"Les chanteurs sont applaudis par la foule."

Translation: The singers are applauded by the crowd.

[ChrisReill4]

This is awkward.

[Ross929166]

Agreed. "...are being applauded...." sounds better but it's not accepted

[Maria555493]

The crowd applauded the singers. (Avoid passive voice.) Should be accepted?

[effyleven]

No. You have changed tense from present to past.

[vamagman]

This passive tense is weird. Why not use the active and say 'The crowd is applauding the singers.' And then couldn't one use the first-person plural of verb 'applaudir'?