Anna Karenina — Page 5
Then a good-humored and rather pitiful smile showed itself on his handsome face.
Puis un sourire bon enfant et plutôt pitoyable apparut sur son beau visage.
"Eh, Matvey?" he said, shaking his head.
« Eh, Matvey ? » dit-il en secouant la tête.
"It's all right, sir; she will come round," said Matvey.
« Tout va bien, monsieur ; elle reviendra à de meilleurs sentiments », dit Matvey.
"Come round?"
« Reviendra à de meilleurs sentiments ? »
"Yes, sir."
« Oui, monsieur. »
"Do you think so? Who's there?" asked Stepan Arkadyevitch, hearing the rustle of a woman's dress at the door.
« Vous le croyez ? Qui est là ? » demanda Stépane Arcadiévitch en entendant le froufrou d'une robe de femme à la porte.
"It's I," said a firm, pleasant, woman's voice, and the stern, pockmarked face of Matrona Philimonovna, the nurse, was thrust in at the doorway.
« C'est moi », dit une voix de femme ferme et agréable, et le visage sévère et grêlé de Matrona Philimonovna, la nourrice, apparut dans l'embrasure de la porte.
"Well, what is it, Matrona?" queried Stepan Arkadyevitch, going up to her at the door.
« Eh bien, qu'est-ce qu'il y a, Matrona ? » demanda Stépane Arcadiévitch en s'approchant d'elle à la porte.
Although Stepan Arkadyevitch was completely in the wrong as regards his wife, and was conscious of this himself, almost everyone in the house (even the nurse, Darya Alexandrovna's chief ally) was on his side.
Bien que Stépane Arcadiévitch eût entièrement tort envers sa femme, et qu'il en fût lui-même conscient, presque tout le monde dans la maison (même la nourrice, la principale alliée de Daria Alexandrovna) était de son côté.
"Well, what now?" he asked disconsolately.
« Eh bien, quoi encore ? » demanda-t-il d'un air découragé.
"Go to her, sir; own your fault again. Maybe God will aid you. She is suffering so, it's sad to see her; and besides, everything in the house is topsy-turvy. You must have pity, sir, on the children. Beg her forgiveness, sir. There's no help for it! One must take the consequences...."
« Allez la voir, monsieur ; reconnaissez encore votre faute. Peut-être que Dieu vous aidera. Elle souffre tant, c'est triste à voir ; et de plus, tout est sens dessus dessous dans la maison. Il faut avoir pitié, monsieur, des enfants. Implorez son pardon, monsieur. Il n'y a pas d'autre issue ! Il faut assumer les conséquences… »
"But she won't see me."
« Mais elle ne voudra pas me voir. »
"You do your part. God is merciful; pray to God, sir, pray to God."
« Faites votre part. Dieu est miséricordieux ; priez Dieu, monsieur, priez Dieu. »
"Come, that'll do, you can go," said Stepan Arkadyevitch, blushing suddenly.
« Allons, ça suffit, vous pouvez partir », dit Stépane Arcadiévitch en rougissant soudainement.
"Well now, do dress me." He turned to Matvey and threw off his dressing-gown decisively.
« Bien, aidez-moi à m'habiller maintenant. » Il se tourna vers Matvey et ôta sa robe de chambre d'un geste décidé.
Vocabulary
- Puis
- pwee — Then, afterward; used to sequence events.
- sourire
- soo-reer — A smile; or to smile.
- plutôt
- ploo-toh — Rather; somewhat; instead.
- pitoyable
- pee-twah-yahbl — Pitiful; pathetic; deserving pity.
- apparut
- ah-pah-roo — Appeared; past historic of apparaître.
- visage
- vee-zahj — Face; the front of one's head.
- Eh
- ay — Hey; interjection expressing surprise or calling attention.
- secouant
- suh-kwahn — Shaking; present participle of secouer.
- reviendra
- ruh-vyahn-drah — Will come back; future of revenir.
- meilleurs
- may-yuhr — Better; superior; plural of meilleur.
- sentiments
- sahn-tee-mahn — Feelings; emotions; sentiments.
- Reviendra
- ruh-vyahn-drah — Will she come back? (future of revenir).
- croyez
- krwah-yay — Believe; second-person plural of croire.
