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# répression — French to English

How French *répression* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 8 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: répression (48 324), répressions (234). By style: everyday 5 · literary 1 · parliamentary 1 734 · legal and administrative 2 893 · UN documents 43 925.

## repression

Used about 14 316 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 1 · parliamentary ≈ 1 084 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 789 · UN documents ≈ 11 439).

- Le germe de la révolution est la **répression**.
  The seed of revolution is **repression**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by adlerq and DarkLinkXXXX · checked, community translation · [\#1142121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1142121) [\#1142138](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1142138))

- Ainsi,--et dans le grossissement de l'angoisse, et dans l'illusion d'optique de la consternation, tout ce qui eût pu restreindre et corriger son impression s'effaçait, et la société, et le genre humain, et l'univers se résumaient désormais à ses yeux dans un linéament simple et terrible,--ainsi la pénalité, la chose jugée, la force due à la législation, les arrêts des cours souveraines, la magistrature, le gouvernement, la prévention et la **répression**, la sagesse officielle, l'infaillibilité légale, le principe d'autorité, tous les dogmes sur lesquels repose la sécurité politique et civile, la souveraineté, la justice, la logique découlant du code, l'absolu social, la vérité publique, tout cela, décombre, monceau, chaos; lui-même Javert, le guetteur de l'ordre, l'incorruptibilité au service de la police, la providence-dogue de la société, vaincu et terrassé; et sur toute cette ruine un homme debout, le bonnet vert sur la tête et l'auréole au front; voilà à quel bouleversement il en était venu; voilà la vision effroyable qu'il avait dans l'âme.
  Thus,—and in the exaggeration of anguish, and the optical illusion of consternation, all that might have corrected and restrained this impression was effaced, and society, and the human race, and the universe were, henceforth, summed up in his eyes, in one simple and terrible feature,—thus the penal laws, the thing judged, the force due to legislation, the decrees of the sovereign courts, the magistracy, the government, prevention, **repression**, official cruelty, wisdom, legal infallibility, the principle of authority, all the dogmas on which rest political and civil security, sovereignty, justice, public truth, all this was rubbish, a shapeless mass, chaos; he himself, Javert, the spy of order, incorruptibility in the service of the police, the bull-dog providence of society, vanquished and hurled to earth; and, erect, at the summit of all that ruin, a man with a green cap on his head and a halo round his brow; this was the astounding confusion to which he had come; this was the fearful vision which he bore within his soul.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 28693)

- Évidemment il y a aussi toutes les **répressions** en Serbie.
  Obviously, there is also all the **repression** in Serbia.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 65833)

- A participé aux **répressions** à l'issue du second tour de l'élection présidentielle.
  Participation in **repression** following the second round of the presidential election.
  ([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 2331975)

- - Les personnes reconnues victimes de **répressions** politiques;
  Persons certified as victims of political **repression**;
  ([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 7998483)

## suppression

Used about 10 289 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 108 · legal and administrative ≈ 114 · UN documents ≈ 10 066). Meaning: [suppression in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/suppression/).

- La **répression** efficace du terrorisme requiert le respect des procédures requises et de l’État de droit.
  The effective **suppression** of terrorism necessitates respect for due processes and for the rule of law.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 581473)

- Participation du renseignement militaire à la **répression** des manifestations.
  Military Intelligence involvement in **suppression** of demonstrations.
  ([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 2234419)

- :: Convention pour la **répression** de la capture illicite d &apos; aéronefs;
  :: Convention for the **Suppression** of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft;
  ([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 14187328)

- Il sonne l’alarme face à la **répression** armée opposée par le dictateur à une manifestation pacifique du peuple bélarussien.
  It sounds an alarm bell over the dictator’s armed **suppression** of a peaceful demonstration by the Belarus people.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 805047)

- Convention internationale pour la **répression** des actes de terrorisme nucléaire, adoptée à New York le 13 avril 2005.
  International Convention for the **Suppression** of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, adopted in New York on 13 April 2005.
  ([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 297938)

## violence

Used about 3 525 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18 · legal and administrative ≈ 305 · UN documents ≈ 3 203). Meaning: [violence in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/violence/).

