The Hound of the Baskervilles — Page 3
Learn then from this story not to fear the fruits of the past, but rather to be circumspect in the future, that those foul passions whereby our family has suffered so grievously may not again be loosed to our undoing.
Apprenez donc de cette histoire à ne pas craindre les fruits du passé, mais plutôt à être circonspect à l'avenir, afin que ces viles passions par lesquelles notre famille a tant souffert ne soient plus déchaînées pour notre perte.
"Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
« Sachez donc que pendant la Grande Rébellion (dont l'histoire, écrite par le savant Lord Clarendon, je vous recommande très vivement de lire) ce Manoir de Baskerville était tenu par Hugo de ce nom, et l'on ne saurait nier qu'il était un homme des plus sauvages, impies et sans foi ni loi.
This, in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those parts, but there was in him a certain wanton and cruel humour which made his name a by-word through the West.
Cela, à vrai dire, ses voisins auraient pu lui pardonner, étant donné que les saints n'ont jamais fleuri dans ces contrées, mais il avait en lui une certaine disposition capricieuse et cruelle qui faisait de son nom un mot d'opprobre dans tout l'Ouest.
It chanced that this Hugo came to love (if, indeed, so dark a passion may be known under so bright a name) the daughter of a yeoman who held lands near the Baskerville estate.
Il advint que cet Hugo en vint à aimer (si, en effet, une passion aussi sombre peut être désignée sous un nom aussi radieux) la fille d'un yeoman qui possédait des terres près du domaine des Baskerville.
But the young maiden, being discreet and of good repute, would ever avoid him, for she feared his evil name.
Mais la jeune fille, étant discrète et de bonne réputation, l'évitait toujours, car elle redoutait sa mauvaise renommée.
So it came to pass that one Michaelmas this Hugo, with five or six of his idle and wicked companions, stole down upon the farm and carried off the maiden, her father and brothers being from home, as he well knew.
Ainsi il arriva qu'un jour de la Saint-Michel, cet Hugo, accompagné de cinq ou six de ses compagnons oisifs et malfaisants, descendit furtivement sur la ferme et enleva la jeune fille, son père et ses frères étant absents, comme il le savait fort bien.
Vocabulary
- Apprenez
- ah-pruh-nay — Learn (imperative, plural/formal form of apprendre)
- donc
- dohnk — So, therefore, thus
- de
- duh — Of, from (preposition)
- cette
- set — This (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- histoire
- ees-twahr — Story, history, tale
- à
- ah — To, at, in (preposition)
- ne
- nuh — Not (first part of negation)
- pas
- pah — Not (second part of negation)
- craindre
- kraN-druh — To fear, to be afraid of something
- les
- lay — The (plural definite article)
- fruits
- frwee — Fruits; results or consequences of something
- du
- dew — Of the (contracted masculine article)
- passé
- pah-say — The past, bygone times
- mais
- meh — But (coordinating conjunction)
- plutôt
- plew-toh — Rather, instead, preferably
- être
- eh-truh — To be (infinitive of core verb)
- circonspect
- seer-koN-spekt — Cautious, wary, carefully considering possible consequences
- l'
- luh/lah — The (elided definite article before vowel)
- avenir
- ahv-neer — The future, time yet to come
- afin
- ah-faN — So that, in order that (conjunction)
- que
- kuh — That, which (conjunction or pronoun)
- ces
- say — These, those (plural demonstrative adjective)
- viles
- veel — Vile, base, despicable (feminine plural adjective)
- passions
- pah-syoN — Passions, intense uncontrolled emotions
- par
- par — By, through, via (preposition)
- lesquelles
