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# sanctions — French to English

How French *sanctions* 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: sanctions (84 743). By style: everyday 4 · parliamentary 5 414 · legal and administrative 8 840 · UN documents 70 485.

## sanctions

Used about 46 545 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 3 948 · legal and administrative ≈ 2 947 · UN documents ≈ 39 648).

- Je doute que les **sanctions** fonctionneront.
  I doubt if **sanctions** will work.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and CK · checked, community translation · [\#4498136](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/4498136) [\#9729858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9729858))

- Si nécessaire, il faut des **sanctions**.
  Where needed, we must have **sanctions**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1327763)

- Courriel: relex-**sanctions**@ec.europa.eu
  E-mail: relex-**sanctions**@ec.europa.eu
  ([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 4989727)

- D. **Sanctions** and remedies: criminal, civil or
  D. **Sanctions** and remedies: criminal, civil or
  ([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 16746029)

- Je doute que les **sanctions** fonctionneront.
  I doubt that **sanctions** will work.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#10710141](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10710141) [\#9729858](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9729858))

## penalties

Used about 20 672 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 1 015 · legal and administrative ≈ 4 973 · UN documents ≈ 14 684).

- L'affaire Madoff démontre à l'évidence qu'on a aussi besoin de contrôles et qu'on a aussi besoin de **sanctions**.
  The Madoff affair showed clearly that we need monitoring but we also need **penalties**.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1180021)

- **Sanctions** pour non-conformité de la production
  **Penalties** for non conformity of production
  ([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 5517937)

- 9. **SANCTIONS** POUR NON-CONFORMITE DE LA PRODUCTION
  10. **PENALTIES** FOR NON-CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTION
  ([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 13927129)

- Il faut aussi introduire des **sanctions** en cas de non-respect des directives concernant la consultation.
  **Penalties** must also be introduced for failure to comply with the directives on worker consultation.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 153721)

- **Sanctions** financières 10 % à 30 % (art. 30)
  Financial **penalties** of 10 %–30 % (Art. 30)
  ([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 652576)

## application

Used about 2 937 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 937). Meaning: [application in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/application/).

- PAR L’APPLICATION DES **SANCTIONS**
  STATES AFFECTED BY THE **APPLICATION**
  ([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 3095726)

## criminal

Used about 2 937 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 2 937). Meaning: [criminal in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/criminal/).

- 48. L &apos; article 40 du Code pénal, qui fait état des différentes **sanctions** prévues par la loi, ne mentionne aucune forme de châtiment corporel (question 39).
  Article 40 of the **Criminal** Code, which listed various forms of punishment for offences, did not include any form of corporal punishment (question 39).
  ([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 15034923)

- 118. Le chapitre 4 du Code pénal (Infractions commises contre les personnes) comporte plusieurs articles qui prévoient des **sanctions** pour atteinte à la vie par actes criminels.
  118. Chapter 4 of the **Criminal** Code (Offences Against Persons) contains several articles that punish deprivation of life by criminal acts.
  ([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 8931515)

## imposed

Used about 1 468 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 468).

- II. Récapitulatif des affaires dans lesquelles le Secrétaire général a prononcé des **sanctions** disciplinaires entre le 1er juillet 2008 et le 30 juin 2009
  II. Summary of cases for which the Secretary-General **imposed** a disciplinary measure during the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009
  ([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 21430606)

## More sentences

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

- Les retardataires sont passibles de **sanctions**.
  Latecomers are subject to a penalty.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and AlanF\_US · checked, community translation · [\#10650071](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10650071) [\#10659990](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10659990))

- Les seules personnes touchées par ces **sanctions** sont celles qui disposent d'assez d'argent pour voyager.
  The only people that are hit by them are those who in any case have the money to travel.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 426861)

- Il est nécessaire d'étendre les compétences des inspecteurs communautaires et d'instaurer un régime uniforme de **sanctions**.
  It is necessary to extend the competences of the Community inspectors and establish a single penalty system.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 282302)

## Grammar

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