Chapitre 3 Chapter Kapitel 3 Chapter 3 Capítulo 3 第三章

Comme ils trimèrent et prirent de la peine As|they|they toiled|and|they took|of|the|effort As they toiled and struggled

pour rentrer le foin ! to|to bring in|the|hay to bring in the hay! Mais leurs efforts furent But|their|efforts|they were But their efforts were

récompensés car la récolte fut plus abondante rewarded|because|the|harvest|it was|more|abundant rewarded because the harvest was more abundant

encore qu'ils ne l'auraient cru. even|than they|not|they would have|believed even though they would not have believed it.

À certains moments la besogne était tout à fait At|certain|moments|the|work|it was|all|to|quite At certain moments the work was quite

pénible. painful painful. Les instruments agraires avaient été The|instruments|agricultural|they had been| Agricultural tools had been

inventés pour les hommes et non pour les invented|for|the|men|and|not|for|the invented for humans and not for

animaux, et ceux-ci en subissaient les animals|and|||of it|they were suffering|the animals, and they suffered the

conséquences. consequences consequences. Ainsi, aucun animal ne pouvait se Thus|no|animal|not|it could|itself Thus, no animal could use the slightest tool that would force it to stand on its hind legs.

servir du moindre outil qui l'obligeât à se tenir to use|any|least|tool|which|it would force it|to|itself|to stand Nevertheless, the

debout sur ses pattes de derrière. standing|on|its|legs|of|back Néanmoins, les Nevertheless|the

cochons étaient si malins qu'ils trouvèrent le pigs|they were|so|clever|that they|they found|the the pigs were so clever that they found a

moyen de tourner chaque difficulté. way|to|to turn|every|difficulty way to overcome every difficulty. Quant aux As for|to the As for the

chevaux, ils connaissaient chaque pouce du horses|they|they knew|every|inch|of the horses, they knew every inch of the

terrain, et s'y entendaient à faucher et à râteler land|and|themselves|they understood|to|to mow|and|to|to rake land, and they were better at mowing and raking

mieux que Jones et ses gens leur vie durant. better|than|Jones|and|his|people|their|life|during than Jones and his people their whole lives. Les The The

cochons, à vrai dire, ne travaillaient pas : ils pigs|to|true|say||||they pigs, to be honest, did not work: they

distribuaient le travail et veillaient à sa bonne they distributed|the|work|and|they ensured|to|its|good distributed the work and ensured its proper

exécution. execution execution. Avec leurs connaissances supérieures, With|their|knowledge|superior With their superior knowledge,

il était naturel qu'ils prennent le commandement. it|it was|natural|that they|they take|the|command it was natural for them to take command.

Malabar et Douce s'attelaient tout seuls au râteau Malabar|and|Douce|they harnessed themselves|all|alone|to the|rake Malabar and Douce were harnessing themselves to the rake

ou à la faucheuse (ni mors ni rênes n'étant plus or|to|the|mower|neither|bits|nor|reins|being|anymore or to the scythe (neither bits nor reins were needed,

nécessaires, bien entendu), et ils arpentaient le necessary|well|understood|||were surveying| of course), and they were roaming the

champ en long et en large, un cochon à leurs field|in|length|and|in|width|a|pig|at|their field back and forth, a pig at their side.

trousses. pouches pouches. Celui-ci s'écriait : « Hue dia, ||he was shouting|Hey|there This one shouted: "Hey there,

camarade ! comrade comrade!" » ou « Holà, ho, camarade ! or|Hello|hey|comrade "Hello, ho, comrade!" », suivant according to ", following

le cas. the|case the case. Et chaque animal jusqu'au plus modeste And|every|animal|up to|most|modest And every animal, even the most modest

besognait à faner et ramasser le foin. they were working|to|to hay|and|to gather|the|hay was busy drying and gathering the hay. Même les Even|the Even the

canards et les poules, sans relâche, allaient et ducks|and|the|hens|without|relent|they went|and ducks and the hens, tirelessly, went and

venaient sous le soleil, portant dans leurs becs they came|under|the|sun|carrying|in|their|beaks came under the sun, carrying in their beaks

des filaments minuscules. some|filaments|tiny tiny filaments. Et ainsi la fenaison fut And|thus|the|haymaking|it was And so the haymaking was

achevée deux jours plus tôt qu'aux temps de completed|two|days|more|earlier||times|of completed two days earlier than in the days of

Jones. Jones Jones. Qui plus est, ce fut la plus belle récolte de Who|more|it is|this|it was|the|most|beautiful|harvest|of Moreover, it was the finest harvest of

foin que la ferme ait jamais connue. hay|that|the|farm|it had|ever|known hay that the farm has ever known. Et nul And|none And no

gaspillage, car poules et canards, animaux à l'oeil waste|because|hens|and|ducks|animals|with|the eye waste, for chickens and ducks, animals with a keen eye

prompt, avaient glané jusqu'au plus petit brin. quick|they had|gleaned|up to|most|small|blade had gleaned even the smallest blade. Et And And

pas un animal n'avait dérobé ne fût-ce qu'une not|a|animal|it had|stolen|not|||a not a single animal had stolen even a

bouchée. bite bite.

