French-English translations for afin de

• in order to
  This is in order to keep him alive. Ceci afin de le maintenir en vie.
  We voted in favour, in order to rectify a mistake. Nous avons voté pour, afin de rectifier une erreur.
  We seek to highlight that point in order to query it. Nous avons voulu attirer l'attention sur ce point, afin de le questionner.
• so that
  He must die so that others might live
  He tied a complex knot so that others would find it hard to undo

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