dit le renard / said the fox / hú li shuō / 狐狸說 / 🐺💬
Antoine Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince / The Little Prince / Xiǎo Wáng Zǐ / 小王子 / 🙇👑
My mom left me three copies of Saint-Exupéry’s work, in three languages and four versions. I think she thought it would guide my brother and I as we grew up.
Here are multiple versions of the same passage from the fox.
«Mais, si tu m’apprivoises, ma vie sera comme ensoleilée.»
French original (Harvest Harcourt, 2001)
“But, if you tame me, my life will be filled with sunshine.”
English translation (Richard Howard, Harvest Harcourt, 2000)
“But, if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life.”
English translation (older translation, book4u.com.tw)
「不過，如果你馴服我的話，我的生活一定會改變的，説不定我會變得很快樂！你知道嗎？」
Chinese translation (book4u.com.tw)
“But, if you tame me, my life will absolutely change, perhaps I will be very happy! You know?”
English translation of the Chinese translation (Cheryl Wu)
«Mais, si tu m’apprivoises, ma vie va absolument changer, c’est possible que je serais très content! Sais-tu que?»
French translation of the Chinese translation (Cheryl Wu)
“❓🙇👑🐺👌🏡🔜🌞”
📖🇫🇷🌐💁🏻 (🚫️🆎🐇)
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