Tout l'été le travail progressa avec une All|the summer|the|work|it progressed|with|a All summer the work progressed with a

régularité d'horloge. regularity|of clock clock regularity. Les animaux étaient heureux The|animals|they were|happy The animals were happy

d'un bonheur qui passait leurs espérances. of a|happiness|that|it surpassed|their|hopes with a happiness that exceeded their hopes. Tout All Everything

aliment leur était plus délectable d'être le fruit de food|their|it was|more|delectable|to be|the|fruit|of it was more delightful for them to be the fruit of

leur effort. their|effort their effort. Car désormais c'était là leur propre For|now|it was|there|their|own For now it was their own

manger, produit par eux et pour eux, et non plus to eat|produced|by|them|and|for|them|and|not|anymore food, produced by them and for them, and no longer

l'aumône, accordée à contrecoeur, d'un maître the alms|granted|to|reluctantly|of a|master the alms, reluctantly granted, of a master

parcimonieux. frugal stingy. Une fois délivrés de l'engeance One|time|freed|from|the scourge Once freed from the scourge

humaine, des bons à rien, des parasites, chacun |of the|good|for|nothing|of the|parasites|each of humanity, the good-for-nothings, the parasites, each

d'eux reçut en partage une ration plus copieuse. of them|he received|in|sharing|a|ration|more|plentiful of them received a larger share.

Et, quoique encore peu expérimentés, ils eurent And|although|still|few|experienced|they|they had And, although still inexperienced, they had

aussi des loisirs accrus. also|some|leisure|increased also increased leisure. Oh, il leur fallut faire Oh|it|to them|it was necessary|to do Oh, they had to make

face à bien des difficultés. in the face|at|many|some|difficulties facing many difficulties. C'est ainsi que, plus It is|thus|that|more This is how, later

tard dans l'année et le temps venu de la moisson, later|in|the year|and|the|time|come|to|the|harvest in the year and when the time came for the harvest,

ils durent dépiquer le blé à la mode d'autrefois et, they|they had to|to thresh|the|wheat|in|the|manner|of old|and they had to thresh the wheat in the old-fashioned way and,

faute d'une batteuse à la ferme, chasser la glume for lack of|of a|thresher|at|the|farm|to chase|the|husk for lack of a thresher on the farm, chase the husk

en soufflant dessus. by|blowing|on it by blowing on it. Mais l'esprit de ressource des But|the spirit|of|resource|of the But the resourcefulness of the

cochons ainsi que la prodigieuse musculature de pigs|as|as|the|prodigious|musculature|of pigs as well as their prodigious musculature

Malabar les tiraient toujours d'embarras. Malabar|them|they were pulling|always|from embarrassment Malabar always got them out of trouble. Malabar Malabar Malabar

faisait l'admiration de tous. it was making|the admiration|of|all was the admiration of all. Déjà connu à Already|known|to Already known at

l'époque de Jones pour son coeur à l'ouvrage, the time|of|Jones|for|his|heart|at|work Jones's time for his heart at work,

pour lors il besognait comme trois. for|then|he|he was working|like|three for the time he worked like three. Même, Even Even,

certains jours, tout le travail de la ferme semblait some|days|all|the|work|of|the|farm|it seemed some days, all the farm work seemed

reposer sur sa puissante encolure. to rest|on|its|powerful|neck resting on its powerful neck. Du matin à la From|morning|to|the From morning until

tombée de la nuit, il poussait, il tirait, et était falling|of|the|night|he|he pushed|he|he pulled|and|he was nightfall, it pushed, it pulled, and was

toujours présent au plus dur du travail. always|present|in the|most|hard|of the|work always present at the hardest part of the work. Il avait It|he had He had

passé accord avec l'un des jeunes coqs pour made|agreement|with|one|of the|young|roosters|to made an agreement with one of the young roosters to

qu'on le réveille une demi-heure avant tous les that we|him|we wake|half|||before|all|the be woken up half an hour before all the

autres, et, devançant l'horaire et le plan de la others|and|ahead of|the schedule|and|the|plan|of| others, and, ahead of schedule and the plan of the

journée, de son propre chef il se portait volontaire day|of|his|own|head|he|himself|he was volunteering|volunteer day, on his own initiative he volunteered

aux tâches d'urgence. to the|tasks|of urgency for emergency tasks. À tout problème et à tout To|all|problem|and|to|all To every problem and every

revers, il opposait sa conviction : « Je vais setbacks|he|he opposed|his|conviction|I|I will setback, he opposed his conviction: "I will

travailler plus dur. to work|more|hard work harder. » Ce fut là sa devise. It|it was|there|his|motto This was his motto.

