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Review of the French translation of Mise en route

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  1. "Le paquet Python de base" didn't read naturally and slightly obscured the meaning; rephrased around "installation."

    Before: Le [paquet Python de base](https://www.python.org/downloads/) est facile à installer mais *n'est pas* ce que vous devriez choisir pour ces cours.

    After: [L'installation de base de Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) est facile à réaliser, mais *ce n'est pas* ce que vous devriez choisir pour ces cours.

  2. "au lieu du Enter" doesn't actually work grammatically in French ("du" can't take "Enter" like that); added "la touche" to fix it.

    Before: appuyez sur \Shift-Enter` au lieu du `Enter` habituel.`

    After: appuyez sur \Shift-Enter` au lieu de la touche `Enter` habituelle.`

  3. Agreement error — "lesquels" is masculine but it's referring back to "complétions," which is feminine plural.

    Before: ...plusieurs complétions possibles parmi lesquels choisir.

    After: ...plusieurs complétions possibles parmi lesquelles choisir.

  4. "fait gagner de la frappe" is a literal calque of the English that doesn't really mean anything in French; rewrote it to say what it actually means.

    Before: ...vous fait aussi gagner de la frappe.

    After: ...vous évite également d'avoir à tout taper.

  5. "la partie inférieure divisée" is a confusing word-for-word rendering of "the split lower pane." "Panneau inférieur" is the term already used elsewhere in the translation, so this just brings it in line.

    Before: Cliquer en haut à droite de la partie inférieure divisée ferme l'aide en ligne.

    After: Cliquer en haut à droite du panneau inférieur ferme l'aide en ligne.

  6. "Plus d'instructions peuvent être trouvées" is a passive construction straight out of English; French reads more naturally in the active voice here.

    Before: Plus d'instructions peuvent être trouvées sur la [page de la bibliothèque]...

    After: Vous trouverez davantage d'instructions sur la [page de la bibliothèque]...

  7. "Ceci" is vague where "cette commande" makes it clear what's being referred to.

    Before: Ceci écrit la ligne \print("foobar")` dans un fichier appelé `foo.py` dans le répertoire local.`

    After: Cette commande écrit la ligne \print("foobar")` dans un fichier appelé `foo.py` dans le répertoire local.`

  8. "courbe d'apprentissage verticale" is a direct translation of "steep learning curve" that just doesn't land in French; "très raide" is the expression people actually use.

    Before: ...une courbe d'apprentissage apparemment verticale ainsi que de longues journées...

    After: ...une courbe d'apprentissage apparemment très raide ainsi que de longues journées...

  9. Standardized capitalization for "Unicode" and "HTML," following normal French typographic convention for proper nouns and acronyms.

    Before: Python prend en charge l'[unicode](https://docs.python.org/3/howto/unicode.html),... / ...des représentations html **statiques**.

    After: Python prend en charge l'[Unicode](https://docs.python.org/3/howto/unicode.html),... / ...des représentations HTML **statiques**.

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I have a question about this chapter, the debugger section has "les boutons du bouton « Next »," which doesn't quite work in French, but it's because the English original has a similar awkward repetition. Happy to clean it up in French regardless, or wait until the English gets a pass.

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