Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 6
I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing.
Je partirai pour cette dernière ville dans quinze jours ou trois semaines ; et mon intention est d'y louer un navire, ce qui peut facilement se faire en payant l'assurance pour le propriétaire, et d'engager autant de marins que je jugerai nécessaire parmi ceux qui sont habitués à la pêche à la baleine.
I do not intend to sail until the month of June; and when shall I return?
Je n'ai pas l'intention de prendre la mer avant le mois de juin ; et quand reviendrai-je ?
Ah, dear sister, how can I answer this question?
Ah, chère sœur, comment puis-je répondre à cette question ?
If I succeed, many, many months, perhaps years, will pass before you and I may meet.
Si je réussis, de nombreux, très nombreux mois, peut-être des années, s'écouleront avant que nous puissions nous retrouver.
If I fail, you will see me again soon, or never.
Si j'échoue, vous me reverrez bientôt, ou jamais.
Farewell, my dear, excellent Margaret.
Adieu, ma chère et excellente Margaret.
Heaven shower down blessings on you, and save me, that I may again and again testify my gratitude for all your love and kindness.
Que le Ciel vous comble de bénédictions, et me préserve, afin que je puisse témoigner encore et encore ma gratitude pour tout votre amour et votre bonté.
Your affectionate brother,
Votre frère affectionné,
R. Walton
R. Walton
Letter 2
Lettre 2
_To Mrs. Saville, England._
_À Mme Saville, Angleterre._
Archangel, 28th March, 17—.
Arkhangelsk, 28 mars, 17—.
How slowly the time passes here, encompassed as I am by frost and snow!
Comme le temps passe lentement ici, entouré comme je le suis par le gel et la neige !
Yet a second step is taken towards my enterprise.
Pourtant, un second pas est fait vers mon entreprise.
I have hired a vessel and am occupied in collecting my sailors; those whom I have already engaged appear to be men on whom I can depend and are certainly possessed of dauntless courage.
J'ai loué un navire et je suis occupé à rassembler mes marins ; ceux que j'ai déjà engagés semblent être des hommes sur lesquels je peux compter et sont certainement dotés d'un courage intrépide.
Vocabulary
- partirai
- par-tee-ray — Future tense of 'partir'; I will leave or depart.
- dernière
- dair-nyair — Feminine adjective meaning 'last' or 'final'.
- quinze
- kanz — Number meaning 'fifteen'.
- intention
- an-tahn-syohn — Noun meaning 'intention' or 'plan'.
- y
- ee — Pronoun meaning 'there' referring to a place.
- louer
- loo-ay — Verb meaning 'to rent' or 'to hire'.
- navire
- na-veer — Noun meaning 'ship' or 'vessel'.
- facilement
- fa-seel-mahn — Adverb meaning 'easily' or 'without difficulty'.
- payant
- pay-ahn — Present participle of 'payer'; meaning 'by paying'.
- assurance
- a-soo-rahns — Noun meaning 'insurance' or 'assurance'.
- propriétaire
- pro-pree-ay-tair — Noun meaning 'owner' or 'proprietor'.
- engager
- ahn-ga-zhay — Verb meaning 'to hire', 'to engage', or 'to commit'.
- autant
- oh-tahn — Adverb meaning 'as many' or 'as much'.
- marins
- ma-ran — Plural noun meaning 'sailors' or 'seamen'.
- jugerai
- zhoo-zhuh-ray — Future tense of 'juger'; I will judge or consider necessary.
- nécessaire
- nay-say-sair — Adjective meaning 'necessary' or 'essential'.
- parmi
- par-mee — Preposition meaning 'among' or 'amongst'.
- ceux
- suh — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'those' referring to people.
- habitués
- a-bee-twee-ay — Adjective or noun meaning 'accustomed to' or 'regulars'.
- pêche
- pesh — Noun meaning 'fishing' or 'peach' depending on context.
- baleine
- ba-len — Noun meaning 'whale'.
- mer
- mair — Noun meaning 'sea' or 'ocean'.
- avant
- a-vahn — Preposition or adverb meaning 'before'.
- juin
- zhwan — Noun meaning 'June', the sixth month.
- reviendrai
- ruh-vyan-dray — Future tense of 'revenir'; I will come back.
- chère
- shair — Feminine adjective meaning 'dear' or 'beloved'.
- sœur
- sur — Noun meaning 'sister'.