Toutefois, chacun oeuvrait suivant ses However|each|they worked|according to|their However, everyone worked according to their

capacités. abilities abilities. Ainsi, les poules et les canards Thus|the|hens|and|the|ducks Thus, the hens and the ducks

récupérèrent dix boisseaux de blé en recueillant they recovered|ten|bushels|of|wheat|by|gathering gathered ten bushels of wheat by collecting

les grains disséminés ça et là. the|grains|scattered|that|and|there the grains scattered here and there. Et personne qui And|no one|who And no one who

chapardât, ou qui se plaignît des rations : les he/she/it stole|or|who|themselves|he/she/it complained|of the|rations|the who stole, or who complained about the rations: the

prises de bec, bisbilles, humeurs ombrageuses, taking|of|beak|squabbles|moods|touchy quarrels, bickering, sulky moods,

jadis monnaie courante, n'étaient plus de mise. formerly|currency|common|they were not|anymore|of|in use once common, were no longer in vogue.

Personne ne tirait au flanc – enfin, presque Nobody|not|he/she/it was slacking|at the|flank|well|almost No one was slacking off – well, almost.

personne. person nobody. Lubie, avouons-le, n'était pas bien Lubie|let's admit||she wasn't|not|well Fad, let's admit it, was not an early riser,

matineuse, et se montrait encline à quitter le morning person|and|herself|she showed|inclined|to|to leave|the and tended to leave work early, on the pretext that a

travail de bonne heure, sous prétexte qu'un work|of|good|hour|under|pretext|that a

caillou lui agaçait le sabot. pebble|to him|it was annoying|the|hoof the pebble annoyed the hoof. La conduite de la The|behavior|of| The behavior of the

chatte était un peu singulière aussi. cat|it was|a|a bit|peculiar|also cat was a bit peculiar too. On ne tarda We|not|we delayed They did not delay

pas à s'apercevoir qu'elle était introuvable quand not|to|to realize|that she|she was|untraceable|when not to notice that she was missing when

l'ouvrage requérait sa présence. the work|it required|her|presence the work required her presence. Elle disparaissait She|she was disappearing She would disappear

des heures d'affilée pour reparaître aux repas, ou some|hours|in a row|to|to reappear|at the|meals|or for hours on end to reappear at mealtimes, or

le soir après le travail fait, comme si de rien the|evening|after|the|work|done|as|if|of|nothing the evening after work is done, as if nothing

n'était. it was not had happened. Mais elle se trouvait des excuses si But|she|herself|she found|some|excuses|so But she found such excellent excuses, and purred in such an affectionate way,

excellentes, et ronronnait de façon si affectueuse, excellent|and|she purred|in|way|so|affectionate

que ses bonnes intentions n'étaient pas mises en that|his|good|intentions|they were not|not|put|in that his good intentions were not called into

doute. doubt question. Quant à Benjamin, le vieil âne, depuis la As for|to|Benjamin|the|old|donkey|since|the As for Benjamin, the old donkey, since the

révolution il était demeuré le même. |||remained|| revolution he had remained the same. Il He He

s'acquittait de sa besogne de la même manière he was fulfilling|of|his|task|in|the|same|manner performed his task in the same way

lente et têtue, sans jamais renâcler, mais sans zèle slow|and|stubborn|without|ever|to grumble|but|without|zeal slow and stubborn, never complaining, but without any

inutile non plus. useless|not|anymore unnecessary zeal either. Sur le soulèvement même et ses On|the|uprising|itself|and|its On the uprising itself and its

conséquences, il se gardait de toute opinion. consequences|he|himself|he was keeping|from|any|opinion consequences, he refrained from any opinion.

Quand on lui demandait s'il ne trouvait pas son When|we|to him|we were asking|if he|not|he found|not|his When asked if he didn't find his

sort meilleur depuis l'éviction de Jones, il s'en ||||||he|of it situation better since Jones's removal, he avoided

tenait à dire : « Les ânes ont la vie dure. it was saying|to|to say|The|donkeys|they have|the|life|hard it meant to say: "Donkeys have a hard life. Aucun None None

de vous n'a jamais vu mourir un âne », et de cette of|you|not|ever|seen|to die|a|donkey|and|of|this of you has ever seen a donkey die," and from this

réponse sibylline on devait se satisfaire. answer|cryptic|we|we had to|ourselves|to satisfy cryptic response, one had to be satisfied.

