The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 3
(b) Owing to the reduction in the size of the page it has been necessary to shorten some of the headlines, and here advantage has been taken of various corrections of and additions to the headlines and shoulder-notes made by Butler in his own copies of the two books.
(b) En raison de la réduction du format de la page, il a été nécessaire de raccourcir certains titres, et l'on a profité de cette occasion pour intégrer diverses corrections et ajouts apportés aux titres et aux notes marginales par Butler dans ses propres exemplaires des deux ouvrages.
(c) For the most part each of the illustrations now occupies a page, whereas in the original editions they generally appeared two on the page.
(c) La plupart des illustrations occupent désormais une page entière, alors que dans les éditions originales elles apparaissaient généralement deux par page.
It has been necessary to reduce the plan of the House of Ulysses.
Il a été nécessaire de réduire le plan de la Maison d'Ulysse.
On page 153 of "The Authoress" Butler says: "No great poet would compare his hero to a paunch full of blood and fat, cooking before the fire (xx, 24-28)."
À la page 153 de « The Authoress », Butler écrit : « Aucun grand poète ne comparerait son héros à une panse pleine de sang et de graisse, cuisante devant le feu (xx, 24-28). »
This passage is not given in the abridged Story of the "Odyssey" at the beginning of the book, but in the Translation it occurs in these words:
Ce passage ne figure pas dans le résumé abrégé de l'« Odyssée » placé au début du livre, mais on le trouve dans la Traduction en ces termes :
"Thus he chided with his heart, and checked it into endurance, but he tossed about as one who turns a paunch full of blood and fat in front of a hot fire, doing it first on one side then on the other, that he may get it cooked as soon as possible; even so did he turn himself about from side to side, thinking all the time how, single-handed as he was, he should contrive to kill so large a body of men as the wicked suitors.
« Ainsi gourmandait-il son cœur et le contraignait-il à l'endurance, mais il se retournait comme celui qui fait tourner une panse pleine de sang et de graisse devant un feu ardent, la retournant d'abord d'un côté puis de l'autre, afin qu'elle soit cuite le plus tôt possible ; de même se retournait-il d'un côté et de l'autre, songeant sans cesse à la façon dont, seul qu'il était, il pourrait parvenir à tuer une troupe aussi nombreuse que celle des perfides prétendants.
Vocabulary
- En
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'by'
- raison
- Reason, cause, or rationale for something
- de
- Preposition meaning 'of' or 'from'
- la
- Definite article 'the' for feminine nouns
- réduction
- Reduction, decrease, or downsizing of something
- du
- Contracted article meaning 'of the'
- format
- Format or size of a page or document
- page
- Page of a book or document
- il
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun 'he' or 'it'
- a
- Third-person singular form of auxiliary verb 'avoir'
- été
- Past participle of 'être', meaning 'been'
- nécessaire
- Necessary, required, or essential
- raccourcir
- To shorten or abbreviate something
- certains
- Certain, some, or particular items or people
- titres
- Titles of works, sections, or chapters
- et
- Conjunction meaning 'and'
- l'
- Elided definite article 'the' before vowel
- on
- Indefinite pronoun meaning 'one' or 'we'
- profité
- Took advantage of or benefited from an opportunity
- cette
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' for feminine nouns
- occasion
- Occasion, opportunity, or suitable moment
- pour
- Preposition meaning 'for' or 'in order to'
- intégrer
- To integrate or incorporate something into a whole
- diverses
- Various, diverse, or several different things
- corrections
- Corrections or fixes made to a text
- ajouts
- Additions or additions made to a text
- apportés
- Brought or contributed, past participle of 'apporter'
- aux
- Contracted preposition meaning 'to the' or 'in the'
- notes
- Notes, annotations, or written remarks
- marginales
- Marginal, written in the margins of a text
- par
- Preposition meaning 'by' or 'through'
- dans
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'inside'
- ses
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'
- propres
- Own, personal, or one's very own
- exemplaires
- Copies of a book or printed work
- des
- Contracted article meaning 'of the' or 'some'
- deux
- The number two
- ouvrages
- Works, books, or published writings
- La
- Definite article 'the' for feminine nouns
- plupart
- Most, the majority of something
- illustrations
- Illustrations or images in a book
- occupent