- lay-kel — Which (feminine plural relative pronoun)
- notre
- noh-truh — Our (first person plural possessive adjective)
- famille
- fah-meey — Family, relatives
- a
- ah — Has (third person singular of avoir)
- tant
- taN — So much, so many, so greatly
- souffert
- soo-fair — Suffered (past participle of souffrir)
- soient
- swah — Are/be (subjunctive form of être)
- plus
- plew — No more, no longer (in negation)
- déchaînées
- day-sheh-nay — Unleashed, unrestrained (feminine plural past participle)
- pour
- poor — For, in order to (preposition)
- perte
- pairt — Loss, ruin, downfall
- Sachez
- sah-shay — Know (imperative, plural/formal of savoir)
- pendant
- paN-daN — During, while (preposition of time)
- la
- lah — The (feminine singular definite article)
- Grande
- graNd — Great, large (feminine adjective)
- Rébellion
- ray-bel-yoN — Rebellion, uprising, revolt
- dont
- doN — Of which, whose (relative pronoun)
- écrite
- ay-kreet — Written (feminine past participle of écrire)
- le
- luh — The (masculine singular definite article)
- savant
- sah-vaN — Learned, scholarly; a scholar or scientist
- je
- zhuh — I (first person singular pronoun)
- vous
- voo — You (formal or plural second person pronoun)
- recommande
- ruh-koh-maNd — Recommend (first/third person singular present)
- très
- treh — Very, extremely (adverb of degree)
- vivement
- veev-maN — Strongly, earnestly, keenly
- lire
- leer — To read (infinitive)
- ce
- suh — This, that (masculine demonstrative adjective)
- Manoir
- mah-nwahr — Manor, country house or estate
- était
- ay-teh — Was, used to be (imperfect of être)
- tenu
- tuh-new — Held, managed, occupied (past participle of tenir)
- nom
- noN — Name, noun
- et
- ay — And (coordinating conjunction)
- on
- oN — One, we, people (indefinite pronoun)
- saurait
- soh-reh — Would know; could (conditional of savoir)
- nier
- nyay — To deny, to negate
- qu'
- kuh — That (elided form of que)
- il
- eel — He, it (masculine third person pronoun)
- un
- uN — A, an, one (masculine indefinite article)
- homme
- ohm — Man, human being
- des
- day — Some, of the (plural indefinite article)
- sauvages
- soh-vahzh — Wild, savage, uncivilized (adjective/noun)
- impies
- aN-pee — Impious, ungodly, irreverent (plural adjective)
- sans
- saN — Without (preposition)
- foi
- fwah — Faith, belief, trust
- ni
- nee — Nor, neither (negative conjunction)
- loi
- lwah — Law, rule
- Cela
- suh-lah — That, this (demonstrative pronoun)
- vrai
- vreh — True, real, genuine (adjective)
- dire
- deer — To say, to tell (infinitive)
- ses
- say — His, her, its (plural possessive adjective)
- voisins
- vwah-zaN — Neighbors (masculine plural noun)
- auraient
- oh-reh — Would have (conditional plural of avoir)
- pu
- pew — Been able to (past participle of pouvoir)
- lui
- lwee — Him, her, to him/her (pronoun)
- pardonner
- par-doh-nay — To forgive, to pardon someone
- étant
- ay-taN — Being (present participle of être)
- donné
- doh-nay — Given; étant donné means given that
- saints
- saN — Saints (masculine plural noun)
- n'
- nuh — Not (elided first part of negation)
- ont
- oN — Have (third person plural of avoir)
- jamais
- zhah-meh — Never, ever (adverb of negation/time)
- fleuri
- fluh-ree — Flourished, bloomed (past participle of fleurir)
- dans
- daN — In, inside, within (preposition)
- contrées
- koN-tray — Regions, lands, territories (feminine plural)
- avait
- ah-veh — Had (third person singular imperfect of avoir)
- en
- aN — In, of it, some (preposition/pronoun)
- une
- ewn — A, an, one (feminine indefinite article)
- certaine
- sair-ten — Certain, particular (feminine adjective)
- disposition
- dees-poh-zee-syoN — Disposition, tendency, inclination of character
- capricieuse