Le dimanche, jour férié, on prenait le petit The|Sunday|day|holiday|we|we took|the|small On Sundays, a holiday, we had breakfast an hour later than usual.

déjeuner une heure plus tard que d'habitude. breakfast|one|hour|more|later|than|usual Then Puis Then it was a ceremony renewed without fail.

c'était une cérémonie renouvelée sans faute it was|a|ceremony|renewed|without|fault

chaque semaine. every|week every week. D'abord on hissait les couleurs. First|we|we were hoisting|the|colors First, we would raise the colors.

Boule de Neige s'était procuré à la sellerie un Snowball|of|Snow|it had|obtained|at|the|tack room|a Snowball had obtained from the tack room a

vieux tapis de table de couleur verte, qui avait old|rug|of|table|of|color|green|which|it had old green tablecloth that had

appartenu à Mrs. Jones, et sur lequel il avait peint belonging|to|Mrs|Jones|and|on|which|it|it had|painted belonged to Mrs. Jones, and on which he had painted

en blanc une corne et un sabot. in|white|a|horn|and|a|hoof a horn and a hoof in white. Ainsi donc, dans Thus|therefore|in Thus, in

le jardin de la ferme, tous les dimanches matin le the|garden|of|the|farm|all|the|Sundays|morning|the the farm's garden, every Sunday morning the

pavillon était hissé au mât. flag|it was|hoisted|on the|mast the flag was raised at the mast. Le vert du drapeau, The|green|of the|flag The green of the flag,

expliquait Boule de Neige, représente les verts he explained|Snowball|of|Snow|it represents|the|green explained Snowball, represents the green

pâturages d'Angleterre ; la corne et le sabot, la ||the|horn|and|the|hoof| pastures of England; the horn and the hoof, the

future République, laquelle serait proclamée au future|Republic|which|it would be|proclaimed|at the future Republic, which would be proclaimed at

renversement définitif de la race humaine. overthrow|definitive|of|the|race|human the definitive overthrow of the human race. Après After After

le salut au drapeau, les animaux gagnaient the|salute|to the|flag|the|animals|they were winning the salute to the flag, the animals gained

ensemble la grange. together|the|barn together the barn. Là se tenait une assemblée There|itself|it was holding|a|assembly There was a meeting

qui était l'assemblée générale, mais qu'on which|it was|the assembly|general|but|that we which was the general assembly, but it was

appelait l'Assemblée. we called|the Assembly called the Assembly. On y établissait le plan de We|there|we established|the|plan|of There, we established the work plan for the week and debated and adopted

travail de la semaine et on y débattait et adoptait work|of|the|week|and|we|there|we debated|and|we adopted various resolutions.

différentes résolutions. different|resolutions These, the pigs, Celles-ci, les cochons les ||the|pigs|them

proposaient toujours. they were proposing|always always proposed. Car si les autres animaux Because|if|the|other|animals Because if the other animals

savaient comment on vote, aucune proposition they knew|how|we|we vote|no|proposal knew how to vote, no new proposal

nouvelle ne leur venait à l'esprit. new|not|to them|it came|to|the mind would come to their minds. Ainsi, le plus Thus|the|more Thus, the clearest of the debates was the case of Snowball

clair des débats était l'affaire de Boule de Neige clear|of the|debates|it was|the matter|of|Snowball|of|Snow and Napoleon.

et Napoléon. and|Napoleon It should be noted, however, that they Il est toutefois à remarquer qu'ils It|it is|however|to|to note|that they

n'étaient jamais d'accord : quel que fut l'avis de they were not|ever|in agreement|whatever|that|it was|the opinion|of never agreed: whatever the opinion of

l'un, on savait que l'autre y ferait pièce. one|we|we knew|that|the other|to it|he would make|a counter one, it was known that the other would counter it. Même Even Even

une fois décidé – et personne ne pouvait s'élever one|time|decided|and|no one|not|we could|to rise once decided – and no one could rise up

contre la chose elle-même – d'aménager en against|the|thing|||to arrange|in against the thing itself - to convert the small enclosure adjacent to the orchard into a rest home,

maison de repos le petit enclos attenant au verger, house|of|rest|the|small|enclosure|adjoining|to the|orchard a heated debate ensued: what is, for

un débat orageux s'ensuivit : quel est, pour a|debate|stormy|it ensued|what|is|for each category of animals, the legitimate age of the

chaque catégorie d'animaux, l'âge légitime de la each|category|of animals|the age|legitimate|to|

retraite ? retirement retirement? L'assemblée prenait toujours fin aux The assembly|it was taking|always|end|to the The assembly always ended with

accents de Bêtes d'Angleterre, et l'après-midi tunes|of|Beasts|of England|and|| the sounds of Beasts of England, and the afternoon

était consacré aux loisirs. it was|devoted|to the|leisure was dedicated to leisure.

