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JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL

JOURNAL DE JONATHAN HARKER

(_Kept in shorthand._)

(_Écrit en sténographie._)

_3 May. Bistritz._--Left Munich at 8:35 P. M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.

_3 mai. Bistritz._--Quitté Munich à 20h35, le 1er mai, arrivant à Vienne tôt le lendemain matin ; aurais dû arriver à 6h46, mais le train avait une heure de retard.

Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets.

Buda-Pesth semble un endroit merveilleux, d'après l'aperçu que j'en ai eu depuis le train et le peu que j'ai pu parcourir à pied dans les rues.

I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible.

Je craignais de m'éloigner trop de la gare, car nous étions arrivés en retard et repartirions aussi près de l'heure prévue que possible.

The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

J'avais l'impression que nous quittions l'Occident pour entrer en Orient ; le plus occidental des splendides ponts sur le Danube, qui présente ici une noble largeur et profondeur, nous plongeait dans les traditions de la domination turque.

We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh.

Nous repartîmes à peu près à l'heure, et arrivâmes après la tombée de la nuit à Klausenburgh.

Here I stopped for the night at the Hotel Royale.

Là, je m'arrêtai pour la nuit à l'Hôtel Royale.

I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty.

J'eus pour dîner, ou plutôt pour souper, un poulet préparé d'une certaine façon avec du piment rouge, qui était très bon mais donnait soif.

(_Mem._, get recipe for Mina.)

(_Mémo._, obtenir la recette pour Mina.)

I asked the waiter, and he said it was called "paprika hendl," and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians.

J'interrogeai le serveur, qui me dit que cela s'appelait « paprika hendl », et que, comme c'était un plat national, je devrais pouvoir en trouver partout dans les Carpates.

I found my smattering of German very useful here; indeed, I don't know how I should be able to get on without it.

Je trouvai mes rudiments d'allemand très utiles ici ; en vérité, je ne sais pas comment je me serais débrouillé sans eux.

