imperfective

Another tricky situation is caused by the fact that, for someone writing in English, it is not necessary even to decide if a simple past verb should be interpreted as a perfective or imperfective action.
Une autre situation difficille pour le traducteur résulte du fait que, pour quelqu’un qui écrit en Anglais, il n’est même pas nécessaire de décider si un verbe au passé simple devrait être interprété comme étant une action en temps passé parfait ou imparfait.
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