Les cochons avaient fait de la sellerie leur The|pigs|they had|made|of|the|saddlery|their The pigs had made the saddlery their

quartier général. quarter|general headquarters. Là, le soir, ils étudiaient les arts There|the|evening|they|they studied|the|arts There, in the evening, they studied the arts

et métiers : les techniques du maréchal-ferrant, ou |trades|the|techniques|of the|farrier|farrier|or and crafts: the techniques of the blacksmith, or

celles du menuisier, par exemple à l'aide de those|of the|carpenter|by|example|at|the help|of those of the carpenter, for example with the help of

livres ramenés de la ferme. books|brought back|from|the|farm books brought back from the farm. Boule de Neige se Snowball|of|Snow|himself Snowball was

préoccupait aussi de répartir les animaux en he was concerned|also|to|to distribute|the|animals|in also concerned with distributing the animals into

Commissions, et sur ce terrain il était infatigable. Commissions|and|on|this|ground|he|he was|tireless Commissions, and on this ground he was tireless.

Il constitua pour les poules la Commission des He|he constituted|for|the|hens|the|Commission|of He established for the hens the Commission of

pontes, pour les vaches la Ligue des queues de layers|for|the|cows|the|League|of|tails|of laying, for the cows the League of clean tails,

vaches propres, pour les réfractaires la cows|clean|for|the|refractory|the for the recalcitrant the

Commission de rééducation des camarades vivant Commission|of|re-education|of the|comrades|living Rehabilitation commission for comrades living

en liberté dans la nature (avec, pour but in|freedom|in|the|nature|with|to|goal in freedom in nature (with the aim

d'apprivoiser les rats et les lapins), et pour les to tame|the|rats|and|the|rabbits||| of taming rats and rabbits), and for the

moutons le Mouvement de la laine immaculée, et sheep|the|Movement|of|the|wool|immaculate|and sheep the Movement of Immaculate Wool, and

encore d'autres instruments de prophylaxie still|other|instruments|of|prophylaxis still other prophylactic instruments

sociale – outre les classes de lecture et d'écriture. social|besides|the|classes|of|reading|and|of writing social – in addition to reading and writing classes.

Dans l'ensemble, ces projets connurent In|the whole|these|projects|they experienced Overall, these projects experienced

l'échec. failure failure. C'est ainsi que la tentative d'apprivoiser It's|thus|that|the|attempt|to tame This is how the attempt to tame

les animaux sauvages avorta presque tout de the|animals|wild|it failed|almost|all|of wild animals almost immediately failed.

suite. immediately Because they did not change their behavior, and they Car ils ne changèrent pas de conduite, et ils Because|they|not|they changed|not|of|behavior|and|they

mirent à profit toute velléité généreuse à leur they put|to|profit|all|inclination|generous|to|their took advantage of any generous inclination towards them.

égard. regard The cat became part of the rehabilitation committee early on, and for a few La chatte fit de bonne heure partie de la The|cat|she became|of|good|time|part|of|the

Commission de rééducation, et pendant quelques Commission|of|re-education|and|during|some

jours y montra de la résolution. days|there|it showed|of|the|resolution days showed resolution. Même, une fois, Even|one|time Even, once,

on la vit assise, sur le toit, parlementant avec des we|her|we saw|sitting|on|the|roof|negotiating|with|some she was seen sitting on the roof, negotiating with some

moineaux hors d'atteinte : tous les animaux sont sparrows|out|of reach|all|the|animals|they are sparrows out of reach: all animals are

désormais camarades. henceforth|comrades from now on, comrades. Aussi tout moineau So|all|sparrow So any sparrow

pouvait se percher sur elle, même sur ses griffes. it could|themselves|to perch|on|it|even|on|its|claws could perch on it, even on its claws.

Mais les moineaux gardaient leurs distances. But|the|sparrows|they kept|their|distances But the sparrows kept their distance.

Les cours de lecture et d'écriture, toutefois, The|courses|of|reading|and|of writing|however The reading and writing classes, however,

eurent un vif succès. they had|a|strong|success were a great success. À l'automne, il n'y avait In|the autumn|there|not|there was In the fall, there were

plus d'illettrés, autant dire. more|of illiterates|as much|to say no more illiterates, so to speak.

