Letter 059 — LIX
Original French
Vittemberg, 23 octobre 1806.
J’ai reçu plusieurs lettres de toi. Je ne t’écris qu’un mot: mes affaires vont bien. Je serai demain à Postdam, et le 25 à Berlin. Je me porte à merveille; la fatigue me réussit. Je suis bien aise de te savoir avec Hortense et Stéphanie en grande compagnie. Le temps a été beau jusqu’à présent. Mille amitiés à Stéphanie et à tout le monde, sans oublier M. Napoléon. Adieu, mon amie. Tout à toi.
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.
Vittemberg, October 23, 1806.
I have received several letters from you. I write you only a word: my affairs are going well. Tomorrow I shall be at Postdam, and on the 25th in Berlin. I am wonderfully well; fatigue agrees with me. I am glad to know you are with Hortense and Stéphanie in a large company. The weather has been beautiful so far. A thousand affectionate greetings to Stéphanie and everyone, not forgetting M. Napoléon. Goodbye, my friend. All yours.
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.
Wittenberg, October 23, 1806.
I have had several letters from you. Just a line: things are going well for me. Tomorrow I shall be in Potsdam, and in Berlin on the 25th. My health is excellent; hard work suits me. I am very pleased to know that you are with Hortense and Stéphanie in a large gathering. The weather has been fine so far. Much love to Stéphanie and everyone else, not forgetting M. Napoléon. Goodbye, my friend. Yours entirely.
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Letter 059 — LIX 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 59 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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