Please help with these English --> French phrases :)

Amanda · Post by **Amanda** » 12 Mar 2003 17:51

Hello everyone,

I am completing another translation assignment and I have a few questions. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out. The words/phrases in bold are the ones that I'm having trouble with.
Thank you!

1. Sit down, grandpa, you must not tire yourself.

2. Good! I hope that you are going to catch some fish!

3. At last her daughter had gone and the widow had sat down alone by the fire.

4. First, she prepared a cup of tea. Then she put on her spectacles, picked up the newspaper and said to herself:....

ka · Post by ka » 12 Mar 2003 22:45

Assieds-toi, papy, tu ne dois pas te fatiguer.
il faut que tu te reposes.

Bien! J' espère que tu vas pêcher des poissons.
prendre

..... la veuve s'était assise, seule, près du feu.

..... mit ses lunettes, prit le journal et pensa
se dit

Is 'she said to herself' the same as "she thought to herself" or does it mean that she thinks aloud like "she talked to herself"?
Could you write the end of the last sentence (what does she say to herself?)

Karine

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 13 Mar 2003 00:04

Sure - the complete sentence is:

Then she put on her spectacles, picked up the newspaper and said to herself, "what is there on the television this evening?"

Thanks for your help!

ka · Post by ka » 13 Mar 2003 00:30

So, I' d rather say:... puis elle mit ses lunettes, prit le journal et se demanda:" .....

Karine