Vocabulary

JOURNAL: zhur-nal — A diary or daily record of events.
DE: duh — Of, from; a common French preposition.
Écrit: ay-kree — Written; past participle of écrire.
en: ahn — In, by; a common French preposition.
sténographie: stay-no-gra-fee — Shorthand; a system of fast abbreviated writing.
mai: meh — May; the fifth month of the year.
Quitté: kee-tay — Left, departed; past participle of quitter.
à: ah — At, to; a very common French preposition.
arrivant: ah-ree-vahn — Arriving; present participle of arriver.
tôt: toh — Early; sooner than expected or usual.
lendemain: lahn-duh-mahn — The next day; the day following another.
matin: ma-tahn — Morning; the early part of the day.
aurais: oh-reh — Would have; conditional form of avoir.
dû: dew — Had to; past participle of devoir.
arriver: ah-ree-vay — To arrive; to reach a destination.
mais: meh — But; a common coordinating conjunction.
train: trahn — Train; a railway vehicle for transportation.
avait: ah-veh — Had; third-person singular imperfect of avoir.
une: ewn — A, an; feminine indefinite article.
heure: ur — Hour; a unit of sixty minutes.
retard: ruh-tar — Delay, lateness; being behind schedule.
semble: sahm-bluh — Seems, appears; third-person singular of sembler.
endroit: ahn-drwah — Place, spot; a specific location or area.
merveilleux: mehr-vay-yuh — Wonderful, marvelous; extraordinarily impressive or beautiful.
après: ah-preh — After; following in time or order.
aperçu: ah-pehr-sew — A glimpse or brief overview of something.
eu: ew — Had; past participle of avoir.
depuis: duh-pwee — Since, for; indicating duration or starting point.
peu: puh — Little, few; a small amount or degree.
pu: pew — Been able to; past participle of pouvoir.
parcourir: par-koo-reer — To travel through or cover an area on foot.
pied: pyay — Foot; the lower extremity of the leg.
rues: rew — Streets; roads lined with buildings in a town.
craignais: kreh-nyeh — Was afraid; imperfect tense of craindre.
éloigner: ay-lwah-nyay — To move away, to distance oneself from something.
trop: troh — Too, too much; exceeding a desirable amount.
gare: gar — Train station; a place where trains stop.
car: kar — Because, for; a coordinating causal conjunction.
nous: noo — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.
étions: ay-tyohn — Were; first-person plural imperfect of être.
arrivés: ah-ree-vay — Arrived; past participle of arriver, plural masculine.
repartirions: ruh-par-tee-ryohn — Would set off again; conditional of repartir.
prévue: pray-vew — Planned, scheduled; feminine past participle of prévoir.
possible: po-see-bluh — Possible; capable of happening or being done.
impression: ahm-preh-syohn — Impression, feeling; a sense or perception of something.
quittions: kee-tyohn — Were leaving; first-person plural imperfect of quitter.
Occident: ok-see-dahn — The West; western civilization or Europe and Americas.
entrer: ahn-tray — To enter; to go into a place or space.
Orient: oh-ryahn — The East; eastern lands, especially Asia or Middle East.
occidental: ok-see-dahn-tal — Western; relating to the West or occidental culture.
splendides: splahn-deed — Splendid, magnificent; impressively grand or beautiful.
ponts: pohn — Bridges; structures spanning a river or gap.
sur: sewr — On, over; a common French preposition.
présente: pray-zahnt — Presents, shows; third-person singular of présenter.
noble: no-bluh — Noble, dignified; having impressive grandeur or elegance.
largeur: lar-zhur — Width, breadth; the measurement from side to side.
profondeur: pro-fohn-dur — Depth; the measurement downward from surface to bottom.
plongeait: plohn-zheh — Was plunging; imperfect tense of plonger.
traditions: tra-dee-syohn — Traditions; customs and beliefs passed down through generations.
domination: do-mee-na-syohn — Domination; control or power over people or territory.
turque: tewrk — Turkish; relating to Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.
repartîmes: ruh-par-teem — Set off again; simple past of repartir, first-person plural.
arrivâmes: ah-ree-vahm — Arrived; simple past of arriver, first-person plural.
tombée: tohm-bay — Fallen; nightfall when used in 'tombée de la nuit'.
nuit: nwee — Night; the dark period between sunset and sunrise.
arrêtai: ah-reh-tay — Stopped; simple past of arrêter, first-person singular.
Hôtel: oh-tel — Hotel; an establishment providing lodging for travelers.
Royale: rwah-yal — Royal; relating to or befitting a king or queen.
eus: ew — Had; simple past of avoir, first-person singular.
dîner: dee-nay — Dinner; the main evening meal of the day.
plutôt: plew-toh — Rather, instead; indicating preference or correction.
souper: soo-pay — Supper; a late evening meal or light dinner.
poulet: poo-leh — Chicken; a common poultry meat used in cooking.
préparé: pray-pa-ray — Prepared, cooked; past participle of préparer.
certaine: sehr-ten — Certain, particular; referring to a specific manner or thing.
façon: fa-sohn — Way, manner; a specific method of doing something.
avec: ah-vek — With; indicating accompaniment or inclusion.
piment: pee-mahn — Pepper, chili; a spicy seasoning used in cooking.
rouge: roozh — Red; the color of blood or ripe tomatoes.
était: ay-teh — Was; third-person singular imperfect of être.
très: treh — Very; an intensifier used before adjectives or adverbs.
bon: bohn — Good; of pleasant quality or taste.
donnait: do-neh — Was giving; third-person singular imperfect of donner.
soif: swaf — Thirst; the need or desire to drink.
Mémo: may-mo — Memo, note; a short reminder written to oneself.
obtenir: ob-tuh-neer — To obtain, to get; to acquire or secure something.
recette: ruh-set — Recipe; instructions for preparing a dish or meal.
interrogeai: ahn-teh-ro-zhay — Questioned; simple past of interroger, first-person singular.
serveur: sehr-vur — Waiter, server; a person serving food in a restaurant.
dit: dee — Said, told; past participle or simple past of dire.
cela: suh-la — That, this; a demonstrative pronoun for things.
appelait: ah-puh-leh — Was called; imperfect of appeler, third-person singular.
paprika: pap-ree-ka — Paprika; a red spice made from ground dried peppers.
comme: kom — As, like; used for comparison or explanation.
plat: plah — Dish, course; a prepared food item served at meals.
national: na-syo-nal — National; relating to an entire nation or country.
devrais: duh-vreh — Should; conditional of devoir, first-person singular.
pouvoir: poo-vwar — To be able to; modal verb expressing ability or possibility.
trouver: troo-vay — To find; to locate or discover something.
partout: par-too — Everywhere; in all places or locations.
trouvai: troo-vay — Found; simple past of trouver, first-person singular.
mes: may — My; first-person plural possessive adjective.
rudiments: rew-dee-mahn — Rudiments, basics; fundamental or elementary knowledge of something.
allemand: al-mahn — German; the language or people of Germany.
utiles: ew-teel — Useful; helpful or practical for a purpose.
vérité: vay-ree-tay — Truth; the quality of being accurate and honest.
sais: seh — Know; first-person singular present of savoir.
comment: ko-mahn — How; asking or stating the manner of something.
serais: suh-reh — Would be; conditional of être, first-person singular.
débrouillé: day-broo-yay — Managed, figured out; past participle of se débrouiller.
sans: sahn — Without; indicating the absence or lack of something.
eux: uh — Them; third-person plural masculine stressed pronoun.

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