"After studying economics, he became a clown."

Translation: Après avoir étudié l'économie, il est devenu clown.

[Meowdib]

Why is "il est devenu UN clown" wrong?

[Manash7777]

You don't use "a" or "an" before a "profession" in French .

[Jennie269348]

Maybe I would have written the correct answer it the question was posed as " After having studied economics he became a clown" It's not fair to write something different to the actual translation!

[Cricuvi]

I always thought that "après avoir étudié" meant "after having studied", although in this context I prefer the sentence given in the correct answer

[Lucien660983]

That would be a correct literal translation indeed.

[effyleven]

Studying "economics" and studying "the economy," are not the same thing... especially not in French!

[effyleven]

So, how do we separate the science of economics, and the economy of the country, in French?