- demanda
- duh-mahn-dah — Asked; requested; past historic of demander.
- entendant
- ahn-tahn-dahn — Hearing; present participle of entendre.
- froufrou
- froo-froo — Rustling sound, especially of a skirt.
- robe
- rob — Dress; gown worn by a woman.
- voix
- vwah — Voice; sound produced when speaking.
- ferme
- fairm — Firm; steady; resolute.
- agréable
- ah-gray-ahbl — Pleasant; agreeable; pleasing to the senses.
- sévère
- say-vair — Severe; strict; harsh.
- grêlé
- greh-lay — Pockmarked; pitted; marked with small scars.
- nourrice
- noo-rees — Wet nurse; woman who breastfeeds another's child.
- embrasure
- ahm-brah-zoor — Doorway or window recess; frame opening.
- approchant
- ah-pro-shahn — Approaching; drawing near; present participle.
- eût
- oo — Had; past subjunctive of avoir.
- entièrement
- ahn-tyair-mahn — Entirely; completely; wholly.
- tort
- tor — Wrong; fault; error in behavior.
- envers
- ahn-vair — Toward; with regard to someone.
- fût
- foo — Was; past subjunctive of être.
- même
- mem — Same; even; self (intensifier or adjective).
- conscient
- kohn-syahn — Aware; conscious; mindful of something.
- presque
- presk — Almost; nearly; not quite.
- principale
- prahn-see-pahl — Main; principal; most important.
- alliée
- ah-lyay — Ally; supporter; someone on one's side.
- côté
- koh-tay — Side; direction; aspect.
- encore
- ahn-kor — Still; again; yet; once more.
- air
- air — Air; appearance; manner; look.
- découragé
- day-koo-rah-zhay — Discouraged; disheartened; lacking motivation.
- Allez
- ah-lay — Go; come on (imperative of aller).
- reconnaissez
- ruh-koh-neh-say — Recognize; acknowledge; admit (imperative form).
- faute
- foht — Fault; mistake; wrongdoing.
- Dieu
- dyuh — God; the divine being.
- aidera
- ay-duh-rah — Will help; future tense of aider.
- souffre
- soofr — Suffers; third-person singular of souffrir.
- tant
- tahn — So much; so many; to such a degree.
- triste
- treest — Sad; unhappy; sorrowful.
- sens
- sahn — Sense; direction; meaning; feeling.
- dessus
- duh-soo — Above; on top; over something.
- dessous
- duh-soo — Below; underneath; under something.
- pitié
- pee-tyay — Pity; compassion; mercy toward others.
- Implorez
- ahm-ploh-ray — Implore; beg earnestly (imperative form).
- pardon
- par-dohn — Forgiveness; pardon; excuse me.
- issue
- ee-soo — Way out; outcome; solution to a problem.
- assumer
- ah-soo-may — To assume; to take on responsibility.
- conséquences…
- kohn-say-kahns — Consequences; results following from actions.
- voudra
- voo-drah — Will want; future tense of vouloir.
- Faites
- fet — Make; do (imperative plural of faire).
- part
- par — Part; share; role; faire part means to inform.
- miséricordieux
- mee-zay-ree-kor-dyuh — Merciful; compassionate; showing mercy.
- priez
- pree-ay — Pray; beg (imperative form of prier).
- Allons
- ah-lohn — Let's go; come on (imperative of aller).
- suffit
- soo-fee — Suffices; is enough; third-person of suffire.
- partir
- par-teer — To leave; to depart; to go away.
- rougissant
- roo-zhee-sahn — Blushing; turning red; present participle.
- soudainement
- soo-den-mahn — Suddenly; all at once; without warning.
- aidez
- ay-day — Help (imperative, second-person plural of aider).
- habiller
- ah-bee-yay — To dress; to put clothes on someone.
- maintenant
- mahnt-nahn — Now; at this moment.
- tourna
- toor-nah — Turned; past historic of tourner.
- vers
- vair — Toward; in the direction of.
- ôta
- oh-tah — Removed; took off; past historic of ôter.
- chambre
- shahmbr — Bedroom; room in a house.
- geste
- zhest — Gesture; movement of the hand or body.
- décidé
- day-see-day — Decided; determined; resolute in manner.
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