Letter 060 — LX
Original French
Postdam, 24 octobre 1806.
Je suis à Postdam, ma bonne amie, depuis hier; j’y resterai aujourd’hui. Je continue à être satisfait des affaires. Ma santé est bonne; le temps très beau. Je trouve Sans-Souci très agréable Adieu, mon amie. Bien des choses à Hortense et à M. Napoléon.
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.
Postdam, October 24, 1806.
I have been at Postdam since yesterday, my good friend; I shall remain here today. I continue to be satisfied with affairs. My health is good; the weather very beautiful. I find Sans-Souci very pleasant. Goodbye, my friend. Many kind thoughts to Hortense and M. Napoléon.
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.
Potsdam, October 24, 1806.
My dear friend, I have been in Potsdam since yesterday and will stay here today. I remain satisfied with how things are going. My health is good and the weather very fine. I find Sans-Souci very pleasant. Goodbye, my friend. My regards to Hortense and Mr. Napoléon.
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Letter 060 — LX 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 60 of 172 in the work, which is kept in the European tradition.
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