The King in Yellow — Page 9
Since the passage of this law, the number of suicides in the United States has not increased.
Depuis l'adoption de cette loi, le nombre de suicides aux États-Unis n'a pas augmenté.
Now the Government has determined to establish a Lethal Chamber in every city, town and village in the country, it remains to be seen whether or not that class of human creatures from whose desponding ranks new victims of self-destruction fall daily will accept the relief thus provided.
Maintenant que le Gouvernement a décidé d'établir une Chambre Létale dans chaque cité, ville et village du pays, il reste à voir si cette catégorie de créatures humaines, dont les rangs découragés voient chaque jour tomber de nouvelles victimes de l'autodestruction, acceptera le soulagement ainsi offert.
He paused, and turned to the white Lethal Chamber.
Il marqua une pause et se tourna vers la blanche Chambre Létale.
The silence in the street was absolute.
Le silence dans la rue était absolu.
"There a painless death awaits him who can no longer bear the sorrows of this life.
« Là, une mort sans douleur attend celui qui ne peut plus supporter les peines de cette vie.
If death is welcome let him seek it there."
Si la mort est la bienvenue, qu'il aille l'y chercher. »
Then quickly turning to the military aid of the President's household, he said, "I declare the Lethal Chamber open," and again facing the vast crowd he cried in a clear voice: "Citizens of New York and of the United States of America, through me the Government declares the Lethal Chamber to be open."
Puis, se tournant rapidement vers l'aide militaire de la maison du Président, il dit : « Je déclare la Chambre Létale ouverte », et faisant de nouveau face à la vaste foule, il s'écria d'une voix claire : « Citoyens de New York et des États-Unis d'Amérique, par ma voix le Gouvernement déclare la Chambre Létale ouverte. »
The solemn hush was broken by a sharp cry of command, the squadron of hussars filed after the Governor's carriage, the lancers wheeled and formed along Fifth Avenue to wait for the commandant of the garrison, and the mounted police followed them.
Le solennel silence fut rompu par un cri de commandement bref, l'escadron de hussards défila à la suite de la voiture du Gouverneur, les lanciers pivotèrent et se déployèrent le long de la Cinquième Avenue pour attendre le commandant de la garnison, et la police montée les suivit.
I left the crowd to gape and stare at the white marble Death Chamber, and, crossing South Fifth Avenue, walked along the western side of that thoroughfare to Bleecker Street.
Je laissai la foule bouche bée à contempler la blanche Chambre de la Mort en marbre, et, traversant la Cinquième Avenue Sud, je longeai le côté ouest de cette artère jusqu'à Bleecker Street.
Vocabulary
- Depuis
- Since or for a period of time
- l'
- Contracted definite article the before vowel
- adoption
- The act of formally accepting or adopting something
- de
- Preposition meaning of or from
- cette
- Demonstrative adjective meaning this feminine noun
- loi
- A law or piece of legislation
- le
- Definite article the for masculine nouns
- nombre
- A number or quantity of something
- suicides
- Acts of intentionally taking one's own life
- aux
- Contracted preposition at the or in the plural
- États-Unis
- The United States of America
- n'
- Contracted negative particle used before vowels
- a
- Third person singular of avoir to have
- pas
- Negative particle meaning not in French
- augmenté
- Increased or grown in number or amount
- Maintenant
- Now or at the present moment
- que
- Conjunction meaning that or than
- Gouvernement
- The governing body or administration of a country
- décidé
- Decided or resolved to do something
- d'
- Contracted preposition of or from before vowel
- établir
- To establish or set up something formally
- une
- Indefinite article a for feminine nouns
- Chambre
- A chamber or room serving official purpose
- Létale
- Lethal or capable of causing death
- dans
- Preposition meaning in or inside something
- chaque
- Each or every individual item or person
- cité
- A city or large urban settlement
- ville
- A town or city in French
- et
- Conjunction meaning and connecting two elements
- village
- A small rural settlement or community
- du
- Contracted article meaning of the masculine
- pays
- A country or nation
- il
- Third person singular masculine pronoun he
- reste
- Remains or is left to be done
- à
- Preposition meaning to at or in
- voir
- To see or observe something
- si
- Conjunction meaning if or whether
- catégorie
- A category or classification grouping similar things
- créatures
- Living beings or creatures of any kind
- humaines
- Relating to or characteristic of human beings
- dont
- Relative pronoun meaning whose of which
- les
- Definite article the for plural nouns
- rangs
- Ranks rows or lines of people
- découragés
- Discouraged or disheartened and lacking motivation
- voient
- Third person plural of voir they see
- jour
- Day or daylight in French
- tomber
- To fall or drop down
- nouvelles
- New feminine plural or news stories
