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Do you use any illegal **substances**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and NurseMeeks · checked, community translation · [\#9849568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849568) [\#9937052](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9937052)) - Un autre point concerne les **substances** interdites. Another point is the bans on **substances**. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 402154) - **Substances** exclues ou soumises à restrictions Excluded and restricted **substances** ([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 4181824) - **Substances** < PDWS en dessous du site. **Substances** < PDWS below site. ([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 25181645) - Consommez-vous des **substances** illicites ? Do you use any illegal **substances**? ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Micsmithel and NurseMeeks · checked, community translation · [\#9849568](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9849568) [\#9937050](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/9937050)) ## chemicals Used about 7 634 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 434 · legal and administrative ≈ 1 123 · UN documents ≈ 6 077). Forms: chemical, chemicals. - La législation sur les **substances** chimiques doit être efficace, et non un tigre de papier. **Chemicals** legislation has to be effective, and not just a paper tiger. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 744187) - Ajouter les **substances** chimiques d'essai hydrosolubles aux flacons d'essai vides \[paragraphe 12(b)\] sous forme de solutions aqueuses (paragraphe 18). Add water-soluble test **chemicals** to empty test bottles (paragraph 12(b)) as aqueous solutions (paragraph 18). ([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 3936916) - 14. Mercure et autres **substances** chimiques préoccupantes à l ' échelle mondiale Mercury and other **chemicals** of global concern ([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 16031997) - En dépit de l'augmentation de la consommation d'énergie, les émissions de ces deux **substances** ont diminué de manière drastique. Despite the increase in energy use, the emission from these two **chemicals** has fallen dramatically. ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1844859) - Les méthodes d’essai actuelles étant conçues pour les **substances** chimiques solubles, il est nécessaire de les adapter aux micro-organismes. As the present test methods are designed to be performed on soluble **chemicals**, it is necessary that the methods are developed so as to become relevant for micro-organisms. ([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 2394186) ## toxic Used about 1 013 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 1 013). Meaning: [toxic in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/toxic/). - 73. Action 21 ne fournit pas d ' estimation pour l ' exécution du programme sur la prévention du trafic illicite des **substances** toxiques dangereuses. No estimate is included in Agenda 21 for the implementation of a programme on the prevention of illegal traffic of **toxic** and dangerous products. ([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 1129383) ## More sentences Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out. - Si votre visage commence à gonfler après l'ingestion de **substances** médicamenteuses, appelez immédiatement le numéro d'urgence. If your face begins to puff up following ingestion of medicinal goods, call the emergency number straight away. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by lbdx and Rawrren · checked, community translation · [\#8490154](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8490154) [\#10143228](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/10143228)) - J'ai lu que la pâte d'amandes contenait des **substances** cancérigènes. I read about almond paste containing carcinogens. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by MUIRIEL and FeuDRenais · checked, community translation · [\#485094](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/485094) [\#484598](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/484598)) - La fumée de tabac contient plus de soixante-dix **substances** cancérigènes, y compris le benzène. Tobacco smoke contains more than seventy carcinogens, including benzene. ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Objectivesea and Objectivesea · checked, community translation · [\#8223085](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8223085) [\#8223084](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8223084)) ## 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/). ## About these examples Translations are found by how often the two words stand in the same sentence pairs, and the highlighted words are matched automatically: both are approximate. Counts are estimated from a sample of each source. 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