Usage examples of "inventions" in French with translation to English

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Cela n'a pas toujours été facile pour Edison de faire de nouvelles inventions. It wasn't always easy for Edison to invent new things.
Les inventions sont nées, pour ainsi dire, du besoin. Inventions are born, so to speak, of necessity.
Toutes les institutions ecclésiastiques nationales, qu'elles soient juives, chrétiennes ou turques, ne m'apparaissent que comme des inventions humaines, établies pour terrifier l'humanité, la mettre en esclavage et monopoliser le pouvoir et les profits. All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.
Edison inventa la lampe électrique. Edison invented the electric lamp.
La radio est une invention formidable. Radio is a great invention.
Il a inventé une excuse. He made up an excuse.
J'ai entendu qu'un prêtre homo a été promu au rang d'évêque, mais ça s'est révélé être une invention. I heard that a gay priest had been promoted to the rank of bishop, but it turned out to be a fabrication.
Qui a inventé cette machine ? Who invented this machine?
La calculatrice est une invention merveilleuse. The calculator is a wonderful invention.
Il a inventé l'histoire. He made up that story.
Qui a inventé le téléphone ? Who invented the telephone?
L'ordinateur est une invention relativement récente. The computer is a relatively recent invention.
Ils ont inventé une histoire invraisemblable. They made up an unlikely story.
Il a inventé la roue. He invented the wheel.
La machine à laver est une invention merveilleuse. The washing machine is a wonderful invention.
Elle est forte pour inventer des histoires intéressantes. She is good at making up interesting stories.
Qui a inventé le piano ? Who invented the piano?
Le langage tel que nous le connaissons est une invention humaine. Language, as we know it, is a human invention.
Il inventa une histoire au sujet du chien. He made up a story about the dog.
Voilà comment il inventa la machine. That's how he invented the machine.
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