But government statisticians have long been studying the national origins of immigrants, and are permitted to indicate the previous nationality of people who have acquired French citizenship. Thus, there is a distinction between mentioning the original nationality, which is allowed, and mentioning ethnic and racial origins, which is not.
但是政府统计工作者长久以来一直在研究移民的民族血统，并且被允许表明获得法国国籍的人的先前的国籍。这样，允许提及先前的国籍和禁止提及种族和族裔血统之间就有所区别。