expurgé
In French, "redacted" is translated as expurgé.
The term is used to describe a document where sensitive information has been removed or obscured.
What does it mean word for word?
The word comes from the verb expurger, which literally means to purge or clean a text of objectionable or sensitive material.
Which one should you use?
While expurgé implies the removal of specific parts of a text for privacy or clarity, the word censuré carries a stronger connotation of suppressing information for political or moral reasons.
How does it change in a sentence?
As a past participle used as an adjective, expurgé must agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Use expurgée for feminine singular nouns and expurgés for masculine plural nouns.
Did you know?
- The French language distinguishes between expurgé, which suggests a selective cleaning, and estompé, which describes information that has been blurred or faded out to make it illegible.
- Unlike in English, where 'redacting' is almost exclusively about removing sensitive data, the French expurger can also be used in a critical sense to describe the removal of errors or flawed arguments from a scholarly work.
- Historically, expurger was specifically used in French literature to describe the removal of 'obscene' passages to make classic novels safe for school children.
Examples in context
- Le rapport rendu public a été fortement expurgé.The report released to the public was heavily redacted.The sentence is useful for describing a report that has been heavily redacted using expurgé.Tatoeba #9870261 by lbdx, translation #4885313 by patgfisher
- Les documents ont été fortement expurgés par le FBI avant d'être publiés.The documents were heavily redacted by the FBI before being released.The sentence is useful for describing how documents were heavily redacted using expurgés.Tatoeba #9870259 by lbdx, translation #5397274 by Hybrid
- Une partie du document a été censurée pour des raisons de sécurité nationale.A part of the document has been redacted for national security reasons.
Example conversation
Emma and Hugo are reviewing a legal file together.
- EmmaRegarde ce document, il est presque entièrement expurgé.Look at this document, it is almost entirely redacted.
- HugoC'est vrai, on ne peut rien lire ici.That's true, we can't read anything here.
- EmmaJe pense que c'est pour des raisons de sécurité.I think it's for security reasons.
- HugoJe suis d'accord, Hugo, c'est très courant.I agree, Hugo, it's very common.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
