Bleak House — Page 7
Innumerable children have been born into the cause;
D'innombrables enfants sont nés dans cette affaire ;
innumerable young people have married into it; innumerable old people have died out of it.
d'innombrables jeunes gens s'y sont mariés ; d'innombrables vieillards en sont morts.
Scores of persons have deliriously found themselves made parties in Jarndyce and Jarndyce without knowing how or why;
Des dizaines de personnes se sont retrouvées, comme dans un délire, parties dans l'affaire Jarndyce contre Jarndyce sans savoir comment ni pourquoi ;
whole families have inherited legendary hatreds with the suit.
des familles entières ont hérité de haines légendaires liées au procès.
The little plaintiff or defendant who was promised a new rocking-horse when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be settled has grown up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the other world.
Le petit plaignant ou défendeur à qui l'on avait promis un nouveau cheval à bascule quand l'affaire Jarndyce contre Jarndyce serait réglée a grandi, s'est procuré un vrai cheval, et a trotté vers l'autre monde.
Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and grandmothers;
De gracieuses pupilles de la justice se sont effacées en mères et en grand-mères ;
a long procession of Chancellors has come in and gone out;
une longue procession de Chanceliers s'est succédé ;
the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality;
la légion de mémoires dans le procès s'est transformée en de simples actes de décès ;
there are not three Jarndyces left upon the earth perhaps since old Tom Jarndyce in despair blew his brains out at a coffee-house in Chancery Lane;
il ne reste peut-être pas trois Jarndyce sur terre depuis que le vieux Tom Jarndyce, en désespoir de cause, s'est brûlé la cervelle dans un café de Chancery Lane ;
but Jarndyce and Jarndyce still drags its dreary length before the court, perennially hopeless.
mais Jarndyce contre Jarndyce traîne encore sa lugubre longueur devant le tribunal, perpétuellement sans espoir.
Jarndyce and Jarndyce has passed into a joke.
Jarndyce contre Jarndyce est devenu une plaisanterie.
That is the only good that has ever come of it.
C'est le seul bien qui en soit jamais sorti.
It has been death to many, but it is a joke in the profession.
Il a été fatal à beaucoup, mais c'est une plaisanterie dans la profession.
Every master in Chancery has had a reference out of it.
Chaque maître en chancellerie en a tiré une référence.
Every Chancellor was "in it," for somebody or other, when he was counsel at the bar.
Chaque Chancelier y était « mêlé », pour l'un ou l'autre, lorsqu'il était avocat au barreau.
Good things have been said about it by blue-nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers in select port-wine committee after dinner in hall.
De bonnes choses en ont été dites par de vieux membres du barreau au nez bleuâtre et aux souliers bossus, lors de comités choisis autour d'un porto après le dîner au réfectoire.
Vocabulary
- innombrables
- Countless, too many to count
- enfants
- Children, young people
- sont
- Are, third person plural of 'être'
- nés
- Born, past participle of 'naître'
- dans
- In, inside, within
- cette
- This, feminine demonstrative adjective
- affaire
- Matter, case, business affair
- jeunes
- Young, adjective describing youth
- gens
- People, persons in general
- y
- There, pronoun replacing a place
- mariés
- Married, past participle of 'marier'
- vieillards
- Old men, elderly people
- en
- In, on, pronoun replacing quantity
- morts
- Dead, deceased persons
- Des
- Some, indefinite plural article
- dizaines
- Dozens, tens of something
- de
- Of, from, preposition
- personnes
- Persons, people, individuals
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning oneself
- retrouvées
- Found themselves, ended up somewhere
- comme
- Like, as, in the manner of
- un
- A, an, indefinite masculine article
- délire
- Delirium, frenzy, wild excitement
- parties
- Left, gone, departed from somewhere
- contre
- Against, versus, opposing
- sans
- Without, lacking something
- savoir
- To know, to be aware of
- comment
- How, in what manner
- ni
- Neither, nor, negative conjunction
- pourquoi
- Why, for what reason
- des
- Some, of the, plural article
- familles
- Families, groups of relatives
- entières
- Entire, whole, complete families
- ont
- Have, third person plural of 'avoir'
- hérité
- Inherited, received from ancestors
- haines
- Hatreds, strong feelings of dislike
- légendaires
- Legendary, famous, of mythical status
- liées
- Linked, tied, connected to something
- au
- To the, at the, contraction
- procès
- Trial, lawsuit, legal proceedings
- Le
- The, definite masculine article