- Occupy or take up a space or position
- désormais
- From now on, henceforth, or hereafter
- une
- Indefinite article 'a' or 'one' for feminine nouns
- entière
- Entire, whole, or complete
- alors
- Then, whereas, or at that time
- que
- Conjunction meaning 'that' or 'than'
- les
- Definite article 'the' for plural nouns
- éditions
- Editions or published versions of a work
- originales
- Original, first editions or versions
- elles
- Third-person plural feminine pronoun 'they'
- apparaissaient
- Appeared or were visible, imperfect tense
- généralement
- Generally, usually, or in most cases
- Il
- Third-person singular masculine pronoun 'he' or 'it'
- réduire
- To reduce, shrink, or diminish something
- le
- Definite article 'the' for masculine nouns
- plan
- Plan, map, or layout of a place
- Maison
- House or home building
- d'
- Elided preposition 'of' or 'from' before vowel
- À
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'to', or 'in'
- écrit
- Writes or wrote, verb form of 'écrire'
- Aucun
- No, none, or not any
- grand
- Great, large, or important
- poète
- Poet, a writer of poetry
- ne
- Negative particle used with 'pas' or alone
- comparerait
- Would compare, conditional form of 'comparer'
- son
- Possessive adjective meaning 'his', 'her', or 'its'
- héros
- Hero, a protagonist or brave figure
- à
- Preposition meaning 'at', 'to', or 'in'
- panse
- Belly or paunch, stomach of an animal
- pleine
- Full, filled, or complete (feminine form)
- sang
- Blood, bodily fluid
- graisse
- Fat, grease, or animal fat
- cuisante
- Burning, searing, or smarting (feminine form)
- devant
- In front of, before something or someone
- feu
- Fire, flame, or heat source
- Ce
- Demonstrative pronoun or adjective meaning 'this'
- passage
- Passage or excerpt from a text
- figure
- Appears or figures, verb form of 'figurer'
- pas
- Negative particle meaning 'not'
- résumé
- Summary or condensed version of a text
- abrégé
- Abridged or shortened version of a work
- placé
- Placed or positioned, past participle of 'placer'
- au
- Contracted article meaning 'at the' or 'to the'
- début
- Beginning or start of something
- livre
- Book or a unit of written work
- mais
- Conjunction meaning 'but'
- trouve
- Finds or is found, verb form of 'trouver'
- Traduction
- Translation of a text into another language
- en
- Preposition meaning 'in' or 'into'
- ces
- Demonstrative adjective meaning 'these' or 'those'
- termes
- Terms, words, or expressions used
- Ainsi
- Thus, so, or in this way
- gourmandait
- Scolded or chided, imperfect tense of 'gourmander'
- cœur
- Heart, the organ or seat of emotion
- contraignait
- Compelled or forced, imperfect tense of 'contraindre'
- endurance
- Endurance, ability to withstand hardship or pain
- se
- Reflexive pronoun meaning 'himself', 'herself', or 'itself'
- retournait
- Turned over or around, imperfect tense
- comme
- Like, as, or in the same way
- celui
- The one, that one (masculine demonstrative pronoun)
- qui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'who' or 'which'
- fait
- Makes or does, verb form of 'faire'
- tourner
- To turn, rotate, or spin something
- un
- Indefinite article 'a' or 'one' for masculine nouns
- ardent
- Burning, ardent, or glowing with heat
- retournant
- Turning over, present participle of 'retourner'
- abord
- First, at first, or initially (d'abord)
- côté
- Side, direction, or aspect of something
- puis
- Then, afterwards, or next in sequence
- autre
- Other, another, or different
- afin
- In order to, so that (afin que/de)
- qu'
- Elided conjunction 'that' before a vowel
- elle
- Third-person singular feminine pronoun 'she' or 'it'
- soit
- Be, subjunctive form of 'être'
- cuite
- Cooked, past participle of 'cuire' (feminine)
- plus
- More, most, or no longer (with negation)
- tôt
- Early, soon, or at an early time
- possible
- Possible, feasible, or achievable
- même
- Same, even, or very (for emphasis)
- songeant
- Thinking, pondering, present participle of 'songer'
- sans
- Preposition meaning 'without'
- cesse
- Ceasing or stopping; sans cesse means 'without ceasing'
- façon
- Way, manner, or method of doing something
- dont
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whose', 'of which'
- seul
- Alone, single, or only
- était
- Was, imperfect tense of 'être'
- pourrait
- Could or would be able to, conditional of 'pouvoir'
- parvenir
- To manage to, succeed in reaching or achieving
- tuer
- To kill or slay someone
- troupe
- Troop, group, or band of people
- aussi
- Also, too, or as (in comparisons)
- nombreuse
- Numerous, large in number (feminine form)
- perfides
- Perfidious, treacherous, or deceitful
- prétendants
- Suitors or pretenders seeking marriage or power
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