- Discriminations fondées sur le sexe ou à l'encontre des minorités comme les Roms, violences policières, conditions de détention déplorables dans les prisons et les commissariats de police, actes et violences racistes, xénophobes et antisémites, remise en cause des droits fondamentaux au nom de la lutte contre le terrorisme, remplacement des politiques sécuritaires et **répressions** en matière d'immigration et d'asile, sans compter les violations des droits sociaux et les atteintes fréquentes aux droits syndicaux.
  Sexual discrimination or discrimination against minorities like the Roma, police **violence**, deplorable conditions of detention in prisons and police stations, racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic acts and violence, challenges to basic rights in the name of combating terrorism, the replacement of security policies and crackdowns on immigration and asylum, not to mention violations of social rights and frequent attacks on trade union rights.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 411399)

- Ministre de l'intérieur; impliqué dans la **répression** contre les manifestants.
  Minister of Interior; involved in **violence** against demonstrators.
  ([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 2256635)

- Le contenu de ce texte ressort les infractions qui touchent en grande partie les violences faites aux femmes ainsi que les **répressions** y afférentes.
  This text identifies the main offences constituted by **violence** against women and the corresponding punishments.
  ([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 16946676)

- Vice-président; impliqué dans la **répression** contre la population civile.
  Vice-President of Syria; involved in **violence** against the civilian population.
  ([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 2915148)

- En juillet 2006, le Parlement a adopté en première lecture le projet de loi sur la prévention et la **répression** de la violence contre les femmes.
  In July 2006, the draft Law on preventing and combating **violence** against women had been adopted by Parliament on first reading.
  ([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 15163248)

## convention

Used about 2 306 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18 · UN documents ≈ 2 288). Meaning: [convention in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/convention/).

- Nous pouvons proposer un texte équilibré disant que les attaques terroristes au lance-roquette comme les **répressions** collectives du blocus contreviennent l'un comme l'autre à la Convention de Genève.
  We can propose a balanced text that recognises that both terrorist rocket attacks as well as the collective punishment of the blockade both break the fourth Geneva **Convention**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1039375)

- Convention internationale pour la **répression** des attentats terroristes à l &apos; explosif.
  **Convention** internationale pour la répression des attentats terroristes à l &apos; explosif.
  ([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 8308540)

- 154. Tous les gouvernements sont encouragés à ratifier la Convention pour la prévention et la **répression** du crime de génocide.
  154. All Governments are encouraged to ratify the **Convention** on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
  ([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 2439993)

- - Convention sur la prévention et la **répression** des infractions contre les personnes jouissant d &apos; une protection internationale, y compris les agents diplomatiques (1973);
  **Convention** on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, 1973;
  ([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 17741050)

- d) Convention sur la prévention et la **répression** des infractions contre les personnes jouissant d &apos; une protection internationale, y compris les agents diplomatiques (1973).
  (d) **Convention** on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, Including Diplomatic Agents (1973).
  ([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 9645826)

## against

Used about 1 467 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18 · legal and administrative ≈ 76 · UN documents ≈ 1 373).

- La société civile iranienne est très dynamique, en dépit de toutes les mesures de **répression** contre des groupes comme les syndicats.
  Iran has a very vibrant civil society, in spite of all the repressive measures **against** groups such as the trade unions.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1026469)

- Ministre des affaires sociales du gouvernement du colonel Kadhafi; implication dans la **répression** contre les manifestants.
  Minister for Social Affairs in Colonel Qadhafi's Government; implicated in repressive actions **against** demonstrators
  ([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 2238676)

- 345. La Principauté de Monaco a déterminé dans le chapitre 1er (crimes et délits contre la sûreté de l &apos; État), du titre I (crimes et délits contre la chose publique) du livre III (des crimes et délits et de leurs **répressions**) du Code pénal, les peines encourues lorsqu &apos; un individu attente tant à la sûreté de l &apos; État qu &apos; à la sécurité de la famille princière.
  345. In Chapter 1 (crimes **against** the security of the State) of Title I (crimes against the public good) of Book III (crimes and penalties) of the Criminal Code, the Principality of Monaco has laid down the penalties applicable where an individual conspires against the security of the State or the royal family.
  ([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 16881428)

- Ministre du plan et des finances du gouvernement du colonel Kadhafi; implication dans la **répression** contre les manifestants.
  Ministre for Planning and Finance in Colonel Qadhafi’s Government; implicated in repressive actions **against** demonstrators
  ([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 2356382)

