detained — English to French

How English detained is translated into French in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no article on this word yet.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: detained (43 061). By style: everyday 6 · literary 3 · biblical 1 · parliamentary 521 · legal and administrative 417 · UN documents 42 113.

détention

Used about 23 342 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · parliamentary ≈ 336 · legal and administrative ≈ 191 · UN documents ≈ 22 811). Forms: détention, détenu, détenues, détenus.

• No one was detained.

  Personne n'a été détenu.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #4494891 #7839054

• Where were they detained?

  Où leur détention a-t-elle eu lieu?

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 755872

• Currently detained in Italy.’

  Actuellement en détention en Italie.»

  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 1258626

• A. Arrested and detained persons 46 19

  A. Personnes arrêtées et détenues 46 20

  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 18428584

• The police detained several suspects for questioning.

  La police a détenu plusieurs suspects pour interrogatoire.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Source_VOA and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2163164 #2163913

detained

Used about 9 651 times in the texts (UN documents ≈ 9 651).

• They were both detained without any formal charge.

  They were both detained without any formal charge.

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• Since March, he has been detained in Trincomalee Prison.

  Since March, he has been detained in Trincomalee Prison.

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• He was reportedly arrested and detained for several days before being released and returned to Albania.

  He was reportedly arrested and detained for several days before being released and returned to Albania.

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• 12. G is a sex worker who was detained near Port Moresby while she was talking to a male friend in the street.

  12. G is a sex worker who was detained near Port Moresby while she was talking to a male friend in the street.

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• She was then informed that her husband was being detained at the Petah Tikva interrogation center for questioning.

  She was then informed that her husband was being detained at the Petah Tikva interrogation center for questioning.

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prison

Used about 76 times in the texts (parliamentary ≈ 33 · legal and administrative ≈ 43).

• They are being detained in a civilian prison in disgraceful conditions.

  Ils sont incarcérés dans la prison civile dans des conditions scandaleuses.

  Europarl v8 · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 306290

• As of June 2011 detained at Makala Central Prison, Kinshasa.

  En juin 2011, détenu à la prison de Makala à Kinshasa.

  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 3415081

• The majority of those detained between 14 and 17 May are being held in the central prison in Adra, near Damascus.

  La majorité des personnes arrêtées entre le 14 et le 17 mai sont retenues dans la prison centrale d’Adra, près de Damas.

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• As of June 2011, detained in Makala Prison in Kinshasa.

  En juin 2011, était détenu à la prison de Makala à Kinshasa.

  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 3415053

• He has been detained since 29 March 1995, for over 15 months, without charge or without trial.

  Il est à présent en prison depuis le 29 mars 1995, c'est-à-dire depuis plus de 15 mois, sans avoir fait l'objet d'aucune plainte ou d'aucun jugement.

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More sentences

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

• Tom was detained by the police.

  Tom a été arrêté par la police.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and Joclerc · checked, community translation · #1023992 #1412649

• I was detained.

  J'ai été incarcérée.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2247474 #4681720

• I was detained.

  J'ai été incarcéré.

  Tatoeba · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and sacredceltic · checked, community translation · #2247474 #4681719

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