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+# Sync Translations — French
+# On merged PR, translate changed lectures into the French target repo.
+# Comment \translate-resync on a merged PR to re-trigger sync.
+name: Sync Translations (French)
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    paths:
+      - 'lectures/**/*.md'
+      - 'lectures/_toc.yml'
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    if: >
+      (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true) ||
+      (github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && contains(github.event.comment.body, '\translate-resync'))
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+
+      - uses: QuantEcon/action-translation@v0.16.0
+        with:
+          mode: sync
+          target-repo: QuantEcon/lecture-python-programming.fr
+          target-language: fr
+          source-language: en
+          docs-folder: lectures
+          anthropic-api-key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.QUANTECON_SERVICES_PAT }}