ou dans des foyers.
  Instead of helping the family, the **children** are taken away to a foster family or taken into care.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1527616)

- Âge des enfants **placés** en institution
  Ages of **children** in institutions
  ([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 18842215)

- Dans toute l'Europe, on trouve beaucoup d'enfants **placés** dans des institutions, et beaucoup de familles qui veulent adopter des enfants.
  There are many **children** in institutions across Europe and there are many families that want to adopt children.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1467811)

- A. Enfants **placés** dans des conditions d &apos; exception 103 21
  A. **Children** in situations of emergency 103 20
  ([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 6141533)

## More sentences

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

- Les cahiers doivent être **placés** dans un tiroir.
  The notebooks should be put in a drawer.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Aiji and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4351103](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4351103) [\#8751265](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8751265))

- Tom a des amis haut **placés**.
  Tom has friends in high places.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sisyphe and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3836044](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3836044) [\#2141038](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2141038))

- Après que les aimants furent **placés** sur leurs têtes, ils n'ont pu retrouver leur chemin jusqu'à leur nid.
  With the magnets mounted on their heads, they were unable to find their way home.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Scott and Dejo · checked, community translation · [\#280137](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/280137) [\#390729](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/390729))

## 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/).

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