Usage examples of "essays" in English with translation to French

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There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays. Il y avait toujours trop de passages superficiels dans ses rédactions.
When I was in school, I really hated writing essays. Lorsque j'étais à l'école, j'avais vraiment horreur d'écrire des dissertations.
Write an essay on "Friendship". Écrivez une rédaction sur "L'amitié".
I had to work on an essay. J'avais besoin de travailler sur une dissertation.
His essay is better than mine. Son essai est meilleur que le mien.
This essay is my own. Cette composition est la mienne.
You can finish your essay now. Tu peux finir ta rédaction maintenant.
His essay was concise and to the point. Sa dissertation était concise et pertinente.
This essay is about a piece of luggage. Cet essai traite d'un bagage.
There are no mistakes in your essay. Il n’y a pas de faute dans ta rédaction.
She spent a lot of time writing her essay. Elle passa beaucoup de temps à écrire sa dissertation.
What criterion did you use when you elected this essay as the winner? Quel critère avez-vous utilisé pour élire cet essai en tant que gagnant ?
He gave us an essay to write during the vacation. Il nous a donné une rédaction à écrire pour les vacances.
In his essay "Esperanto: European or Asiatic language" Claude Piron has shown the similarities between Esperanto and Chinese, thereby putting to rest the notion that Esperanto is purely eurocentric. Dans son essai « l'Espéranto  : langue européenne ou asiatique », Claude Piron a montré les similitudes entre l'espéranto et le chinois, mettant à bas la conception que l'espéranto serait purement eurocentrique.
His essay gave only a superficial analysis of the problem, so it was a real surprise to him when he got the highest grade in the class. Sa rédaction ne donnait qu’une analyse superficielle du problème, donc ce fut pour lui une réelle surprise lorsqu’il obtint la meilleure note de la classe.
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