- petit
- Small, little, young
- plaignant
- Plaintiff, person bringing legal complaint
- ou
- Or, either, conjunction
- défendeur
- Defendant, person accused in court
- à
- To, at, preposition
- qui
- Who, whom, relative pronoun
- on
- One, we, indefinite subject pronoun
- avait
- Had, imperfect tense of 'avoir'
- promis
- Promised, past participle of 'promettre'
- nouveau
- New, fresh, another
- cheval
- Horse, animal used for riding
- bascule
- Rocking, seesaw or rocking horse
- quand
- When, at what time
- serait
- Would be, conditional of 'être'
- réglée
- Settled, resolved, sorted out
- a
- Has, third person singular of 'avoir'
- grandi
- Grown up, past participle of 'grandir'
- est
- Is, third person singular of 'être'
- procuré
- Procured, obtained, got for oneself
- vrai
- Real, true, genuine
- et
- And, conjunction linking words
- trotté
- Trotted, moved briskly toward something
- vers
- Toward, in the direction of
- autre
- Other, another, different one
- monde
- World, people, everyone around
- De
- Of, from, preposition
- gracieuses
- Graceful, charming, elegant women
- pupilles
- Wards, children under legal guardianship
- la
- The, definite feminine article
- justice
- Justice, fairness, the legal system
- effacées
- Erased, faded, wiped away
- mères
- Mothers, female parents
- grand-
- Grand, great, prefix for grandparent
- une
- A, an, indefinite feminine article
- longue
- Long, lengthy in time or space
- procession
- Procession, long parade of people
- Chanceliers
- Chancellors, high judicial or government officials
- succédé
- Succeeded, followed one after another
- légion
- Legion, a vast multitude of people
- mémoires
- Memoirs, written records of memory
- le
- The, definite masculine article
- transformée
- Transformed, changed into something else
- simples
- Simple, plain, mere
- actes
- Acts, certificates, official documents
- décès
- Deaths, official records of dying
- il
- He, it, third person singular pronoun
- ne
- Not, negative particle in French
- reste
- Remains, stays, is left over
- peut-
- Perhaps, maybe, possibly
- être
- Be, to exist, infinitive verb
- pas
- Not, negative particle with 'ne'
- trois
- Three, the number 3
- sur
- On, upon, over
- terre
- Earth, ground, land
- depuis
- Since, for, from a time
- que
- That, which, conjunction or pronoun
- vieux
- Old, aged, elderly
- désespoir
- Despair, hopelessness, deep distress
- cause
- Cause, reason, legal case
- brûlé
- Burned, past participle of 'brûler'
- cervelle
- Brain, brains, mind
- café
- Coffee shop, café, coffeehouse
- mais
- But, however, yet
- traîne
- Drags, lingers, trails along slowly
- encore
- Still, yet, again
- sa
- His, her, its possessive adjective
- lugubre
- Gloomy, mournful, dismal
- longueur
- Length, duration, prolonged extent
- devant
- Before, in front of
- tribunal
- Court, tribunal, place of judgment
- perpétuellement
- Perpetually, endlessly, continuously
- espoir
- Hope, expectation of something good
- devenu
- Become, past participle of 'devenir'
- plaisanterie
- Joke, jest, amusing remark
- seul
- Only, sole, alone
- bien
- Good, well, benefit
- soit
- Be, subjunctive of 'être'
- jamais
- Never, ever, at no time
- sorti
- Come out, emerged, past participle
- Il
- He, it, subject pronoun
- été
- Been, past participle of 'être'
- fatal
- Fatal, deadly, causing ruin
- beaucoup
- Many, much, a lot
- profession
- Profession, occupation, career
- Chaque
- Each, every, each one
- maître
- Master, expert, title for lawyer
- chancellerie
- Chancellery, office of the chancellor
- tiré
- Drawn, pulled, derived from
- référence
- Reference, citation, mention of something
- Chancelier
- Chancellor, head of court of equity
- était
- Was, imperfect tense of 'être'
- mêlé
- Involved, mixed up, entangled in
- pour
- For, in order to, purpose
- lorsqu'
- When, at the time that
- avocat
- Lawyer, attorney, legal advocate
- barreau
- Bar, the legal profession collectively
- bonnes
- Good, favorable, pleasant things
- choses
- Things, objects, matters
- dites
- Said, spoken, past participle of 'dire'
- par
- By, through, via
- membres
- Members, participants of a group
- du
- Of the, contraction of 'de le'
- nez
- Nose, facial feature
- bleuâtre
- Bluish, slightly blue in color
- aux
- To the, at the, plural contraction
- souliers
- Shoes, leather footwear
- bossus
- Lumpy, bumpy, misshapen shoes
- lors
- At the time of, during
- comités
- Committees, small organized groups
- choisis
- Chosen, selected, picked
- autour
- Around, surrounding, nearby
- porto
- Port wine, fortified Portuguese wine
- après
- After, following, afterward
- dîner
- Dinner, evening meal
- réfectoire
- Refectory, communal dining hall
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