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# populations — French to English

How French *populations* 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: populations (105 635). By style: everyday 6 · literary 2 · parliamentary 4 550 · legal and administrative 2 147 · UN documents 98 930.

## populations

Used about 50 681 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 1 706 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 566 · UN documents ≈ 47 404). Forms: population, populations.

- Il étudie la dynamique des **populations**.
  He studies **population** dynamics.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Igider and Igider · checked, community translation · [\#12776902](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/12776902) [\#13365290](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13365290))

- Nous avons parlé aussi du vieillissement des **populations**.
  We have also talked about the ageing of our **populations**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 482976)

- Vipera seoanni (excepté les **populations** espagnoles)
  Vipera seoanni (except Spanish **populations**)
  ([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 909480)

- Groupe de travail sur les **populations** autochtones
  Working Group on Indigenous **Populations**
  ([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 1207110)

- Les **populations** de la Chine et de l'Inde dominent celles de toute autre nation.
  The **populations** of China and India dwarf those of every other nation.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and darinmex · checked, community translation · [\#608965](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/608965) [\#817250](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/817250))

## indigenous

Used about 18 549 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 18 549). Meaning: [indigenous in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/indigenous/).

- POUR LES **POPULATIONS** AUTOCHTONES
  PERMANENT FORUM FOR **INDIGENOUS** PEOPLE
  ([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 6363106)

- Les **populations** autochtones : qui sont-elles?
  Facts about **Indigenous** Peoples
  ([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 822167)

- iii) Le piratage et l’exploitation des connaissances traditionnelles des **populations** autochtones à des fins commerciales;
  (iii) Piracy and exploitation of **indigenous** cultural knowledge through commercialization;
  ([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 6846115)

- Leur participation comme membres des conseils des villages des **populations** autochtones est également à l &apos; étude.
  Their participation as members of **indigenous** peoples &apos; village councils is also being explored.
  ([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 11845032)

- e) La communication et les échanges entre le système des Nations Unies et les **populations** autochtones et entre ces **populations**;
  (e) Communications and exchanges between the United Nations system and **indigenous** peoples, and between indigenous peoples;
  ([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 9351753)

## people

Used about 15 017 times in the texts (literary ≈ 2 · parliamentary ≈ 2 559 · legal and administrative ≈ 89 · UN documents ≈ 12 366). Forms: people, peoples. Meaning: [people in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/people/).

- La forêt autour de l'abbaye de Villers abrita pendant plusieurs jours et plusieurs nuits toutes ces malheureuses **populations** dispersées.
  The forest surrounding the Abbey of Villiers sheltered these unfortunate **people** who had been scattered abroad, for many days and nights.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6780)

- Une véritable migration de **populations**!
  A real migration of **peoples**!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1353144)

- le développement autonome des PTOM, processus centré sur les **populations** elles-mêmes et enraciné dans la culture de chacune d’entre elles;
  the self-reliant development of the OCTs, this being a process centred on **people** themselves and rooted in each people’s culture;
  ([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 2830759)

- Avec l &apos; aide d &apos; organisations non gouvernementales, des activités sont menées en vue d &apos; aider les **populations** à défendre leurs droits.
  With the NGO assistance, events are being held to show **people** how to defend their rights.
  ([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 27712501)

- --Attendu, reprit le juge, attendu que la loi anglaise entend protéger également et rigoureusement toutes les religions des **populations** de l'Inde, le délit étant avoué par le sieur Passepartout, convaincu d'avoir violé d'un pied sacrilège le pavé de la pagode de Malebar-Hill, à Bombay, dans la journée du 20 octobre, condamne ledit Passepartout à quinze jours de prison et à une amende de trois cents livres (7 500 F).
  “Inasmuch,” resumed the judge, “as the English law protects equally and sternly the religions of the Indian **people**, and as the man Passepartout has admitted that he violated the sacred pagoda of Malabar Hill, at Bombay, on the 20th of October, I condemn the said Passepartout to imprisonment for fifteen days and a fine of three hundred pounds.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 1109)

## must

Used about 2 061 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 061). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/).

- Les organismes des Nations Unies devraient s &apos; efforcer de déterminer les causes profondes des déplacements de **populations** dans leur propre pays.
  The United Nations agencies **must** seek to determine the underlying causes of internal displacement.
  ([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 13249351)

## civilian

Used about 95 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 95). Meaning: [civilian in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/civilian/).

- En effet, en pratique, les mines antipersonnel affectent surtout les **populations** civiles.
  The fact is that in practice anti-personnel mines primarily affect the **civilian** population.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1646411)

## More sentences

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

- Exploiter la puissance des marées pourrait être très utile aux **populations** vivant sur le littoral.
  Harnessing the power of the tides could be very helpful to coastal communities.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#4940817](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4940817) [\#8872830](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8872830))

- La Banque mondiale doit suivre une approche en matière de développement du secteur privé qui procure un avantage maximal aux **populations** pauvres, tout en faisant face au changement climatique.
  The World Bank should pursue an approach to private-sector development that delivers maximum benefit to the poor while tackling climate change.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1503172)

- Les économies locales en ont tellement souffert que les pêcheurs locaux en sont venus à chasser dans l’arrière-pays, détruisant les **populations** locales d’animaux sauvages.
  So badly has that hit the local economies that local fishermen have now turned to hunting in their hinterland, destroying local wild animal stocks.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 691961)

## 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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