Usage examples of "external action" in English with translation to French

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My daughter's slowness to take action is a pain. La lenteur de ma fille pour agir me fait mal.
Women's faces are often more beautiful when they take their clothes off, for they then stop thinking about their external appearance. Le visage des femmes est souvent plus beau, quand elles retirent leurs vêtements, car elles ne pensent alors plus du tout à leur apparence extérieure.
If throughout your life you abstain from murder, theft, fornication, perjury, blasphemy, and disrespect toward your parents, your church, and your king, you are conventionally held to deserve moral admiration even if you have never done a single kind or generous or useful action. Si toute votre vie vous vous abstenez du meurtre, du vol, de la fornication, du parjure, du blasphème et de l'outrecuidance envers vos parents, votre église et votre roi, on vous considérera conventionnellement comme digne d'admiration morale, même si vous n'avez jamais fait un seul geste gentil ou généreux.
All his injuries are external. Toutes ses blessures sont externes.
He is a man of action. C'est un homme d'action.
His injuries are all external. Ses blessures sont toutes superficielles.
Thomas is a man of action. Thomas est un homme d'action.
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. Si les hommes étaient des anges, aucun gouvernement ne serait nécessaire. Si des anges devaient gouverner les hommes, ni des contrôles internes ni externes sur le gouvernement ne seraient nécessaires. En élaborant un gouvernement des hommes par les hommes, la grande difficulté réside dans ceci : vous devez d'abord permettre au gouvernement de contrôler les gouvernés ; et en second lieu, le forcer à se contrôler lui-même.
Less words, more action. Moins de mots, davantage d'actions.
No external evidence can, at this long distance of time, be produced to prove whether the church fabricated the doctrine called redemption or not. Aucune preuve externe ne peut, à cette grande distance temporelle, être produite pour attester si l'église a fabriqué ou pas la doctrine appelée rédemption.
I believe that his action was in the right. Je crois que son action était la bonne.
External application only. En application externe seulement.
All we need now is action, not discussion. Tout ce dont nous avons besoin maintenant est l'action, pas la discussion.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. À chaque action correspond une réaction égale et opposée.
His prompt action prevented an epidemic. Son action rapide a évité une épidémie.
He's trying to muscle in on my territory and get a piece of the action. Il tente de s'immiscer sur mon territoire et d'obtenir une part du gâteau.
Without a moment's hesitation, they took drastic action against the conspiracy. Sans un instant d'hésitation, ils prirent des mesures draconiennes contre la conspiration.
One must act as a man of thought and think as a man of action. Il faut agir en homme de pensée et penser en homme d'action.
The soldier was killed in action. Le soldat a été tué au combat.
Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired. Bien qu'ils payent un service de traducteur dans l'idée d'une action positive, très peu de minorités sont embauchées en réalité.
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