Les cochons, eux, savaient déjà lire et écrire à The|pigs|them|they knew|already|to read|and|to write|to The pigs, on the other hand, already knew how to read and write perfectly.

la perfection. the|perfection Les chiens apprirent à lire à peu The|dogs|they learned|to|to read|to|a little The dogs learned to read fairly fluently, but they were not interested.

près couramment, mais ils ne s'intéressaient |||||they were interested

qu'aux Sept Commandements. than to the|Seven|Commandments than the Seven Commandments. Edmée, la chèvre, Edmée|the|goat Edmée, the goat,

s'en tirait mieux qu'eux. herself|she was getting by|better|than them was doing better than them. Le soir, il lui arrivait de The|evening|it|to her|it happened|to In the evening, it happened that she

faire aux autres la lecture de fragments de to make|to the|others|the|reading|of|fragments|of read fragments of

journaux découverts aux ordures. newspapers|discovered|in the|trash newspapers found in the trash. Benjamin, Benjamin Benjamin,

l'âne, pouvait lire aussi bien que n'importe quel the donkey|he could|to read|as|well|as|any|which the donkey, could read just as well as anyone else.

cochon, mais jamais il n'exerçait ses dons. pig|but|never|he|he was not exercising|his|gifts pig, but he never exercised his gifts. « Que What "What

je sache, disait-il, il n'y a rien qui vaille la peine I|I know||it||there|there is|nothing|that|is worth|the|effort I know, he said, there is nothing worth

d'être lu. to be|read reading. » Douce apprit toutes ses lettres, mais la Sweet|she learned|all|her|letters|but|the "Sweet learned all her letters, but the

science des mots lui échappait. science|of the|words|to her|it was escaping science of words eluded her. Malabar n'allait Malabar|he was not going Malabar did not go

pas au-delà de la lettre D. De son grand sabot, il |||From|||||his|big|hoof|he beyond the letter D. With his big hoof, he

traçait dans la poussière les lettres A B C D, puis he was tracing|in|the|dust|the|letters|||||then traced the letters A B C D in the dust, then

il les fixait des yeux, et, les oreilles rabattues et he|them|he was fixing|some|eyes|and|them|ears|folded|and he fixed his eyes on them, and, with his ears pinned back and

de temps à autre repoussant la mèche qui lui of|time|at|other|pushing back|the|lock|which|to him from time to time pushing back the lock of hair that

barrait le front, il faisait grand effort pour se it was blocking|the|forehead|he|he was making|great|effort|to|himself fell across his forehead, he made a great effort to

rappeler quelles lettres venaient après, mais sans to recall|which|letters|they were coming|after|but|without to recall which letters came after, but without

jamais y parvenir. ever|to it|to succeed ever succeeding. Bel et bien, à différentes indeed|and|well|at|different Indeed, on different

reprises, il retint E F G H, mais du moment qu'il reprises|he|he retained|E|F|G|H|but|of the|moment|that he occasions, he remembered E F G H, but as soon as he

savait ces lettres-là, il avait oublié les he knew|those|||he|he had|forgotten|the knew those letters, he had forgotten the

précédentes. previous previous ones. À la fin, il décida d'en rester aux At|the|end|he|he decided|to it|to stay|to the In the end, he decided to stick to the

quatre premières lettres, et il les écrivait une ou four|first|letters|and|he|them|he was writing|one|or first four letters, and he wrote them one or

deux fois dans la journée pour se rafraîchir la two|times|in|the|day|to|oneself|to refresh|the twice a day to refresh her

mémoire. memory memory. Lubie refusa d'apprendre l'alphabet, Lubie|she refused|to learn|the alphabet Lubie refused to learn the alphabet,

hormis les cinq lettres de son nom. except|the|five|letters|of|her|name except for the five letters of her name. Elle les traçait She|them|she was tracing She traced them

fort adroitement, avec des brindilles, puis les very|skillfully|with|some|twigs|then|them very skillfully, with twigs, then she

agrémentait d'une fleur ou deux et, avec she was embellishing|with a|flower|or|two|and|with decorated them with a flower or two and, with

admiration, en faisait le tour. admiration|it|she was making|the|round admiration, walked around them.

Aucun des autres animaux de la ferme ne put None|of the|other|animals|of|the|farm|not|they could None of the other farm animals could

aller au-delà de la lettre A. On s'aperçut aussi que to go|||of|the|letter|A|We|we noticed|also|that go beyond the letter A. It was also noticed that

les plus bornés, tels que moutons, poules et the|most|narrow-minded|such|as|sheep|hens|and the most limited, such as sheep, chickens, and

canards, étaient incapables d'apprendre par coeur ducks|they were|incapable|of learning|by|heart ducks, were unable to learn by heart

les Sept Commandements. the|Seven|Commandments the Seven Commandments. Après mûre réflexion, After|careful|reflection After careful consideration,

