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[keen hatch]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

Pro tip: you can rename the thread title with `.tr <thread name>`

Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[pine linden]

the present participle qualifies the subject, giving you more context.

Here, the subject is "elle"
Thus, "ayant pour projet d'entrer à Normale Sup" gives you the following info: "elle a pour projet d'entrer à Normale Sup"

This info gives more context to this sentence: "elle décide de faire hypokhâgne et knâgne"

[frozen copper]

ahh okay, thank you! so not a direct translation as such then, sad times

[pine linden]

it can be a pretty direct translation. Does changing the word order help you out?
"Après le baccalauréat, ayant pour projet d'entrer à Normale Sup, elle décide de faire hypokhâgne et knâgne "

[subtle coral]

In english, not sounding completely natural, we could say something like "After the bac, she decides to do hypokhâgne and knâgne, having for her project to enter Normale sup'."

[frozen copper]

that actually made a big difference LOL, thank you 😭 my brain likes it when it reads the same in french as it would in english