- répondre
- ray-pohn-druh — Verb meaning 'to respond' or 'to answer'.
- réussis
- ray-oo-see — First person singular of 'réussir'; I succeed or succeed in.
- nombreux
- nohm-bruh — Adjective meaning 'numerous' or 'many'.
- écouleront
- ay-kool-rohn — Future tense of 'écouler'; years will pass or elapse.
- puissions
- pwee-syohn — Subjunctive of 'pouvoir'; that we may or might be able.
- retrouver
- ruh-troo-vay — Verb meaning 'to find again' or 'to be reunited'.
- échoue
- ay-shoo — Present tense of 'échouer'; I fail or I am stranded.
- reverrez
- ruh-vair-ay — Future tense of 'revoir'; you will see me again.
- bientôt
- byan-toh — Adverb meaning 'soon'.
- jamais
- zha-may — Adverb meaning 'never' or 'ever'.
- Adieu
- a-dyuh — Farewell expression meaning 'goodbye' often used finally.
- excellente
- ek-say-lahnt — Feminine adjective meaning 'excellent' or 'wonderful'.
- Ciel
- syel — Noun meaning 'Heaven' or 'sky'; invoked religiously.
- comble
- kohm-bluh — Present subjunctive of 'combler'; may fill or bless with.
- bénédictions
- bay-nay-dik-syohn — Plural noun meaning 'blessings'.
- préserve
- pray-zairv — Verb meaning 'to preserve' or 'to protect'.
- afin
- a-fan — Conjunction used in 'afin que' meaning 'so that'.
- puisse
- pwees — Subjunctive of 'pouvoir'; that I may be able to.
- témoigner
- tay-mwa-nyay — Verb meaning 'to testify' or 'to show' gratitude.
- encore
- ahn-kor — Adverb meaning 'still', 'again', or 'yet'.
- gratitude
- gra-tee-tood — Noun meaning 'gratitude' or 'thankfulness'.
- amour
- a-moor — Noun meaning 'love'.
- bonté
- bohn-tay — Noun meaning 'kindness' or 'goodness'.
- frère
- frair — Noun meaning 'brother'.
- affectionné
- a-fek-syo-nay — Adjective meaning 'affectionate' or 'loving'.
- Lettre
- letruh — Noun meaning 'letter' as in written correspondence.
- Mme
- ma-dam — Abbreviation for 'Madame', meaning 'Mrs.' or 'Ms.'
- Angleterre
- ahn-gluh-tair — Proper noun meaning 'England'.
- mars
- mars — Noun meaning 'March', the third month.
- temps
- tahn — Noun meaning 'time' or 'weather'.
- passe
- pas — Third person singular of 'passer'; time passes or goes by.
- lentement
- lahnt-mahn — Adverb meaning 'slowly'.
- entouré
- ahn-too-ray — Past participle of 'entourer'; surrounded or encircled.
- gel
- zhel — Noun meaning 'frost', 'freeze', or 'gel'.
- neige
- nezh — Noun meaning 'snow'.
- Pourtant
- poor-tahn — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'yet' showing contrast.
- second
- suh-gohn — Adjective meaning 'second'.
- vers
- vair — Preposition meaning 'toward' or 'around'.
- entreprise
- ahn-truh-preez — Noun meaning 'enterprise', 'undertaking', or 'venture'.
- loué
- loo-ay — Past participle of 'louer'; rented or hired.
- occupé
- o-koo-pay — Past participle of 'occuper'; busy or occupied.
- rassembler
- ra-sahm-blay — Verb meaning 'to gather' or 'to assemble'.
- déjà
- day-zhah — Adverb meaning 'already'.
- engagés
- ahn-ga-zhay — Past participle of 'engager'; hired or committed.
- semblent
- sahm-bluh — Third person plural of 'sembler'; they seem or appear.
- lesquels
- lay-kel — Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'whom' (masculine plural).
- compter
- kohn-tay — Verb meaning 'to count' or 'to rely on'.
- certainement
- sair-ten-mahn — Adverb meaning 'certainly' or 'definitely'.
- dotés
- doh-tay — Past participle of 'doter'; endowed or gifted with qualities.
- courage
- koo-razh — Noun meaning 'courage' or 'bravery'.
- intrépide
- an-tray-peed — Adjective meaning 'intrepid', 'fearless', or 'bold'.
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