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#1 21/05/2008 16:03
Anglais - Traduction biographie
Bonjour ! 
Pourriez-vous , silvouplaît , m'indiquer les fautes dans cette biographie résumée de Stevenson :
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Robert Lewis Stevenson was born the 13 november in 1850 and he died the 3 December in 1894 in Samoa .
He was a Scottish writer and a big traveler married with Fanny Osbourne an american artist .
He was born in a famous family because his parents and grandparents were engineers builders lighthouses.
As his mother he was born with a fragile health , he suffered from chest and the Scottish climate was not an advantage .
He's entrusted to the care of a nursemaid who was a real treasure of tales and poems.
He has give up his studies of engineers then of lawyer to dedicate itself to the writing.
Already at the age of 13 , he dreamed of being a writer and at 16 years , he published at the expense of his father a first novel by 22 pages.
He was very attracted by the French culture and he leaves living there 5 years in 1874 . He changes even his name Lewis in Louis.
He also travelled in England, in Switzerland , in Australia , because he doesn't still manage to find a climate adapted to his health .
In 1978, he decides to buy a donkey and to leave the village of Monsatier to join Saint-Jean-du-gard after 12 days and 220 km of walking.
From there , will be born the idea of the book "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes".
His first big success is "Treasure Island " published in 1883. In 1885 he published "A Child's Garden of Verses" a collection of poetry.
In 1887 he is welcomed by the New York press as a star, further to the success of "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
3 years later he publishes "The Master of Ballantrae" , an adventure novel which will also be adapted to the cinema.
He was enthusiastically greeted by the biggest of his contemporaries and his successors .
The peoples of the Pacific had a high respect for him as he defended the cause of the separatists against the colonial powers.
#2 21/05/2008 16:20
Anglais - Traduction biographie
Queen_fan a écrit :
Robert Lewis Stevenson was born ___the 13___ november in 1850 and he died ___ the 3 ___December in 1894 in Samoa .
He was a Scottish writer and a big traveler _____married with Fanny Osbourne an american artist .
He was born in a famous family because his parents and grandparents were engineers builders lighthouses.
As his mother he was born with a fragile health , he suffered from chest ____and the Scottish climate was not an advantage .
He's entrusted to the care of a nursemaid who was a real treasure of tales and poems.
He has give up his studies of engineers then of lawyer to dedicate itself to writing.
Already at the age of 13 , he dreamed of being a writer and at 16 , he published at the expense of his father a first novel by 22 pages.
He was very attracted by the French culture and he leaves living there _____5 years in 1874 . He changes even his name Lewis in Louis.
He also travelled in England, in Switzerland , in Australia , because he doesn't still manage to find a climate adapted to his health .
In 1978, he decides to buy a donkey and to leave the village of Monsatier to join Saint-Jean-du-gard after 12 days and 220 km of walking.
From there , will be born the idea of the book "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes".
His first big success is "Treasure Island " published in 1883. In 1885 he published "A Child's Garden of Verses" a collection of poetry.
In 1887 he is welcomed by the New York press as a star, further to the success of "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde".
3 years later he publishes "The Master of Ballantrae" , an adventure novel which will also be adapted to the cinema.
He was enthusiastically greeted by the biggest of his contemporaries and his successors .
The peoples of the Pacific had a high respect for him as he defended the cause of the separatists against the colonial powers.
En général, on utilise les temps passés pour la biographie, espécialement si la personne est morte depuis longtemps.
Le présent en anglais est notre présent, le future est notre futur.
La moralité moderne veut que l'on accepte les normes de son époque. Qu'un homme cultivé puisse les accepter me semble la pire des immoralités. (O. Wilde)
#3 21/05/2008 17:00
Anglais - Traduction biographie
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_Robert Lewis Stevenson was born on the 13 of november in 1850 in Edinburgh and he died on the third of December in 1894 in Samoa .
_He was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer
_He was born into a famous family
_lighthouse builders-engineers
_he was born with a delicate health ,
_he suffered from chest ? and the Scottish climate was not ?
_He was entrusted to the care of a nursemaid who was a real ? of tales and poems.
_He gave up his studies of engineer and lawyer to dedicate to the writing
_ "aux frais" de son père ? a first novel of 22 pages.
_he left living there for 5 years
_He changed even his name Lewis in Louis.
_because he didn't still manage to find a climate adapted to his health .
_In 1878 
... and to leave the village of Monsatier to ? Saint-Jean-du-gard after 12 days and 220 km of walking.
_From here , born the idea of the book
_In 1887 he welcomed
_3 years later he published
_an adventure novel which will be adapted to the cinema.
_the greatest writers
#4 21/05/2008 17:33
Anglais - Traduction biographie
Queen_fan a écrit :
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_lighthouse builders-engineers
_he was born with a delicate health ,
_he suffered from chest ? and the Scottish climate was not ?
_He was entrusted to the care of a nursemaid who was a real ? of tales and poems.
_He gave up his studies of engineer and lawyer to dedicate to the writing
_ "aux frais" de son père ? a first novel of 22 pages.
_he left living there for 5 years
_He changed even his name Lewis in Louis.
_because he didn't still manage to find a climate adapted to his health .
_In 1878
_From here , born the idea of the book
_In 1887 he welcomed
_3 years later he published
_an adventure novel which will be adapted to the cinema.
_the greatest writers
Engineers and lighthouse builders.
He inherited weak lungs (on ne sait pas s'il s'agit de tuberculose, bronchite, ou sarcoidose).
climate conducive to good health
nursemaid: source
dediçcate himself to writing
at his father's expense (n'oublie pas cette forme de possessif/genitive)
Je ne comprends pas "left living"....stayed (on) living??
even changed est un meilleur ordre de mots, bien que les adverbes puissent se placer plus ou moins librement en anglais.
still wasn't able to find a climat
to reach St Jean
Il serait surprennant que le Maître de Ballantyre n'est pas déjà un film....
Bon travail, QF
#8 21/05/2008 19:11
Anglais - Traduction biographie
SEDUCED [si'dju:st]
SEJOURNED [si'jϨnd] (??)
Étrangement, mes Oxford Concise, et Collins English Dictionaries (et mon Harrap's Français-Anglais) ne donnent pas ce mot!!!! À croire qu'il n'est plus usité! Pourtant "Orson Welles jejourned..." il n'y a pas très longtemps.... 
sejourned - exemples
