French language Q&A Forum

hi room, experts

Please explain translation 'And although the majority among us thought they had no ideas' - ''Et bien que la majorité d'entre nous pense n'avoir aucune idée',

Two aspect are confusing me about this translation: 

1) Why is the French written in present tense whereas the english is in the past

2) What happened to the translation of  'They'? in the French translation I cannot see that the word 'They' has been translated?

This is given as an alternative. Does it have any meaning/use?

I've tried several times to see if I could make it with a B2 dictee, but I've found that when I go to one of them, there is no dictee --there is no "play" button to start the dictation.  Has this been disabled because I'm not supposed to try at that level or is there something about the B2 level that I don't know/understand?    Also, when I'm finished with the dictees and fill in the blanks things, I don't know how to get to a quiz section and I really need to practice more with them.  Aidez-moi!  Merci bien!

In the first example, "se demander" does not agree in number or gender because the reflexive pronoun "se" is an indirect object.  Why doesn't that same rule apply to "se sentir" (I feel)?  Thanks.