TASK DEFINITION: This task is to translate a news commentary given in English language into French language. Translate the input statement into the output language while preserving the numberical values, special characters and proper nouns and context of the commentary done.
PROBLEM: Citizens, it was thought, had to become more self-reliant; government welfare programs were making everyone soft and dependent.

SOLUTION: On pense alors que les citoyens vont devoir devenir plus autonomes, reproche étant fait aux programmes sociaux de les rendre paresseux et dépendants.

PROBLEM: Yet there are still 23,000 nuclear warheads on our planet, with the explosive power of 150,000 Hiroshima bombs.

SOLUTION: Et pourtant, il reste 23 000 têtes nucléaires sur notre planète, avec une puissance explosive équivalente à 150 000 bombes d’Hiroshima.

PROBLEM: The energy derived from splitting uranium and plutonium atoms was originally used for the ultimate weapon, the atomic bomb.

SOLUTION:
L’énergie dérivée de la fission des atomes d’uranium et de plutonium a été utilisée à l’origine pour concevoir l’arme ultime, la bombe atomique.

