Usage examples of "third person" in English with translation to French

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In most societies, it's rude to refer to someone in the third person when he or she is standing right there. Dans la plupart des sociétés, il est grossier de se référer à quelqu'un à la troisième personne tandis qu'il ou elle se tient là.
Researchers at the university of Paderborn have established that it took up to 2000 hours of English learning for a French speaker to speak English correctly. Given that there are 32 weeks of classes in a year and with 3 hours of lessons every week, 20.83 years of study are thus necessary for a French person to speak good English. Des chercheurs de l'université de Paderborn ont établi qu'il fallait 2000 heures d'apprentissage de l'anglais à un francophone pour parler correctement. Sachant qu'il y a 32 semaines de cours par an et à 3h de cours par semaine, il faut donc 20,83 ans d'études à un Français pour bien parler anglais.
Go straight down this street and turn right at the third light. Allez tout droit dans cette rue et au troisième feu, tournez à droite.
Just a word can do harm to a person. Il suffit d'un mot pour faire souffrir quelqu'un.
It's necessary to be three to enjoy a good story: One to tell it right, one to relish it and one to not understand it. Because the pleasure of the first two is doubled by the lack of understanding of the third. Il faut être trois pour apprécier une bonne histoire : un pour la raconter bien, un pour la goûter et un pour ne pas la comprendre. Car le plaisir des deux premiers est doublé par l'incompréhension du troisième.
Do not fear the heavens and the earth, but be afraid of hearing a person from Wenzhou speak in their local tongue. Ne crains pas le ciel et la terre, mais redoute d'entendre une personne de Wenzhou parler dans sa langue locale.
Third time's the charm. C'est à la troisième fois que l'on reconnaît son maître.
Mary was wondering whether she counted for Tom as a mere word or as a real person. Mary se demandait si elle comptait pour Tom comme un simple mot ou comme une vraie personne.
One third of nine is three. Un tiers de neuf est trois.
I am a very sad person. Je suis une personne très triste.
He won the third prize. Il a remporté le troisième prix.
He is a pleasant person. C'est une personne agréable.
A third of this country's inhabitants is illiterate. Un tiers des habitants de ce pays est analphabète.
He went there in person. Il y est allé en personne.
Please take this chart to the X-ray Room on the third floor. Veuillez porter ce dossier médical en salle de radiographie au troisième étage.
It's been hundreds of years since just one person could grasp the whole of scientific knowledge. Des siècles ont passé depuis qu'une seule personne pouvait saisir l'ensemble de la connaissance scientifique.
This is the third longest river in the world. C'est le troisième fleuve le plus long du monde.
You're the only person I know who can help me. Vous êtes la seule personne que je connaisse qui puisse m'aider.
More than a third of the world population lives near a coast. Plus du tiers de la population mondiale vit près d'une côte.
You're the only person who ever comes to visit me. Vous êtes la seule personne à jamais me rendre visite.
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