Dracula — Page 1
How these papers have been placed in sequence will be made manifest in the reading of them.
La façon dont ces documents ont été mis en séquence sera rendue manifeste à leur lecture.
All needless matters have been eliminated, so that a history almost at variance with the possibilities of later-day belief may stand forth as simple fact.
Toutes les questions inutiles ont été éliminées, afin qu'une histoire presque en contradiction avec les possibilités de la croyance des temps modernes puisse se présenter comme un simple fait.
There is throughout no statement of past things wherein memory may err, for all the records chosen are exactly contemporary, given from the standpoints and within the range of knowledge of those who made them.
Il n'y a tout au long aucune affirmation de choses passées dans laquelle la mémoire pourrait faillir, car tous les documents choisis sont exactement contemporains, donnés depuis les points de vue et dans le cadre des connaissances de ceux qui les ont rédigés.
Vocabulary
- La
- The (feminine singular article)
- façon
- Way, manner, method of doing something
- dont
- Of which, whose, relative pronoun
- ces
- These, those (plural demonstrative adjective)
- documents
- Documents, records, written evidence
- ont
- Have (third person plural present of avoir)
- été
- Been (past participle of être)
- mis
- Put, placed (past participle of mettre)
- en
- In, into (preposition)
- séquence
- Sequence, order, series of connected events
- sera
- Will be (future tense of être)
- rendue
- Made, rendered, returned (feminine past participle)
- manifeste
- Manifest, obvious, clearly evident or apparent
- leur
- Their, to them (possessive or indirect pronoun)
- lecture
- Reading, act of reading written material
- Toutes
- All (feminine plural of tout)
- les
- The (plural article)
- questions
- Questions, inquiries, topics for discussion
- inutiles
- Useless, unnecessary, serving no purpose
- éliminées
- Eliminated, removed, excluded (feminine plural past)
- afin
- In order to, so that (conjunction)
- qu
- That (conjunction, contraction of que)
- une
- A, an (feminine singular article)
- histoire
- Story, history, account of past events
- presque
- Almost, nearly, practically (adverb)
- contradiction
- Contradiction, inconsistency, logical opposition
- avec
- With, alongside (preposition)
- possibilités
- Possibilities, potential outcomes, chances
- de
- Of, from (preposition)
- croyance
- Belief, faith, system of ideas
- des
- Of the, some (plural article)
- temps
- Times, periods, weather or tense
- modernes
- Modern, contemporary, of current times
- puisse
- May, might (subjunctive of pouvoir)
- se
- Oneself, himself, herself (reflexive pronoun)
- présenter
- Present, introduce, show or display
- comme
- As, like, in the manner of
- un
- A, an (masculine singular article)
- simple
- Simple, plain, uncomplicated or basic
- fait
- Fact, deed, event that occurred
- Il
- He, it (masculine singular pronoun)
- tout
- All, everything, entire or whole
- au
- To the, at the (à + le contraction)
- long
- Long, along, throughout entire length
- aucune
- No, none, not any (feminine)
- affirmation
- Affirmation, assertion, statement of fact
- choses
- Things, objects, matters or affairs
- passées
- Past, gone by, previous (feminine plural)
- dans
- In, inside, within (preposition)
- laquelle
- Which, that (feminine singular relative pronoun)
- mémoire
- Memory, remembrance, memoir or report
- pourrait
- Could, might, would be able to
- faillir
- Fail, be deficient, almost do something
- car
- Because, for (conjunction)
- tous
- All, everyone (masculine plural)
- choisis
- Chosen, selected, picked (masculine plural)
- sont
- Are (third person plural of être)
- exactement
- Exactly, precisely, in exact manner
- contemporains
- Contemporary, of the same time period
- donnés
- Given, provided, presented (masculine plural)
- depuis
- Since, from, for (preposition or conjunction)
- points
- Points, dots, scores or perspectives
- vue
- View, sight, viewpoint or perspective
- et
- And (conjunction)
- le
- The (masculine singular article)
- cadre
- Frame, setting, context or framework
- connaissances
- Knowledge, acquaintances, understanding or learning
- ceux
- Those, ones (masculine plural demonstrative pronoun)
- qui
- Who, which, that (relative pronoun)
- rédigés
- Written, composed, drafted (masculine plural)
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