Elamur Translatecruel — English to French
How English cruel is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 5 translations with example sentences.
What it means: cruel in the Elamur Dictionary.
Sentence pairs counted, by form: cruel (36 627), cruels (236). By style: everyday 100 · literary 7 · biblical 18 · parliamentary 493 · legal and administrative 263 · UN documents 35 982.
cruel
Used about 32 036 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 67 · literary ≈ 4 · biblical ≈ 9 · parliamentary ≈ 236 · legal and administrative ≈ 236 · UN documents ≈ 31 484). Forms: cruel, cruels.
The world is cruel.
Le monde est cruel.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1651096 #1222874“Master Jacques,” replied Rym, “’tis because wine renders kings less cruel than does barley water.”
--Maître Jacques, répondit Rym, c'est que les rois ont le vin moins cruel que la tisane.»
Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 7957Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.
Leur vin, c’est le venin des serpents, C’est le poison cruel des aspics.
World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910 · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · DEU 32:33This is tremendously cruel and the world cannot accept it.
C'est effroyablement cruel et ce monde ne peut l'autoriser.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 2036892Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 689659
peines
Used about 2 265 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 16 · UN documents ≈ 2 249).
Corporal punishment such as flogging constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.
Les châtiments corporels tels que la flagellation sont constitutifs de torture ou d'autres peines cruelles, inhumaines ou dégradantes.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 3359421and Other Cruel, Inhuman
la torture et autres peines
United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18637915Moreover, the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment should impose clear limits on the use of the death penalty.
En outre, l'interdiction des peines cruelles, inhumaines ou dégradantes devrait imposer des limites claires au recours à la peine de mort.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 4899567They also make the point that the prohibition of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment imposes clear limits on the use of the death penalty.
Elles indiquent en outre que l’interdiction des peines cruelles, inhumaines ou dégradantes impose des limites claires au recours à la peine de mort.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 706738Convention against Torture and Other Cruel,
Convention contre la torture et autres peines ou
United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 5317907
torture
Used about 1 880 times in the texts (legal and administrative ≈ 5 · UN documents ≈ 1 874).
The Union also reiterated its strong condemnation of the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.
L’Union a également condamné une nouvelle fois fermement le recours à la torture et à tout autre traitement cruel, inhumain et dégradant.
DGT-TM v2021 · 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 2242399Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel,
United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 7059622Agenda item 3: report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Agenda item 3: report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 27421309These provisions are further developed in the Prevention of Torture Bill so as to eliminate any cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Ces principes constituent le fondement du projet de loi portant création du mécanisme de prévention contre la torture et visent à mettre fin à tout traitement cruel, inhumain ou dégradant.
United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 24167621The Australian Government assesses each individual case as to whether there is a real risk to the individual of torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Le Gouvernement australien évalue dans chaque cas s ' il existe un risque réel qu ' elle soit soumise à la torture ou à un traitement cruel, inhumain ou dégradant.
United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 18627161
inhumains
Used about 375 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 375).
Thus, the term " torture " is applied to deliberate inhuman treatment causing very serious and cruel suffering (Ireland v. United Kingdom, 18 January 1978, GA, No. 11, para. 167).
Ainsi, la qualification de torture est réservée à < < des traitements inhumains délibérés provoquant de fort graves et cruelles souffrances > > (Irlande c. Royaume-Uni, 18 janvier 1978, GA, n°11, § 167).
United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 8917953
contre
Used about 10 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 10).
These euphemisms designed to numb the conscience cannot make it any less brutal, violence against women less cruel or this strategy less deplorable.
Ces euphémismes destinés à endormir la conscience ne parviennent pas à rendre cette réalité moins brutale, la violence contre les femmes moins cruelle ou cette stratégie moins déplorable.
Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1340864
More sentences
Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.
She's cruel and heartless.
Elle est cruelle et sans cœur.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Spamster and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #1851479 #1853180How could you be so cruel?
Comment pourrais-tu être si cruelle ?
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Hybrid and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2275625 #2281402In a way, life is a cruel thing. It holds major problems in store for each one of us.
En un sens, la vie est cruelle. Elle garde en réserve des problèmes majeurs pour chacun d'entre nous.
Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Lumi_alt and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #67139 #460013
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