Boule de Neige signifia que les Sept Snowball|of|Snow|he meant|that|the|Seven Snowball meant that the Seven

Commandements pouvaient, après tout, se Commandments|they could|after|all|themselves Commandments could, after all, be

ramener à une maxime unique, à savoir to bring back|to|a|maxim|unique|to|to know reduce to a single maxim, namely

Quatrepattes, oui ! Four-legged|yes Four legs, yes! Deuxpattes, non ! Two-legged|no Two legs, no! En cela, In|that In this,

dit-il, réside le principe fondamental de ||it resides|the|principle|fundamental|of he said, lies the fundamental principle of

l'Animalisme. Animalism Animalism. Quiconque en aurait tout à fait Anyone|it|they would have|all|to|completely Anyone who fully understood

saisi la signification serait à l'abri des influences understood|the|meaning|they would be|in|safety|from|influences its meaning would be protected from influences

humaines. human humans. Tout d'abord les oiseaux se All|first|the|birds|themselves First of all, the birds

rebiffèrent, se disant qu'eux aussi sont des they rebelled|themselves|saying|that they|also|they are|some rebelled, saying that they too are

deuxpattes, mais Boule de Neige leur prouva leur two-legged|but|Snowball|of|Snow|to them|he proved|their two-legged, but Snowball proved them wrong.

erreur, disant : error|saying error, saying:

« Les ailes de l'oiseau, camarades, étant des The|wings|of|the bird|comrades|being|some "The wings of the bird, comrades, being

organes de propulsion, non de manipulation, organs|of|propulsion|not|of|manipulation organs of propulsion, not of manipulation,

doivent être regardées comme des pattes. they must|to be|looked at|as|some|legs must be regarded as legs." Ça va It|it goes It's going

de soi. of|oneself by itself. Et c'est la main qui fait la marque And|it's|the|hand|that|it makes|the|mark And it is the hand that makes the distinctive mark

distinctive de l'homme : la main qui manipule, la distinctive|of|man|the|hand|that|it manipulates|the of man: the hand that manipulates, the

main de malignité. hand|of|malice hand of malignity. » "

Les oiseaux restèrent cois devant les mots The|birds|they remained|silent|in front of|the|words The birds remained silent in front of the complicated words

compliqués de Boule de Neige, mais ils complicated|of|Snowball|of|Snow|| of Snowball, but they

approuvèrent sa conclusion, et tous les moindres they approved|his|conclusion|and|all|the|slightest approved his conclusion, and all the lesser

animaux de la ferme se mirent à apprendre par animals|of|the|farm|themselves|they began|to|to learn|by farm animals began to learn by

coeur la nouvelle maxime : Quatrepattes, oui ! heart|the|new|maxim|Fourlegs|yes heart the new maxim: Four legs, yes!

Deuxpattes, non !, que l'on inscrivit sur le mur du Twolegs|no|that|we|we inscribed|on|the|wall|of the Two legs, no!, which was written on the wall of the

fond de la grange, au-dessus des Sept bottom|of|the|barn|||of the|Seven back of the barn, above the Seven

Commandements et en plus gros caractères. Commandments|and|in|larger|big|letters Commandments and in larger letters. Une One Once they knew it without mistake, the sheep

fois qu'ils la surent sans se tromper, les moutons time|that they|it|they knew|without|themselves|to be mistaken|the|sheep

s'en éprirent, et c'est souvent que, couchés dans of it|they felt|and|it's|often|that|lying|in they fell in love, and it is often that, lying in

les champs, ils bêlaient en choeur : Quatrepattes, the|fields|they|they bleated|in|chorus| the fields, they bleated in chorus: Fourlegs,

oui ! yes yes! Deuxpattes, non ! Twolegs|no Twolegs, no! Et ainsi des heures durant, And|thus|some|hours|during And thus for hours on end,

sans se lasser jamais. without|himself|to tire|ever never tiring.

Napoléon ne portait aucun intérêt aux Napoleon|not|he had|any|interest|in the Napoleon had no interest in the

Commissions de Boule de Neige. Commissions|of|Snowball|of|Snow Snowball Commissions. Selon lui, According to|him According to him,

l'éducation des jeunes était plus importante que the education|of the|young people|it was|more|important|than the education of young people was more important than

tout ce qu'on pouvait faire pour les animaux déjà everything|that|that we|we could|to do|for|the|animals|already anything we could do for animals that were already

d'âge mûr. of age|mature of mature age. Or, sur ces entrefaites, les deux Now|on|these|occasions|the|two Now, in the meantime, the two

chiennes, Constance et Fleur, mirent bas, peu female dogs|Constance|and|Fleur|they gave birth|pups|few bitches, Constance and Fleur, gave birth, shortly

après la fenaison, donnant naissance à neuf chiots after|the|haymaking|giving|birth|to|nine|puppies after the haymaking, to nine vigorous puppies.

