Usage examples of "délimiteur point virgule" in French with translation to English

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À quoi sert un point virgule de toutes façons ? What the hell is a semicolon for anyway?
On devra prendre un soin spécial sur ce point. Special care should be taken on this point.
Le mot que Mary avait, juste avant la virgule, pour faire rager Tom, était le mot « effacé ». The word that Mary had, just before the comma, to enrage Tom, was the word "erased".
Les Français sont vraiment un peuple bizarre : parmi ceux qui lisent cette phrase, un sur deux va vérifier si l'espace avant le double point est bien fine et insécable. The French are a really strange people: every other person who reads this sentence will check if the space before the colon is really thin and non-breaking.
Tatoeba : là où rien ne ruine autant une nuit passionnée de création de phrases qu'une virgule mal placée ou, pire encore, une coquille d'inattention. Tatoeba: Where nothing ruins a passionate night of sentence-making like a poorly placed comma or, even worse, a careless typo.
Ce travail est simple au point que même une enfant peut l'accomplir. This work is simple enough that even a child can do it.
Il me regarda avec consternation, en disant qu'il devait mettre une virgule quelque part. He looked at me with consternation, saying that he must put a comma somewhere.
Il met un point d'honneur à faire dix pompes avant d'aller se coucher. He makes a point of doing ten push-ups before going to bed.
C'est efficace à quatre-vingt-dix-neuf virgule quatre-vingt-dix-neuf pour cent. It's 99.9% effective.
Fais juste ce que tu as à faire, un point c'est tout. Just do what you have to do, no questions asked.
Je considérerai votre suggestion si vous pouvez me réfèrer à un manuel stylistique qui intime la présence d'une virgule en ce cas. I will entertain your suggestion, if you can refer me to a style guide that dictates a comma in this case.
Du point de vue de la santé, Tokyo n'est pas tellement un bon endroit pour vivre. From the viewpoint of health, Tokyo is not such a good place to live.
C'est efficace à nonante-neuf virgule nonante-neuf pour cent. It's 99.9% effective.
La maison était sur le point de s'effondrer. The house was on the verge of collapse.
Les quarante pour cent de la population des USA les plus modestes ne détiennent que zéro virgule trois pour cent de la richesse. The bottom 40% of the U.S. population has only 0.3% of the wealth.
Je suis sur le point de partir. I'm about to leave.
Il est sur le point de partir au Canada. He is on the point of leaving for Canada.
Toute cette affaire pue au plus haut point. This whole affair stinks to high heaven.
Pour commencer, le premier point à l'ordre du jour est ce remue-ménage au sujet des lits partagés de ce matin. Starting off, first on the agenda is about this morning's two-in-a-bed ruckus.
Je pense avoir touché un point sensible. I think I touched a nerve.
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