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Moreover, despite the necessity of learning international human rights standards, when the majority of people were illiterate, it was difficult for those standards to reach the grass-roots level.
En outre, il était difficile de familiariser toutes les couches de la population avec les normes internationales, malgré toute l'importance de cet enseignement, lorsque la majorité était analphabète.
© Organisations des Nations Unies, 2010
© United Nations 2010
Even Rougon felt the satisfaction which an illiterate man experiences on perceiving his sons grow more learned than himself.
Rougon lui-même se laissa prendre à ce contentement de l’homme illettré qui voit ses enfants devenir plus savants que lui.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
These domestics whom Monsieur de Viargue had carefully chosen from the most illiterate in the country, were convinced, like Genevieve, that their master had died in a conflict with the demon.
Ces gens que M. de Viargue avait soigneusement choisis parmi les paysans les plus illettrés de la contrée, furent persuadés comme elle que leur maître était mort en se battant contre le démon.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
"Let him have all the credit of his exploits in that way if you please; but he is as illiterate as a Mohawk."
– Qu’il jouisse du bonheur de tous ses exploits en ce genre, si bon vous semble ; mais il est ignorant comme un Mohawk.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981
And not only did Pierre notice this among folks of simple, childish minds, illiterate, hallucinated creatures like Raboin, but also among the men of intellect, the men with cultivated brains, the savants like Doctor Bonamy and others.
Et ce n’étaient pas seulement des simples, des enfantins, des illettrés, des hallucinés, tels que Raboin, mais des intellectuels se trouvaient là, des savants, le docteur Bonamy et d’autres.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
some of the most needy welfare recipients the illiterate and severely undereducated could not participate in certain programs;
certains des prestataires les plus nécessiteux les analphabètes et les personnes gravement sous-scolarisées ne pouvaient participer à certains programmes;
Many of these clients may be illiterate.
Un grand nombre de ces clients peuvent être analphabètes.
Helms, BrigitHelms, Brigit
lms, Brigit
Helms, Brigi
© 2006 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK
© 2006 Les Éditions Saint-Martin inc.
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
lms, Brigit
Helms, Brigi
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
© 2006 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
The sudden unpopularity of the Rougons was the work of a group of lawyers who were very much annoyed at the importance acquired by an old illiterate oil-dealer, whose house had been on the verge of bankruptcy.
L’impopularité brusque des Rougon était l’œuvre d’un groupe d’avocats qui se trouvaient très vexés de l’importance qu’avait prise un ancien marchand d’huile, illettré, et dont la maison avait risqué la faillite.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Mobile phone banking may not be easy to use for illiterate and older users.
Il peut être difficile pour les analphabètes et les personnes âgées d'utiliser la banque par téléphonie mobile.
Ivatury, Gautam,Pickens, MarkIvatury, Gautam,Pickens, Mark
atury, Gautam,Pickens, Mark
Ivatury, Gautam,Pickens, Mar
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
atury, Gautam,Pickens, Mark
Ivatury, Gautam,Pickens, Mar
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
As for the Revolution, he understood it in his own fashion, like an illiterate fellow who had learnt the little he knew from newspapers and speeches at public meetings.
La Révolution, il l’entendait à sa manière, en illettré qui s’était instruit dans les journaux et dans les réunions publiques.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Nearly all of them were letters from illiterate persons, with the superscription, "To Our Lady of Lourdes," scrawled on the envelopes in big, irregular handwriting.
Presque toutes étaient de pauvres lettres d’illettrés, dont les adresses : À Notre-Dame de Lourdes, étalaient de grosses écritures irrégulières.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
Hassan taught him to read and write--his son was not going to grow up illiterate like he had.
Hassan lui a aussi appris à lire et à écrire - il n'était pas question que son fils reste illettré.
Hosseini, Khaled / The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled / Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
Hosseini, Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hosseini, Khaled
© 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
All this, indeed, had simply been a work of charity and necessity, wrought by simple, willing grave-diggers, illiterate craftsmen, with the clumsy handiwork of the decline and fall.
Ce n’était là qu’une œuvre de nécessité et de charité, de naïfs fossoyeurs de bonne grâce, des ouvriers illettrés, tombés à la maladresse de main de la décadence.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Though he was virtually illiterate and could not even spell correctly, he himself wrote the articles of the "Gazette" with a humility and rancour that compensated for his lack of talent.
Cet homme illettré, dont l’orthographe était douteuse, rédigeait lui-même les articles de la Gazette avec une humilité et un fiel qui lui tenaient lieu de talent.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Illiterate and uneducated clients do not always trust technology.
Line clientèle illettrée et sans instruction n'a pas forcément confiance dans la technologie.
Helms, BrigitHelms, Brigit
lms, Brigit
Helms, Brigi
© 2006 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK
© 2006 Les Éditions Saint-Martin inc.
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
lms, Brigit
Helms, Brigi
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
© 2006 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank

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illiterate

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Common caseilliterateilliterates
Possessive caseilliterate'silliterates'