The boy has been sleeping for ten hours. - English example sentence

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WarsawWill April 26, 2023, edited April 26, 2023 April 26, 2023 at 5:46:02 PM UTC, edited April 26, 2023 at 5:46:36 PM UTC

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I think the French translation here should perhaps be:

"Le garçon dort depuis dix heures."

As far as I know, "pendant" is used to talk of periods in the past or future which have no connection with the present, while Present Perfect Continuous + "for / since" is generally expressed with Présent + "depuis".

"Use depuis when…
…talking about an action that started in the past but continues in the present - Mon enfant joue du piano depuis cinq mois. (My child has been playing the piano for five months.)

Use pendant when…
…talking about an action that has a concrete start and end point."

https://www.fluentu.com/blog/fr...endant-il-y-a/

WarsawWill April 26, 2023 April 26, 2023 at 6:02:42 PM UTC

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I've already commented (and added a translation) on the page of the French sentence. (https://tatoeba.org/en/sentence.../edit/1425386)

There is nothing wrong with the French sentence per se, but I think it's probably an incorrect translation of your sentence, which is why I commented here.