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# prisonniers — French to English

How French *prisonniers* 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: prisonniers (25 061). By style: everyday 52 · literary 6 · biblical 22 · parliamentary 1 985 · legal and administrative 346 · UN documents 22 650.

## prisoners

Used about 20 494 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 48 · literary ≈ 6 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 1 820 · legal and administrative ≈ 209 · UN documents ≈ 18 403). Forms: prison, prisoners.

- Nous sommes tous **prisonniers**.
  We're all **prisoners**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3821391](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3821391) [\#4867208](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4867208))

- --Mais ces **prisonniers**... nos malheureux compagnons...
  “But the **prisoners**, our unfortunate fellow-travellers—”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne 80 days, row 2637)

- Les soldats furent d’avis de tuer les **prisonniers**, de peur que quelqu’un d’eux ne s’échappât à la nage.
  The soldiers’ counsel was to kill the **prisoners**, so that none of them would swim out and escape.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ACT 27:42)

- Les **prisonniers** politiques sont torturés.
  Political **prisoners** are being tortured.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1753690)

- Directeur du camp de **prisonniers** de Chklow.
  Director of the **prison** camp in Shklov.
  ([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 2716833)

## detention

Used about 944 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 944). Meaning: [detention in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/detention/).

- Les personnes en détention provisoire devraient être séparées des **prisonniers** condamnés.
  Individuals held in remand **detention** should be segregated from convicted persons.
  ([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 11769389)

## detainees

Used about 621 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 41 · legal and administrative ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 472).

- La situation est tellement grave qu’une délégation de l’UE s’est vue refuser l’accès à ces **prisonniers**.
  The situation is so serious that an EU delegation was denied access to those **detainees**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 609697)

- Lors d'interrogatoires de **prisonniers** politiques, il a été fait usage des données, communications et courriers privés de ces personnes.
  During interrogations of political **detainees**, the interrogators make use of the detainees' personal data, mail and communications.
  ([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 3617373)

- d) Si des mesures ont été prises pour séparer systématiquement les prévenus des **prisonniers**;
  (d) Whether measures have been taken to systematically separate remand and convicted **detainees**;
  ([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 27605372)

- En tant que chef de la Division des opérations de la Direction de la sécurité politique, responsable de la détention et de la torture de **prisonniers**.
  As Head of the Operations Branch of the Political Security Directorate, responsible for detention and torture of **detainees**.
  ([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 2543443)

- En tant que chef de la section régionale de Deraa de la Direction de la sécurité politique, responsable de la détention et de la torture de **prisonniers**.
  As Head of the Deraa Regional Branch of the Political Security Directorate, responsible for detention and torture of **detainees**.
  ([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 2483520)

## release

Used about 84 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 83). Meaning: [release in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/release/).

- L’esprit du Seigneur, l’Éternel, est sur moi, Car l’Éternel m’a oint pour porter de bonnes nouvelles aux malheureux; Il m’a envoyé pour guérir ceux qui ont le cœur brisé, Pour proclamer aux captifs la liberté, Et aux **prisonniers** la délivrance;
  The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and **release** to those who are bound,
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ISA 61:1)

- La réintégration concernerait les **prisonniers** relâchés à la suite de ce réexamen.
  Resettlement of detainees would concern those cleared for **release** in the light of this review.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1206674)

- Je rappelle que, le 13 juillet, le Conseil a demandé au général Abubakar de relâcher tous les **prisonniers** politiques et de dire quels sont exactement ses projets pour de futures élections.
  I recall that the on 13 July the Council urged General Abubakar to **release** all the remaining detainees and to clarify his plans for future elections.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1876592)

## More sentences

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

- De nombreux **prisonniers**, dans le couloir de la mort, disent qu'ils ne veulent pas mourir.
  Many inmates on death row say they don't want to die.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#2034584](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2034584) [\#2037079](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2037079))

- Ils ont été faits **prisonniers**.
  They were taken prisoner.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and CK · checked, community translation · [\#307524](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/307524) [\#1335926](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1335926))

- Les gardiens frappent les **prisonniers**.
  The deputies are beating inmates.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Hybrid · checked, community translation · [\#3627525](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3627525) [\#3628887](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3628887))

## Grammar

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