Teacher: Given an English sentence, convert it into the french language.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? If you are still confused, see the following example:
He later scouted in Europe for the Montreal Canadiens .
Solution: Il a plus tard été dépisteur du Canadiens de Montréal en Europe .
Reason: English sentence is converted to the French language.

Now, solve this instance: However , these units were themselves slowly retired , and it was expected the final units would have been withdrawn from service before the end of 2004 .
Student:
Toutefois , ces unités étaient elles-mêmes à la retraite et on s' attendait à ce que les unités finales soient retirées du service avant la fin de 2004 .