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# protéger — French to English

How French *protéger* 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: protégaient (1), protége (34), protégent (29), protéger (130 229), protéges (1), protégez (48), protégé (8 769), protégée (7 789), protégées (15 411), protégés (18 785). By style: everyday 180 · literary 7 · biblical 7 · parliamentary 11 075 · legal and administrative 14 380 · UN documents 155 447.

## protected

Used about 144 693 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 156 · literary ≈ 5 · parliamentary ≈ 9 042 · legal and administrative ≈ 12 769 · UN documents ≈ 122 721). Forms: protect, protected, protection.

- Je vais **protéger** Tom.
  I'll **protect** Tom.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by nimfeo and CK · checked, community translation · [\#3330088](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3330088) [\#3988759](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3988759))

- «Je ne pourrai aimer qu'un homme qui pourra me **protéger**.»
  “I can never love a man who cannot **protect** me.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 1581)

- Elle doit être **protégée**.
  It has to be **protected**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 627533)

- PDP : prélèvement distal **protégé**
  DPA : distal **protected** aspirate
  ([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 4519698)

- Viol d &apos; une personne **protégée**
  Rape of a **protected** person
  ([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 23742492)

## rights

Used about 4 461 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 130 · UN documents ≈ 4 331).

- La société de l'information, basée sur les capacités intellectuelles, exige que tous deux soient **protégés** en cas de changement.
  The information society, based, as it is, on intellectual resources requires both kinds of **rights** to be preserved.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1766215)

- Aux Etats—Unis, les droits issus de traités étaient des droits exécutoires juridiquement **protégés**.
  In the United States treaty **rights** were legally enforceable obligations.
  ([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 2984070)

- J'estime que le Parlement européen a raté une chance de prouver qu'il entend sérieusement **protéger** les droits des citoyens.
  I believe that the European Parliament has lost an opportunity to make it clear that it is serious about citizens' **rights**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 225188)

- De même, aucune règle de discipline ne devrait bafouer d &apos; autres droits **protégés** par le Pacte, comme le droit à une alimentation.
  Nor should any form of discipline breach other **rights** under the Covenant, such as the right to food.
  ([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 10845826)

- Nous insistons, dès lors, pour que la Commission, après s'être engagée aujourd'hui à l'égard de la Charte, s'engage également à **protéger** les droits des citoyens individuels.
  We insist, therefore, that as well as the commitment to the Charter we have heard from the Commission today, it also commits itself to protecting the **rights** of individual citizens.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 94672)

## law

Used about 2 889 times in the texts (literary ≈ 1 · UN documents ≈ 2 888). Meaning: [law in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/law/).

- --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)

- À cet égard, il a mentionné la nouvelle loi adoptée par la Hongrie pour **protéger** les droits de toutes les personnes, sans discrimination.
  In this context, he mentioned the new **law** in Hungary that protects the rights of all persons, without discrimination.
  ([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 26138600)

- En Malaisie, une rupture de promesse est reconnue comme cause recevable d &apos; action en justice, ce qui **protége** indirectement les femmes contre des promesses creuses de mariage.
  In Malaysia, a breach of promise is recognised by **law** as a valid cause of action, thus indirectly protecting women from empty promises made by men.
  ([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 11840933)

- Cette loi **protége** les femmes et leurs enfants contre les sévices physiques, psychologiques et économiques dans le contexte des relations conjugales, sentimentales ou de concubinage.
  It protects women and their children from physical, psychological and economic abuses in the context of marital, dating or common **law** relationship.
  ([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 11845249)

- 231. Concernant les enfants en conflit avec la loi, selon l &apos; article 11 du CPE, &lt; &lt; Tout enfant contrevenant a le droit de bénéficier d &apos; un traitement qui **protége** son honneur et sa personne &gt; &gt; .
  231. As regards children in conflict with the **law**, article 11 of the Code provides that &quot; Every child who contravenes the law is entitled to treatment that will preserve its honour and person &quot; .
  ([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 15246415)

## must

Used about 1 833 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 389 · UN documents ≈ 1 444). Meaning: [must in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/must/).

- Les gestionnaires des réseaux doivent voir que leurs intérêts sont **protégés**.
  Those who run the networks **must** be able to see that their interests are being safeguarded.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 652675)

- Les appareils portables doivent être **protégés** par un logiciel de sécurité compatible avec leurs autres applications.
  Security software has to be loaded to the hand held device and **must** be compatible with the other applications on the hand held device.
  ([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 29700160)

- Je conçois que l’on se soucie des zones **protégées**, mais les chances doivent être égales pour tous.
  I agree with looking after sensitive areas, but opportunities **must** be equal for all.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 514677)

- Les gouvernements doivent aussi garantir la sécurité dans les écoles, et faire en sorte qu &apos; elles soient **protégées** contre toute forme de discrimination et de violence.
  They **must** also guarantee safe schools, free from discrimination and violence.
  ([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 21977701)

- Les gènes humains ou les organismes vivants de même que leurs composants ne peuvent être **protégés** par des brevets.
  Human genes or living organisms or elements thereof **must** not be subject to patent law.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 244483)

## against

Used about 1 786 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 43 · legal and administrative ≈ 298 · UN documents ≈ 1 444).

- J’aurais eu honte de demander au roi une escorte et des cavaliers pour nous **protéger** contre l’ennemi pendant la route, car nous avions dit au roi: La main de notre Dieu est pour leur bien sur tous ceux qui le cherchent, mais sa force et sa colère sont sur tous ceux qui l’abandonnent.
  For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us **against** the enemy on the way, because we had spoken to the king, saying, “The hand of our God is on all those who seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all those who forsake him.”
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · EZR 8:22)

- En tout état de cause, le texte parle de les **protéger**, de **protéger** leur dignité physique et leur intégrité mentale contre la dégradation ou les traitements inhumains.
  In any case, it talks about protecting them, protecting their physical dignity and mental integrity **against** degrading or inhumane treatment.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1360292)

- Tous les branchements électriques du SAV doivent résister aux courts-circuits avec mise à la masse, de 13 V maximum, et/ou être **protégés** par des fusibles.
  All electrical connections of the VAS must be short-circuit proof **against** earth, maximum 13 V and/or fused.
  ([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 5502138)

- La Constitution érige en droit fondamental le droit d &apos; être **protégé** contre l &apos; intouchabilité et la discrimination raciale sous toute forme.
  The Constitution has recognized the right **against** untouchability and racial discrimination on any ground as a fundamental right.
  ([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 22209184)

- Les points d'ancrage doivent être suffisamment résistants pour permettre l'utilisation d'équipements de protection individuelle destinés à **protéger** contre les chutes d'une certaine hauteur.
  The anchorage points must be strong enough for the use of personal protective equipment **against** falls from a height.
  ([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 889911)

## More sentences

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

- C'est un fort construit pour **protéger** la ville des invasions.
  It's a fort built to defend the town from invasion.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by siggg and CM · checked, community translation · [\#268876](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/268876) [\#805691](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/805691))

- Je me sens responsable de me **protéger** et de **protéger** les autres.
  I feel responsible for protecting myself and others.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Nuel and Nuel · checked, community translation · [\#13223399](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13223399) [\#13223410](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13223410))

- Marie ne peut pas dormir sans son requin en peluche. Elle pense qu'il peut bien mieux la **protéger** lors de son sommeil que n'importe quel ours en peluche.
  Mary can't sleep without her cuddly toy shark. She thinks it protects her while she sleeps, and can do that much better than any teddy.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Sorgan and sundown · checked, community translation · [\#6201717](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6201717) [\#6203291](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6203291))

## Grammar

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