Letter 108 — CVIII
Original French
Venise, le 30 novembre 1807.
Je reçois ta lettre du 22 novembre. Je suis à Venise depuis deux jours. Le temps est fort mauvais, ce qui ne m’a pas empêché de courir les lagunes, pour voir les différents forts. Je vois avec plaisir que tu t’amuses à Paris. Le roi de Bavière, avec sa famille, ainsi que la princesse Élisa sont ici. Passé le 2 décembre, que je ferai ici, je serai sur mon retour et fort aise de te voir. Adieu, mon amie.
Musean translation
Machine-assisted Musean English translated from the French of the 172 Napoleon letters selected from Tancrède Martel, ed., Œuvres littéraires de Napoléon Bonaparte, tome 1 (Albert Savine, Paris, 1888). French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The transcription is CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; this adapted text and translations are shared under the same license. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes; selected transcription repairs were checked against print images.
Venice, November 30, 1807.
I have received your letter of November 22. I have been in Venice for two days. The weather is very bad, which has not prevented me from ranging over the lagoons to see the various forts. I am glad to see that you are enjoying yourself in Paris. The King of Bavaria and his family, as well as Princess Élisa, are here. After December 2, which I shall spend here, I shall be on my way back and very glad to see you. Farewell, my dear friend.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted Plain English translation from the 1888 Martel French edition, not a historical English translation. French Wikisource contributors supplied the scan-backed transcription: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Livre:Bonaparte_-_Œuvres_littéraires,_tome_1,_1888.djvu (page histories credit contributors). The adapted transcription and translation are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Extraction removes markup and editorial notes and makes documented transcription repairs. French-source model review is not human specialist certification or a complete scan collation.
Venice, November 30, 1807.
Your letter of November 22 has reached me. I arrived in Venice two days ago. The weather is very bad, but that has not stopped me from going around the lagoons to see the various forts. I am pleased to see that you are enjoying Paris. The Bavarian king is here with his family, and so is Princess Élisa. Once I have spent December 2 here, I shall start back, delighted at the prospect of seeing you. Goodbye, my friend.
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