Hello, I am trying to understand why the article is written in present tense but the translations are in the past tense? Thank you.

Elizabeth P.A2Kwiziq community member

Hello, I am trying to understand why the article is written in present tense but the translations are in the past tense? Thank you.

This question relates to:French interactive reading exercise "Jeanne d'Arc (Portraits français) "

Reading C1, Famous People, Politics, History & Economics, Listening or Seeing C1

Asked 6 years ago

LauraFrench expert and teacher in Kwiziq

Bonjour Elizabeth, thanks for writing. There was supposed to be a note at the top about this but it went missing. I've fixed it now, please take another look.

Like06 years ago

Raymond P.A1Kwiziq community member

One of my french teacher told me that biographies in french are always told in the present tense, as if the person is still alive in our minds.

Like04 years ago

Elizabeth P. asked:

Hello, I am trying to understand why the article is written in present tense but the translations are in the past tense? Thank you.

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