Usage examples of "écriture littéraire" in French with translation to English

Ce livre est l'équivalent littéraire des bonbons Haribo : on veut juste en goûter un, et on finit par dévorer le paquet tout entier. This book is the literary equivalent of Haribo sweets: you only want to eat one, but end up devouring the whole packet.

Son écriture est illisible. His handwriting is bad.

Le Coran, loin d'être inimitable, est une œuvre littéraire de qualité inférieure, car il n'est ni clair, ni compréhensible, ne possède aucune valeur pratique et n'est certainement pas un livre révélé. The Koran, far from being inimitable, is a literary work of inferior quality, as it is neither clear, nor understandable, nor does it possess any practical value and is certainly not a revealed book.

Elle est dotée d'une belle écriture. She has good handwriting.

D'un point de vue littéraire, son œuvre est ratée. From a literary point of view, his work is a failure.

Veuillez excuser mon écriture illisible. Please excuse my bad handwriting.

Chacun a droit à la protection des intérêts moraux et matériels découlant de toute production scientifique, littéraire ou artistique dont il est l'auteur. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.

Votre écriture est semblable à la mienne. Your handwriting is similar to mine.

Ton écriture est semblable à la mienne. Your handwriting is similar to mine.

Ma mère a une belle écriture. My mother has good handwriting.

Il ne peut pas avoir écrit ceci. Ce n'est pas son écriture. He can't have written this; it's not his handwriting.

J'étais stupéfait d'apprendre que de moins en moins de jeunes gens peuvent écrire en écriture cursive. I was amazed to learn that fewer and fewer young people can write in cursive.

Il vit de son écriture. He earns his living by writing.

J'ai écrit un courriel à mon ami et il m'a loué pour mon écriture. I wrote an email to my friend and he praised me for my writing skills.

Elle a une belle écriture. She has good handwriting.

De moins en moins de jeunes savent écrire en écriture cursive. Fewer young people know how to write in longhand.

Il est impossible de lire son écriture. His writing is impossible to read.

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