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" ... offering flowers to my mother for her birthday.

Walter B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" ... offering flowers to my mother for her birthday.

Shouldn't the English translation read, "I'm giving my mother flowers ... " rather than "offering"? 
This question relates to:French lesson "Conjugate offrir/souffrir in the present tense in French (Le Présent)"
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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Yes, that would sound more natural in English. But the "offering flowers" gives you more of a clue as to what to use in French.
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" ... offering flowers to my mother for her birthday.

Shouldn't the English translation read, "I'm giving my mother flowers ... " rather than "offering"? 

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