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

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What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory. Ce que le maire prétend est infondé et incendiaire.
He claimed he knew you well. Il prétendait bien te connaître.
He laid claim to the land. Il revendiqua la terre.
He claimed to be an expert in finance. Il prétendait être un expert en finances.
Possession is nearer to him who has than to him who claims. La possession est plus proche de celui qui détient que de celui qui revendique.
She claims that she knows nothing about him. Elle prétend ne rien savoir à son sujet.
The victims were innocent men, women and children from America and many other nations who had done nothing to harm anybody. And yet Al Qaeda chose to ruthlessly murder these people, claimed credit for the attack, and even now states their determination to kill on a massive scale. Les victimes étaient des hommes, des femmes et des enfants innocents de l'Amérique et de beaucoup d'autres nations qui n'avaient rien fait pour faire mal à qui que ce soit. Et pourtant Al Qaeda a choisi de tuer impitoyablement ces personnes, a revendiqué l'attaque, et même aujourd'hui déclare sa détermination à tuer en masse.
She claimed to be the owner of the land. Elle prétend que cet endroit lui appartient.
He claimed that he had returned the book to the library. Il prétendit qu'il avait rendu le livre à la bibliothèque.
This new application claims to be user friendly. Well, it isn't. Cette nouvelle application prétend être ergonomique. Eh bien ce n'est pas le cas.
She claims that she knows nothing about him, but I don't believe her. Elle prétend qu'elle ne sait rien de lui mais je ne la crois pas.
He claimed to have astrally projected himself to a remote jungle planet in the Andromeda galaxy. Il prétendit s'être projeté de manière astrale vers une planète éloignée, constituée de jungle, dans la galaxie d'Andromède.
He claims to be a socialist, and yet he has two houses and a Rolls Royce. Il prétend être socialiste, et pourtant il a deux maisons et une Rolls Royce.
There have been a lot of complaints from consumers that our products don't last as long as we claim. Il y a eu de nombreuses réclamations de consommateurs sur le fait que nos produits ne durent pas aussi longtemps que nous le prétendons.
You're an arrogant dirty foreigner who claims your dictionary is correct even though you don't understand the nuances of Japanese. Tu n'es qu'un sale étranger arrogant qui prétend que son dictionnaire est correct alors que tu ne comprends pas les nuances du japonais.
His crew members often complained of Christopher Columbus's hogging of their vessel's Wifi connection to play online games, but he denied these accusations with indignation, claiming that he was researching faraway lands that they had yet to discover. L'équipage de Christophe Colomb s'est souvent plaint qu'il saturait la connexion wifi du navire pour s'adonner à des jeux en ligne, mais il réfuta ces accusations avec indignation, en faisant valoir qu'il recherchait des îles lointaines qu'ils devaient encore découvrir à l'époque.
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