Translation for "raise the hand" to french
Raise the hand
Translation examples
It is a taboo to raise your hand against your mother but society looks the other way when a man strikes or maltreats his wife and girl children.
Il est tabou de lever la main sur sa mère, mais la société détourne le regard lorsqu'un homme frappe ou maltraite son épouse ou ses filles.
Seated and unable to raise his hands, he recounted again that he had been thrown with force against a telephone post by two police officers, and as a result was unable to walk, eat or drink.
Assis, incapable de lever les mains, il a raconté de nouveau que deux policiers l'avaient jeté brutalement contre un poteau téléphonique et qu'à cause de cela il n'arrivait plus à marcher ni à boire ou manger.
The major goal of this campaign is to bring up the issue of corporal punishment in the family, generate discussion and provide practical advice about "not raising a hand" against a child.
Elle avait pour principal objectif de mettre sur le tapis la question des châtiments corporels au sein de la famille, de générer un débat et de fournir des conseils pratiques en invitant à <<ne pas lever la main>> sur un enfant.
Colonel Benavides asked any officers who objected to the order to raise their hands.
Le colonel Benavides a demandé aux officiers présents de lever la main s'ils avaient des objections à présenter.
That is how one of the perpetrators of the crime, the current defence minister of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sarkissian, cynically admits to the reason behind Khojaly massacre: "... Before Khojaly, Azerbaijanis thought that they were joking with us, they thought that the Armenians were people who could not raise their hand against the civilian population.
D'ailleurs, l'un des responsables de ce crime, l'actuel Ministre de la défense de la République d'Arménie, Serzh Sarkissian, admet avec cynisme le motif qui a présidé au massacre de Khojaly : << [...] Avant Khojaly, les Azerbaïdjanais ne nous prenaient pas au sérieux, ils pensaient que les Arméniens étaient incapables de lever la main sur des populations civiles.
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