French-English translations for automate

automaton
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But if an entrepreneur purchases a machine or an automaton, he does not need to pay any wages or any secondary labour costs. Mais si l'entreprise achète une machine ou un automate, elle n'a pas besoin de payer de salaire ni de frais annexes. Due to her strict adherence to her daily schedule, Jessica was becoming more and more convinced that she was an automaton.