delude

I think Jack is deluding himself.
Jack se fait des illusions.
If our Nobel laureate is deluding himself, something that is still to be proven, perhaps that explains the incredible contradictions in his thinking and the confusion sown among his listeners.
Il se peut – ce qui reste à prouver – que notre Prix Nobel cherche à se tromper lui-même, ce qui expliquerait les contradictions incroyables de ses raisonnements et la confusion qu’il instille à ses auditeurs.
Any company that believes its work is done once a new joiner has signed their contract is deluding itself.
Une entreprise qui pense qu’elle a fait sa part du travail lorsqu’un nouveau prospect a signé son contrat se fourvoie.
The Commission is deluding itself if it thinks that it can use Article 39 to recoup what it has failed to obtain during ex-ante evaluation.
La Commission se leurre si elle croit pouvoir rattraper par l'article 39 ce qu'elle n'a pas exigé dans le cadre de l'évaluation ex ante.
For once, at least the Council spoke a little about Chechnya, but I feel that the Council is deluding itself and I would even go so far as to say that it is lying to itself.
Pour une fois au moins le Conseil nous a parlé un peu de la Tchétchénie, mais je pense que le Conseil se raconte des histoires, je dirais même qu'il se ment.
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