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by beeber
March 8th, 2024, 5:11 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 17 is ready for PL. I really dislike being in the position of having to correct a translation. It's beyond the mandate of a LibriVox reader to be "fixing" books.... but sometimes, something is just wrong and may mislead a reader if it's not fixed. Around 21:23 to 21:50, there's a p...
by beeber
March 5th, 2024, 5:07 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Thanks for the "Libriversary" wishes! And my hat is off to you for your understanding of Philippe's plan. Now that I've begun working on the final chapter, it starts to take shape for me, but your explanation really clarified it. I realize that it all hinges on his being in position to mar...
by beeber
March 4th, 2024, 2:24 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 16 is ready for PL. I must confess that I find the last half of this chapter a little puzzling. Philippe encourages la Rabouilleuse to marry Rouget, and this is supposed to be somehow to Philippe's long-term advantage. I don't see that advantage. (Maybe I'm missing some detail of 19th-centur...
by beeber
February 27th, 2024, 1:40 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 15 is ready for PL.

There is one correction the text. At 43:32, the text reads, "That it was that a stupid point of honour...." It should be "Thus it was...."

Bruce
by beeber
February 22nd, 2024, 12:08 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 14 is ready for PL. Now that we're nearing the end of the book, the battle-lines have been drawn, and I guess it's fair to say that in terms of the plot the essential question has now become: when this is all finished, who will turn out to have had "the last laugh"? Will it be Jose...
by beeber
February 14th, 2024, 10:14 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 13 is ready for PL.

A very eventful chapter; things take unexpected turns.

Bruce
by beeber
February 8th, 2024, 5:16 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 12 is ready for PL.

One tiny correction to the text: at 23:43, the text reads, "genius of the Mascarilles and Scapins out together...." It should be "genius of the Mascarilles and Scapins put together...."

Bruce
by beeber
February 3rd, 2024, 5:41 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Winnifred wrote: February 2nd, 2024, 5:31 pmThere's a couple of missed words at 14:54: I hear “‘I am too weary of life to remain here on canvas.’” But the text reads “‘I am too weary of life to wish to remain here on canvas.’”
Thank you! Chapter 11 has been corrected and re-uploaded.
Bruce
by beeber
February 2nd, 2024, 11:23 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

I don't think Balzac really liked any of these characters (except maybe Joseph. In this chapter, I think you'll see that he also likes Madame Hochon. He writes about her with a warmth that makes me think he has based this character on some real person of his acquaintance. One textual correction: At...
by beeber
January 25th, 2024, 7:59 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 10 is ready for PL. One correction: At 40:30, the text reads, "the supposed parentage and both Max and Agathe." It should be "the supposed parentage of both Max and Agathe." You'll notice a little passage in which the narrator makes a pronouncement about the way "all...
by beeber
January 22nd, 2024, 2:12 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 9 is ready for PL. By this point, one might wonder whether we had stumbled into a whole other novel. ("Whatever happened to Agathe and Joseph and Philippe??") Be assured, however, that Agathe and Joseph are, at this very moment, in a coach on their way to Issoudun, and will be re-e...
by beeber
January 18th, 2024, 9:16 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Winnifred wrote: January 17th, 2024, 10:14 pm Chapter 8 is PL OK, with, once again, one optional suggestion: at 40:42-3....
Thank you! The chapter is fixed and re-uploaded.

Bruce
by beeber
January 16th, 2024, 6:11 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 8 is ready for PL. A small point: at 28:56, an abbey is called "Chézal-Beniot"; it should be "Chézal- Benoît ." This chapter ventures into the creepy neighbourhood of pedophilia — the kind of thing that scandalized English readers of this period when they opened up French...
by beeber
January 14th, 2024, 8:08 am
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Winnifred wrote: January 13th, 2024, 10:28 pm ...at 47:55, I hear “The fair hostess, with a timid and conciliatory air…” but the text reads “The fat hostess, with a timid and conciliatory air…”
Right, thank you. That error has been corrected and the file uploaded, ready for spot PL.

Bruce
by beeber
January 12th, 2024, 5:45 pm
Forum: Completed Projects
Topic: COMPLETE - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen
Replies: 53
Views: 2615

Re: SOLO - The Two Brothers, by Honoré de Balzac - icequeen

Chapter 7 is ready for PL. At 34:10, the translator added a lengthy footnote, which I haven't included. (The translator may have wanted to insert mention of what appears to be a relative of hers — "Captain Wormeley.") You may know that Balzac conceived of the novels in "The Human Come...