"Les enfants lisent les noms des animaux."

Translation: The children read the animals' names.

[rdflores]

can "the children read the names of some animals" be a good translation?

[sameerxk]

Nothing but crickets from the devs after five years. I was marked incorrect for this answer as well.

[kifallang]

The correct translation in English should be either:
The children read the names of the animals. (Best)
or
The children read the animal names. (Better)
or
The children read the animals' names. (Good)
None of those were options! :(

[Nevin711542]

Right! 'Animal' must be used in possessive adj form (ie either animal's or animals') or as a compound noun form in singular form (ie animal names). It is technically wrong in English to make it a plural

[travelingCook]

It seems like there are many case where the plural does not necessarily invoke des. For example beaucoup is always followed by de. There was an example "nombre de" - no des. I guess these are exceptions.

[el-aitch]

I write "the children read the animal names" because in that case "animal" is a general term. It said I was wrong because i should have used the plural possessive (animals') but i think they mean exactly the same thing

[kacenka9]

i agree. 'animal' is a pronoun here... And i cannot see other equivalent translation to french

[deactivated user]

Interesting...I submitted the exact translation listed above and Duolingo says my "animals' " should be simply "animals." Very interesting.