- Ces derniers jours, une opération policière de grande envergure dans la zone du Chapare a provoqué des tensions à l &apos; échelon national - marches de protestation, blocage des routes par des camions - qui ont à leur tour entraîné des **répressions** policières. Diverses organisations de travailleurs et de la société civile refusent, en effet, la forme sous laquelle la lutte contre le trafic de stupéfiants est menée.
  Recently, a large-scale police operation in the Chapare zone led to tension on a national scale with protest marches, the blocking of roads and, as a consequence, repressive police measures **against** various labour and social organizations opposed to the way in which the campaign against drug trafficking is being conducted.
  ([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 2036920)

## political

Used about 566 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 108 · UN documents ≈ 458). Meaning: [political in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/political/).

- Les arrestations politiques et les **répressions** continuent.
  **Political** arrests and repressions are continuing.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1088278)

- Il explique que depuis l &apos; adoption récente d &apos; une législation antiterroriste, la **répression** des dissidents politiques s &apos; est intensifiée.
  He submits that, following recently adopted anti-terrorism legislation, the Government &apos; s crackdown on **political** dissidents had intensified.
  ([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 25470253)

- L'Inde ne peut ignorer que cette aide militaire sera utilisée à des fins de **répression** des groupes ethniques et des opposants politiques!
  India cannot be unaware that such military aid will be used to repress ethnic groups and **political** opponents.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 899471)

- Une attention particulière doit être accordée aux victimes des régimes où les **répressions** culturelles, sociales et politiques sont les plus fortes.
  Particular attention must be given to the victims of the most repressive cultural, social and **political** systems.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1386854)

- La **répression** massive de la population et de ses leaders intellectuels, politiques et syndicaux était préméditée et systématique.
  In a premeditated and systematic manner, the country's population and its intellectual, **political** and trade union leaders were repressed on a large scale.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1906552)

## regime

Used about 476 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 18 · UN documents ≈ 458). Meaning: [regime in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/regime/).

- Cependant, lorsque nous avons vu la violence épouvantable des **répressions**, nous nous sommes exprimés d'une seule voix, contre la violence et contre le régime qui l'exerce.
  However, once we witnessed the shocking violence being carried out, we spoke out with one voice, against the violence and against the **regime** that is inflicting it.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1514194)

- 9. Au Nigéria, la **répression** des opposants au régime se poursuit de façon alarmante.
  9. In Nigeria, the persecution of opponents of the **regime** was continuing in an alarming fashion.
  ([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 3017105)

## opposition

Used about 303 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 36 · legal and administrative ≈ 266). Meaning: [opposition in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/opposition/).

- On ne peut pas nier que les médias non gouvernementaux et les partis de l'opposition ont fait l'objet de **répressions**.
  It cannot be denied that there has been a crackdown on non-governmental media and **opposition** in Kazakhstan.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 426625)

- Il porte une responsabilité dans la **répression** exercée par le KGB à l'encontre de la société civile et de l'opposition démocratique.
  Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic **opposition**.
  ([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 2817480)

- D’autre part, des mesures de **répression** restent toutefois imposées et l’opposition reste victime d’oppression.
  On the other hand, however, repressive measures are still being imposed, and the **opposition** still suffers oppression.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 734822)

- Il porte une responsabilité dans la **répression** exercée par le KGB à l'encontre de la société civile et de l'opposition démocratique.
  He was responsible for the repressive activity of the KGB against civil society and democratic **opposition**.
  ([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 3717252)

- Porte une responsabilité dans la **répression** exercée par le KGB à l'encontre de la société civile et des opposants politiques dans la région de Gomel.
  Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic **opposition** in the region of Homel.
  ([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 2535991)

## More sentences

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

- En guise de **répression**, le gouvernement expulse les étrangers en situation irrégulière.
  The government is expelling illegal aliens as part of a crackdown.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#271480](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/271480) [\#10083648](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10083648))

- La **répression** est cyclique.
  Oppression is cyclical.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Rovo and rul · checked, community translation · [\#13243893](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13243893) [\#13257637](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13257637))

- Un mouvement de grève touche la plupart des ports du pays depuis plusieurs semaines et se heurte à une violente **répression** des forces de l'ordre.
  A strike movement has been affecting most of the ports in the country for several weeks and is being violently repressed by the forces of law and order.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2025163)

## Grammar

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