Letter 055 — LV
Original French
Bamberg, 7 octobre 1806.
Je pars ce soir, mon amie, pour Cronach. Toute mon armée est en mouvement. Tout marche bien, ma santé est parfaite. Je n’ai encore reçu qu’une lettre de toi. J’en ai reçu d’Eugène et d’Hortense. Stéphanie doit être chez toi. Son mari veut faire la guerre; il est avec moi. Adieu, mille baisers et bonne santé.
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.
Bamberg, October 7, 1806.
I leave this evening, my friend, for Cronach. My whole army is on the move. Everything is going well, my health is perfect. I have received only one letter from you so far. I have received letters from Eugène and Hortense. Stéphanie must be with you. Her husband wants to go to war; he is with me. Goodbye, a thousand kisses and good health.
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.
Bamberg, October 7, 1806.
Tonight, my friend, I set out for Kronach. My entire army is moving. All goes well; my health is perfect. So far only one of your letters has reached me. I have had letters from Hortense and Eugène. Stéphanie must be with you. Her husband wishes to make war and is here with me. Farewell, a thousand kisses, and good health to you.
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Letter 055 — LV 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 55 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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