Letter 044 — XLIV
Original French
Haag, le 3 novembre 1805.
Je suis en grande marche; le temps est très froid, la terre couverte d’un pied de neige. Cela est un peu rude. Il ne manque heureusement pas de bois; nous sommes ici toujours dans les forêts. Je me porte assez bien. Mes affaires vont d’une manière satisfaisante; mes ennemis doivent avoir plus de soucis que moi. Je désire avoir de tes nouvelles et apprendre que tu es sans inquiétude. Adieu, mon amie, je vais me coucher.
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.
Haag, November 3, 1805.
I am on a long march; the weather is very cold, the ground covered with a foot of snow. It is a little harsh. Fortunately, there is no lack of wood; here we are always in the forests. I am fairly well. My affairs are going satisfactorily; my enemies must have more to trouble them than I do. I long for news of you and to learn that you are free from anxiety. Goodbye, my friend, I am going to bed.
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.
Haag, November 3, 1805.
I am marching a great distance. It is bitterly cold, with a foot of snow on the ground. Conditions are rather harsh. Luckily, there is plenty of wood; here we are continually among forests. My health is reasonably good. Things are going well enough for me; my enemies must have more anxieties than I have. I hope to hear from you and to learn that you are free from worry. Farewell, my friend; I am going to bed.
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Letter 044 — XLIV is part of Letters to Josephine by Napoléon Bonaparte. This page sets the French original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is part 44 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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