24 LA CRIMINALITE Flashcards

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L’insécurité est l’une des principales préoccupations des électeurs — même si le taux de criminalité est en baisse

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Insecurity is one of the main concerns of (the) voters, EVEN THOUGH the crime rate is decreasing/declining/falling
A crucial difference between decline and decrease in this last case is that decline can be used to indicate a loss of power, influence, significance, etc., whereas decrease can only be used for a reduction in quantity. Thus you can say both The population is decreasing and The population is declining, but while you can say The Empire is declining, you cannot say The Empire is decreasing, since there’s still only one Empire.

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L’opinion publique est favorable à des peines plus sévères pour les récidivistes.

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Public opinion is favourable TO more severe penalties against REPEAT OFFENDERS (à retenir)
Public opinion is IN FAVOUR OF STIFFER penalties for repeat offenders

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Il existe des zones de non-droit dans certaines banlieues françaises défavorisées.

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There are NO-GO areas in some UNDERPRIVILEGED French suburbs.
There are areas of lawlessness is some DISadvantaged French suburbs.

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Voir des hommes politiques se moquer de la loi n’incite pas les jeunes à la respecter.

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Seeing (et pas to see) politiCIANS FLOUTING the law does not encourage young people to respect it
faire fi de / mépriser
Seeing politicians making fun of the law does not encourage young people to respect it.

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Il est soupçonés d’avoir assassiné sa femme et sera jugé la semaine prochaine.

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He is suspected OF murdering his wife and will be ON TRIAL next week /// will be tried next week
(et pa suspected to (have murdered) )

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Elle a été reconnue coupable et condamnée à quinze ans de prison.

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She was FOUND guilty and sentenced to 15 years IN PRISON (et pas of prison)
She was convicted…

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Comment peut-on dissuader les gens d’enfreindre la loi sans les envoyer en prison ?

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How can you DETER people FROM BREAKING the law without sending them TO prison/jail ?

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Un nombre considérable de condamnés à mort ont été innocentés grâce à des tests ADN

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A VAST number of death-row PRISONERS/inmates have been EXONERATED thanks to DNA tests.

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Les prisons sont surpeuplées et la violence est endémique dans nombre d’entre elles —, sans parler des détenus qui se suicident

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Prisons are OVERCROWDED and violence is RIFE(/endemic) in many of them, NOT TO MENTION inamtes who COMMIT suicide (y’a pas de verbe pour « suicider »)
rife = répandu / abondant

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Pourquoi beaucoup de gens s’opposent-ils à la castration chimique pour les pédophiles ?

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Why do a lot of people OBJECT TO (TRES IMPORTANT, j’aurais mis un truc bateau du genre « are against » ou (dont agree) ) chemical castration for pedophiles ?
autre solution :
Why do many people oppose chemical castration for pedophiles?

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