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Day: February 1, 2018

The Eiffel Tower at sunset In Paris

Five Tips to translate from English to French and French to English

1) Numbers In the English language, numbers are written with decimal points, whereas in French a comma is used. Let us take the example in both the English and French currency.  The British pound would be written as £19.99 for example and in Euros as €19.99, whereas in French not only would the decimal point change to a comma, but the pound and euro sign would both be put at the end of the number, 19,99 £ and 19,99 €.

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