Usage examples of "pour cent" in French with translation to English

Translations:

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Quatre-vingt pour cent des mots anglais proviennent d'autres langues. 80% of all English words come from other languages.

C'est efficace à nonante-neuf virgule nonante-neuf pour cent. It's 99.9% effective.

J'ai acheté la voiture avec une remise de dix pour cent. I bought the car at a 10% discount.

Les prix du café ont bondi de presque cinquante pour cent en six mois. Coffee prices have jumped almost 50% in six months.

La nouvelle loi est censée réduire la pollution de l'air de soixante pour cent. The new law is expected to cut air pollution by 60%.

C'est efficace à quatre-vingt-dix-neuf virgule quatre-vingt-dix-neuf pour cent. It's 99.9% effective.

Le rival du sortant conteste l'affirmation que la criminalité a été réduite de cinquante pour cent sous l'actuelle administration. The incumbent's rival is taking issue with the claim that crime was reduced by 50% under the current administration.

Chérie, vite, vite. Ce site web, Tatoeba, vend ses collections de phrases aux enchères pour un cent chacune ! Ils ont même une offre spéciale du type pour cent achetées on vous en offre une !" "Ah super ! maintenant les gens collectionnent les phrases ! mais où va le monde ?" "Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning it's sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! what's the world coming to!"

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