Bleak House — Page 4
Lewes (quite mistaken, as he soon found, in supposing the thing to have been abandoned by all authorities) published some ingenious letters to me at the time when that event was chronicled, arguing that spontaneous combustion could not possibly be.
Lewes (qui se trompait complètement, comme il le découvrit bientôt, en supposant que la chose avait été abandonnée par toutes les autorités) me publia quelques lettres ingénieuses à l'époque où cet événement fut relaté, soutenant que la combustion spontanée ne pouvait en aucun cas exister.
I have no need to observe that I do not wilfully or negligently mislead my readers and that before I wrote that description I took pains to investigate the subject.
Je n'ai pas besoin de faire remarquer que je n'induis pas mes lecteurs en erreur de manière délibérée ou négligente, et qu'avant d'écrire cette description, je me suis donné la peine d'étudier le sujet.
There are about thirty cases on record, of which the most famous, that of the Countess Cornelia de Baudi Cesenate, was minutely investigated and described by Giuseppe Bianchini, a prebendary of Verona, otherwise distinguished in letters, who published an account of it at Verona in 1731, which he afterwards republished at Rome.
Il existe environ trente cas répertoriés, dont le plus célèbre, celui de la comtesse Cornelia de Baudi Cesenate, fut minutieusement étudié et décrit par Giuseppe Bianchini, un prébendier de Vérone, par ailleurs distingué dans les lettres, qui en publia un récit à Vérone en 1731, qu'il republia par la suite à Rome.
The appearances, beyond all rational doubt, observed in that case are the appearances observed in Mr. Krook's case.
Les manifestations observées dans ce cas, au-delà de tout doute raisonnable, sont les mêmes que celles observées dans le cas de M. Krook.
The next most famous instance happened at Rheims six years earlier, and the historian in that case is Le Cat, one of the most renowned surgeons produced by France.
Le cas suivant le plus célèbre se produisit à Reims six ans plus tôt, et l'historien de ce cas est Le Cat, l'un des chirurgiens les plus renommés qu'ait produits la France.
The subject was a woman, whose husband was ignorantly convicted of having murdered her; but on solemn appeal to a higher court, he was acquitted because it was shown upon the evidence that she had died the death of which this name of spontaneous combustion is given.
La victime était une femme, dont le mari fut condamné par ignorance pour l'avoir assassinée ; mais, à la suite d'un appel solennel devant une juridiction supérieure, il fut acquitté car les preuves démontrèrent qu'elle était morte de ce qu'on appelle la combustion spontanée.
I do not think it necessary to add to these notable facts, and that general reference to the authorities which will be found at page 30, vol. ii.
Je ne juge pas nécessaire d'ajouter quoi que ce soit à ces faits remarquables, ni à cette référence générale aux autorités qui se trouvera à la page 30, vol. ii.
Vocabulary
- qui
- who, which, that (relative pronoun)
- se
- oneself, himself, herself, itself (reflexive pronoun)
- trompait
- was mistaken, was deceiving (imperfect tense)
- complètement
- completely, entirely, totally
- comme
- like, as, since (conjunction or preposition)
- il
- he, it (masculine singular pronoun)
- le
- the, him, it (masculine singular article/pronoun)
- découvrit
- discovered (simple past tense)
- bientôt
- soon, shortly, before long
- en
- in, on, by, some of it (preposition/pronoun)
- supposant
- supposing, assuming (present participle)
- que
- that, which, what (conjunction/relative pronoun)
- la
- the, her, it (feminine singular article/pronoun)
- chose
- thing, matter, affair
- avait
- had (imperfect tense of avoir)
- été
- been (past participle of être)
- abandonnée
- abandoned, deserted, forsaken (feminine adjective)
- par
- by, through, per (preposition)
- toutes
- all, every (feminine plural of tout)
- les
- the (plural article)
- autorités
- authorities, powers, officials
- me
- me, to me (personal pronoun)
- publia
- published (simple past tense)
- quelques
- some, a few, several
- lettres
- letters, characters (plural noun)
- ingénieuses
- ingenious, clever, witty (feminine plural)
- époque
- epoch, period, time, era
- où
- where, when (relative adverb)
- cet
- this, that (masculine singular before vowel)
- événement
- event, occurrence, incident
- fut
- was (simple past tense of être)
- relaté
- related, narrated, recounted
- soutenant
- maintaining, supporting, claiming (present participle)
- spontanée
- spontaneous, voluntary (feminine adjective)
- ne
- not, no (negative particle)
- pouvait
- could, was able to (imperfect tense)
- aucun
- no, not any, none (indefinite adjective)
- cas
- case, instance, circumstance
- exister
- to exist, to be present
- Je
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- ai
- have (present tense of avoir)
- pas
- not, no, step (negative adverb/noun)
- besoin
- need, necessity, requirement
- de
- of, from, about (preposition)
- faire
- to do, to make, to perform
- remarquer
- to notice, to observe, to remark
- mes
- my (plural possessive adjective)
- lecteurs
- readers, viewers (masculine plural)
- erreur
- error, mistake, wrong
- manière
- manner, way, mode, fashion
- délibérée
- deliberate, intentional (feminine adjective)
- négligente
- negligent, careless, neglectful (feminine)
- ou
- or (conjunction)
- qu
- that (abbreviated form of que)
- avant
- before, in front of (preposition/adverb)
- écrire
- to write, to compose
- cette
- this, that (feminine singular demonstrative)
- description
- description, depiction, account
- suis
- am (present tense of être)
- donné
- given, devoted (past participle)
- peine
- pain, sorrow, effort, trouble
- étudier
- to study, to examine, to investigate
- sujet
- subject, topic, person, individual
- Il
- It (masculine singular subject pronoun)
- existe
- exists, there is (present tense)
- environ
- about, approximately, around (adverb)
- trente
- thirty (number)
- dont
- of which, whose, among which
- plus
- more, most (adverb/adjective)
- célèbre
- famous, celebrated, renowned
- celui
- that one, the one (masculine demonstrative)
- comtesse
- countess, noblewoman (feminine noun)
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