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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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