- victimes
- Victims people harmed by circumstances or others
- autodestruction
- Self-destruction harming oneself deliberately
- acceptera
- Will accept future tense third person singular
- soulagement
- Relief or alleviation of pain or burden
- ainsi
- Thus so or in this manner
- offert
- Offered or provided as a gift or option
- Il
- He third person masculine singular pronoun
- marqua
- Marked noted or made a pause past tense
- pause
- A brief stop or break in action
- se
- Reflexive pronoun himself herself themselves
- tourna
- Turned around past tense third person singular
- vers
- Preposition meaning toward or towards something
- la
- Definite article the for feminine singular nouns
- blanche
- White feminine adjective describing color
- Le
- Definite masculine singular article the
- silence
- Complete absence of sound or noise
- rue
- A street or road in a town
- était
- Was third person singular imperfect of être
- absolu
- Absolute complete or total without exception
- Là
- There at that place or location
- mort
- Death or the state of being dead
- sans
- Without lacking something preposition
- douleur
- Pain or physical suffering
- attend
- Waits for or awaits third person singular
- celui
- The one that one masculine demonstrative pronoun
- qui
- Relative pronoun who or which
- ne
- Negative particle used with pas or other negatives
- peut
- Can or is able to third person singular
- plus
- More or no longer in negative context
- supporter
- To bear endure or tolerate something difficult
- peines
- Sorrows troubles or difficulties in life
- vie
- Life or the state of living
- Si
- If conditional conjunction introducing a hypothesis
- est
- Is third person singular of être to be
- bienvenue
- Welcome gladly received or greeted
- qu'
- Contracted conjunction that before vowel sound
- aille
- Go subjunctive form of aller to go
- y
- There pronoun replacing a previously mentioned place
- chercher
- To look for or seek something
- Puis
- Then afterward or next in sequence
- tournant
- Turning rotating present participle of tourner
- rapidement
- Quickly or rapidly in a fast manner
- aide
- Help assistance or support given to someone
- militaire
- Military relating to armed forces or soldiers
- maison
- A house or home dwelling place
- Président
- President the head of state or organization
- dit
- Said past tense of dire to say
- Je
- I first person singular subject pronoun
- déclare
- Declare or announce officially first person singular
- ouverte
- Open or opened feminine past participle adjective
- faisant
- Making or doing present participle of faire
- nouveau
- New or again masculine adjective or adverb
- face
- Face or facing toward something or someone
- vaste
- Vast large or extensive in size
- foule
- A crowd or large group of people
- s'
- Reflexive pronoun contracted before vowel sound
- écria
- Cried out exclaimed past tense third singular
- voix
- Voice or the sound of speaking singing
- claire
- Clear bright or distinct feminine adjective
- Citoyens
- Citizens members of a country or community
- des
- Indefinite plural article some or of the
- Amérique
- America the continent or the United States
- par
- By through or by means of
- ma
- My feminine possessive adjective first person singular
- solennel
- Solemn serious and formal in character
- fut
- Was simple past tense of être to be
- rompu
- Broken interrupted or ended past participle
- un
- Indefinite article a or one masculine
- cri
- A shout cry or exclamation
- commandement
- A command order or act of commanding
- bref
- Brief short or concise masculine adjective
- escadron
- A military squadron unit of cavalry or aircraft
- défila
- Filed past marched in procession past tense
- suite
- Following aftermath or continuation sequence
- voiture
- A car or carriage vehicle
- Gouverneur
- Governor official leader of a region or state
- déployèrent
- Deployed spread out past tense third person plural
- long
- Long extended in length or time
- Cinquième
- Fifth ordinal number adjective
- Avenue
- A wide road or boulevard in a city
- pour
- For in order to or toward purpose
- attendre
- To wait for or await something or someone
- commandant
- Commanding officer or commander of a unit
- police
- The police law enforcement organization
- montée
- Mounted on horseback or risen feminine past participle
- suivit
- Followed past tense third person singular suivre
- laissai
- Left or allowed past tense first person singular
- bouche
- Mouth the opening used for eating speaking
- contempler
- To contemplate gaze at or observe thoughtfully
- Mort
- Death or dead feminine noun
- en
- In or made of preposition or pronoun
- marbre
- Marble a hard stone used in sculpture
- traversant
- Crossing or going through present participle
- Sud
- South the cardinal direction or southern region
- je
- I first person singular subject pronoun
- côté
- Side edge or flank of something
- ouest
- West the cardinal direction
- artère
- An artery or main road thoroughfare
- jusqu'
- Until or as far as contracted before vowel
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