3RD person to mean people in general

Question

Ça me dérange quand on fume à côté de moi.It bothers me when people smoke next to me.is this normal use in French or is the English translation here slightly incorrect?

Accepted Answer

The impersonal third person singular in English is "one". In French it is on.
On ne fume pas. -- One doesn't smoke.
Note, that on is also used as a somewhat colloquial way to say "we".

Answer

In this context, the most natural translation in English is "people". "On" is being used to mean an unidentified person, i.e. "someone", but because it's a repeated situation (we assume he's always bothered when this happens) we can also say "people".

Answer

Hi Lana,https://www.wordreference.com/fren/d%C3%A9rangerHave a look at the link  --  I think it will help.Bonne continuation.Jim