- kah-pree-syuhz — Capricious, whimsical, unpredictable (feminine adjective)
- cruelle
- krew-el — Cruel, brutal, harsh (feminine adjective)
- qui
- kee — Who, which, that (relative pronoun)
- faisait
- fuh-zeh — Made, did (third person singular imperfect of faire)
- son
- soN — His, her, its (masculine singular possessive)
- mot
- moh — Word (masculine noun)
- d'
- duh — Of (elided preposition de)
- opprobre
- oh-proh-bruh — Opprobrium, disgrace, public shame
- tout
- too — All, every, entire (adjective/adverb)
- Ouest
- west — West (cardinal direction)
- Il
- eel — He, it (masculine third person pronoun)
- advint
- ahd-vaN — Happened, came to pass (past historic of advenir)
- cet
- set — This (masculine adjective before vowel sound)
- vint
- vaN — Came (third person singular past historic of venir)
- aimer
- ay-may — To love, to like someone or something
- si
- see — So, if (adverb/conjunction)
- effet
- eh-feh — Effect, result; en effet means indeed
- passion
- pah-syoN — Passion, intense emotion or desire
- aussi
- oh-see — Also, too, as, so (adverb)
- sombre
- soN-bruh — Dark, gloomy, somber (adjective)
- peut
- puh — Can, is able to (third person singular of pouvoir)
- désignée
- day-zee-nyay — Designated, described, called (feminine past participle)
- sous
- soo — Under, beneath (preposition)
- radieux
- rah-dyuh — Radiant, glowing, beaming (adjective)
- fille
- feey — Girl, daughter
- possédait
- poh-say-deh — Owned, possessed (third person singular imperfect)
- terres
- tair — Lands, earth, grounds (feminine plural)
- près
- preh — Near, close to (preposition/adverb)
- domaine
- doh-men — Domain, estate, property
- Mais
- meh — But (coordinating conjunction)
- jeune
- zhuhn — Young (adjective)
- discrète
- dees-kret — Discreet, modest, reserved (feminine adjective)
- bonne
- bohn — Good (feminine adjective)
- réputation
- ray-pew-tah-syoN — Reputation, standing, public image
- évitait
- ay-vee-teh — Avoided (third person singular imperfect of éviter)
- toujours
- too-zhoor — Always, still, forever
- car
- kar — Because, for (causal conjunction)
- elle
- el — She, it (feminine third person pronoun)
- redoutait
- ruh-doo-teh — Feared, dreaded (imperfect of redouter)
- sa
- sah — His, her, its (feminine singular possessive)
- mauvaise
- moh-vez — Bad, evil, poor (feminine adjective)
- renommée
- ruh-noh-may — Renown, reputation, fame
- Ainsi
- aN-see — Thus, so, in this way
- arriva
- ah-ree-vah — Arrived, happened (past historic of arriver)
- jour
- zhoor — Day (masculine noun)
- accompagné
- ah-koN-pah-nyay — Accompanied, escorted (masculine past participle)
- cinq
- saNk — Five (cardinal number)
- ou
- oo — Or (coordinating conjunction)
- six
- sees — Six (cardinal number)
- compagnons
- koN-pah-nyoN — Companions, fellows, associates (masculine plural)
- oisifs
- wah-zeef — Idle, lazy, doing nothing (masculine plural adjective)
- malfaisants
- mal-fuh-zaN — Evildoing, harmful, maleficent (masculine plural adjective)
- descendit
- day-saN-dee — Descended, went down (past historic of descendre)
- furtivement
- fewr-teev-maN — Furtively, stealthily, secretly
- sur
- sewr — On, upon, over (preposition)
- ferme
- fairm — Farm (feminine noun)
- enleva
- aN-luh-vah — Abducted, took away (past historic of enlever)
- père
- pair — Father (masculine noun)
- frères
- frair — Brothers (masculine plural noun)
- absents
- ahp-saN — Absent, away, not present (masculine plural)
- comme
- kohm — As, like, since (conjunction/preposition)
- savait
- sah-veh — Knew (third person singular imperfect of savoir)
- fort
- for — Very, strongly; fort bien means very well
- bien
- byaN — Well, good (adverb/adjective)
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