Ulysses — Page 10
To me it's all a mockery and beastly.
Pour moi, c'est une pure moquerie et c'est abominable.
Her cerebral lobes are not functioning.
Ses lobes cérébraux ne fonctionnent plus.
She calls the doctor sir Peter Teazle and picks buttercups off the quilt.
Elle appelle le médecin sir Peter Teazle et cueille des boutons d'or sur la courtepointe.
Humour her till it's over.
Entrez dans son jeu jusqu'à ce que ce soit fini.
You crossed her last wish in death and yet you sulk with me because I don't whinge like some hired mute from Lalouette's.
Tu as contrarié son dernier souhait à l'agonie, et pourtant tu me fais la tête parce que je ne geins pas comme un pleureuse à gages de chez Lalouette.
Absurd!
Absurde !
I suppose I did say it.
Je suppose que je l'ai bien dit.
I didn't mean to offend the memory of your mother.
Je n'avais pas l'intention d'offenser la mémoire de ta mère.
He had spoken himself into boldness.
Il s'était enhardit à force de parler.
Stephen, shielding the gaping wounds which the words had left in his heart, said very coldly:
Stephen, dissimulant les plaies béantes que les mots avaient laissées dans son cœur, dit très froidement :
—I am not thinking of the offence to my mother.
— Je ne pense pas à l'offense faite à ma mère.
—Of what then? Buck Mulligan asked.
— De quoi alors ? demanda Buck Mulligan.
—Of the offence to me, Stephen answered.
— De l'offense faite à moi, répondit Stephen.
Buck Mulligan swung round on his heel.
Buck Mulligan fit volte-face.
—O, an impossible person! he exclaimed.
— Oh, un être impossible ! s'exclama-t-il.
He walked off quickly round the parapet.
Il s'éloigna rapidement en longeant le parapet.
Stephen stood at his post, gazing over the calm sea towards the headland.
Stephen resta à son poste, le regard porté sur la mer calme en direction du promontoire.
Sea and headland now grew dim.
La mer et le promontoire s'estompaient à présent.
Pulses were beating in his eyes, veiling their sight, and he felt the fever of his cheeks.
Des battements pulsaient dans ses yeux, voilant sa vue, et il sentait la fièvre de ses joues.
A voice within the tower called loudly:
Une voix à l'intérieur de la tour appela bruyamment :
—Are you up there, Mulligan?
— Vous êtes là-haut, Mulligan ?
—I'm coming, Buck Mulligan answered.
— J'arrive, répondit Buck Mulligan.
He turned towards Stephen and said:
Il se tourna vers Stephen et dit :
—Look at the sea.
— Regarde la mer.
What does it care about offences?
Qu'est-ce qu'elle en a à faire, des offenses ?
Chuck Loyola, Kinch, and come on down.
Laisse tomber Loyola, Kinch, et descends donc.
The Sassenach wants his morning rashers.
Le Sassenach veut ses tranches de lard du matin.
His head halted again for a moment at the top of the staircase, level with the roof:
Sa tête s'arrêta de nouveau un instant en haut de l'escalier, au niveau du toit :
—Don't mope over it all day, he said.
— Ne te morfonds pas là-dessus toute la journée, dit-il.
I'm inconsequent.
Je suis inconséquent.
Vocabulary
- Pour
- For; in order to; by (preposition)
- moi
- Me; myself (pronoun)
- est
- Is (third person singular of être)
- une
- A; an (feminine indefinite article)
- pure
- Pure; clean; unmixed (adjective)
- moquerie
- Mockery; ridicule; derision (noun)
- et
- And (conjunction)
- abominable
- Abominable; detestable; hateful (adjective)
- Ses
- His; her; its (possessive plural adjective)
- lobes
- Lobes (plural of lobe; noun)
- ne
- Not; no (negation particle)
- fonctionnent
- Function; work; operate (verb)
- plus
- More; no longer; anymore (adverb)
- Elle
- She; it (feminine pronoun)
- appelle
- Calls; summons; names (verb)
- le
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- médecin
- Doctor; physician (noun)
- cueille
- Picks; gathers; collects (verb)
- des
- Some; any (plural indefinite article)
- boutons
- Buttons; buds; pimples (plural noun)
- or
- Gold; or (noun/conjunction)
- sur
- On; upon; over (preposition)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- courtepointe
- Quilt; bedspread (noun)
- Entrez
- Enter; come in (imperative verb)
- dans
- In; into; within (preposition)
- son
- His; her; its (possessive singular adjective)
- jeu
- Game; play; trick (noun)
- jusqu
- Until (preposition, usually jusqu'à)
- ce
- This; that; it (demonstrative)
- que
- That; which; what (relative/conjunction)
- soit
- Be; is (subjunctive of être)
- fini
- Finished; ended; done (adjective/past participle)
- Tu
- You (informal singular pronoun)
- as
- Have; has (second person singular of avoir)
- contrarié
- Annoyed; vexed; thwarted (adjective/past participle)
- dernier
- Last; final; latest (adjective)
- souhait
- Wish; desire; hope (noun)
- agonie
- Agony; dying moments; death throes (noun)
- pourtant
- However; yet; still; nevertheless (adverb)
- me
- Me; to me (pronoun)
- fais
- Make; do (second person singular of faire)
- tête
- Head; chief; top (noun)
- parce
- Because (conjunction, usually parce que)
- je
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- pas
- Not; step; pace (adverb/noun)
- comme
- Like; as; such as (preposition/conjunction)
- un
- A; an; one (masculine indefinite article)
- gages
- Wages; pledges; pawns (plural noun)
- chez
- At the place of; at home of (preposition)
- Absurde
- Absurd; ridiculous; unreasonable (adjective)
- Je
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- suppose
- Suppose; assume; presume (verb)
- ai
- Have (first person singular of avoir)
- bien
- Well; good; very; indeed (adverb)
- dit
- Said; told; spoken (past participle of dire)
- avais
- Had (first person singular imperfect of avoir)
- intention
- Intention; purpose; aim (noun)
- offenser
- Offend; insult; harm (verb)
- mémoire
- Memory; memorial; memoir (noun)
- ta
- Your (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- mère
- Mother (noun)
- Il
- He; it (masculine singular pronoun)
- était
- Was (third person singular imperfect of être)
- enhardit
- Emboldens; encourages; makes bold (verb)
- force
- Force; strength; power (noun/verb)
- parler
- Speak; talk; say (infinitive verb)
- dissimulant
- Concealing; hiding; dissembling (verb present participle)
- plaies
- Wounds; sores; injuries (plural noun)
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