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

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Le plus grand ouvrier de la nature est le temps. Nature's greatest worker is time.
Un mauvais ouvrier se plaint de ses outils. A bad workman complains of his tools.
On reconnaît un bon ouvrier à ses outils. It's a poor workman that blames his tools.
Il embaucha de nouveaux ouvriers. He took on extra workers.
Les mauvais ouvriers ont toujours de mauvais outils The bad workman blames his tools
Nous aimons cette classe ouvrière. We love this working class.
Nous avons vu des ouvriers faire sauter des rochers. We saw laborers blasting rocks.
La société emploie 500 ouvriers. The company employs 500 workers.
Les ouvriers sont arrivés tôt, en amenant leurs échelles. The workmen arrived early, bringing their ladders.
Les ouvriers murmurent contre leurs conditions de travail. The laborers are murmuring against their working conditions.
On a vu des ouvriers faire sauter des rochers. We saw laborers blasting rocks.
Soudain, 100 ouvriers furent licenciés. Suddenly, 100 workers were laid off.
Le parti communiste est l'avant-garde de la classe ouvrière. The Communist Party is the vanguard of the working class.
Les ouvriers étaient torse nu. The workers were naked to the waist.
Il embaucha quelques nouveaux ouvriers. He hired some new workers.
Beaucoup des ouvriers moururent de faim. Many of the workers died of hunger.
Tous les ouvriers rentrèrent chez eux sauf un. All the workers went home save one.
Aujourd'hui, laissons les ouvriers finir plus tôt. Let's let the workers go home early today.
Les ouvriers exigèrent de parler avec le propriétaire. The workers demanded that they talk with the owner.
Les ouvriers sont venus s'enquérir de leurs augmentations de salaires. The workers came to ask about their pay raises.
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