Letter 171 — CLXXI
Original French
Paris, le 22 mars 1811.
Mon amie, j’ai reçu ta lettre, je te remercie. Mon fils est gros et très bien portant. J’espère qu’il viendra bien. Il a ma poitrine, ma bouche et mes yeux. J’espère qu’il remplira sa destinée. Je suis toujours très content d’Eugène; il ne m’a jamais donné aucun chagrin.
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.
Paris, March 22, 1811.
My friend, I have received your letter; thank you. My son is large and very healthy. I hope he will thrive. He has my chest, my mouth, and my eyes. I hope he will fulfill his destiny. I am always very pleased with Eugène; he has never given me any sorrow.
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.
Paris, March 22, 1811.
My dear, thank you for the letter I have received from you. My son is big and in excellent health. I hope he will develop well. His chest, mouth and eyes are like mine. I hope he lives up to his destiny. I remain very happy with Eugène; he has never given me any cause for sorrow.
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