vigoureux. vigorous Dès après le sevrage, Napoléon enleva As soon as|after|the|weaning|Napoleon|he took away Immediately after weaning, Napoleon took the puppies away from their mothers, saying that he would personally take care of their education.

les chiots à leurs mères, disant qu'il pourvoirait the|puppies|to|their|mothers|saying|that he|he would provide He put them away.

personnellement à leur éducation. personally|to|their|education Il les remisa He|them|he put away

dans un grenier, où l'on n'accédait que par une in|a|attic|where|we|we could not access|only|by|a in an attic, which could only be accessed by a

échelle de la sellerie, et les y séquestra si bien ladder|of|the|saddlery|and|them|there|we sequestered|so|well ladder from the tack room, and he sequestered them so well

que bientôt tous les autres animaux oublièrent that|soon|all|the|other|animals|they forgot that soon all the other animals forgot

jusqu'à leur existence. until|their|existence even their existence.

Le mystère de la disparition du lait fut bientôt The|mystery|of|the|disappearance|of the|milk|it was|soon The mystery of the disappearance of the milk was soon

élucidé. solved solved. C'est que chaque jour le lait était It's|that|every|day|the|milk|it was It was that every day the milk was

mélangé à la pâtée des cochons. mixed|with|the|feed|of the|pigs mixed with the pig feed. C'était le temps It was|the|time It was the time

où les premières pommes commençaient à mûrir, where|the|first|apples|they were starting|to|to ripen when the first apples began to ripen,

et bientôt elles jonchaient l'herbe du verger. and|soon|they|they were strewing|the grass|of the|orchard and soon they littered the grass of the orchard. Les The The

animaux s'attendaient au partage équitable qui animals|they were expecting|to the|sharing|fair|which animals expected a fair share that

leur semblait aller de soi. to them|it seemed|to go|of|itself seemed obvious to them. Un jour, néanmoins, One|day|nevertheless One day, however,

ordre fut donné de ramasser les pommes pour les order|it was|given|to|to gather|the|apples|for|them an order was given to collect the apples for the

apporter à la sellerie, au bénéfice des porcs. to bring|to|the|saddlery|for the|benefit|of the|pigs bring to the saddlery, for the benefit of the pigs. On We One

entendit bien murmurer certains animaux, mais we heard|well|to murmur|some|animals|but could hear some animals murmuring well, but

ce fut en vain. it|it was|in|vain it was in vain. Tous les cochons étaient, sur ce All|the|pigs|they were|on|this All the pigs were, at this point, completely in agreement, including Napoleon

point, entièrement d'accord, y compris Napoléon point|entirely|in agreement|it|including|Napoleon and Snowball.

et Boule de Neige. and|Snowball|of|Snow And Squealer was tasked with the Et Brille-Babil fut chargé des And|||he was|tasked|with

explications nécessaires : explanations|necessary necessary explanations:

« Vous n'allez tout de même pas croire, You|you are going to|all|of|even|not|to believe "You don't really believe,

camarades, que nous, les cochons, agissons par comrades|that|we|the|pigs|we act|out of comrades, that we, the pigs, act out of

égoïsme, que nous nous attribuons des privilèges. selfishness|that|we|ourselves|we attribute|some|privileges selfishness, that we claim privileges.

En fait, beaucoup d'entre nous détestent le lait et In|fact|many|of us|we|they hate|the|milk|and In fact, many of us hate milk and

les pommes. the|apples apples. C'est mon propre cas. It's|my|own|case That's my own case. Si nous nous If|we|ourselves If we

les approprions, c'est dans le souci de notre santé. we|we appropriate|it's|in|the|concern|for|our|health We appropriate them, it's for the sake of our health.

Le lait et les pommes (ainsi, camarades, que la The|milk|and|the|apples|as|comrades|as|the Milk and apples (thus, comrades, as science

science le démontre) renferment des substances science|it|it demonstrates|they contain|some|substances demonstrates) contain substances

indispensables au régime alimentaire du cochon. essential|to the|diet|dietary|of the|pig essential to the dietary regime of the pig.

Nous sommes, nous autres, des travailleurs We|we are|us|others|some|workers We are, we workers

intellectuels. intellectuals intellectuals. La direction et l'organisation de The|direction|and|the organization|of The management and organization of

cette ferme reposent entièrement sur nous. this|farm|they rest|entirely|on|us this farm rests entirely on us. De Of Of

jour et de nuit nous veillons à votre bien. |And||||watch||| day and night we watch over your well-being. Et c'est And it is

pour votre bien que nous buvons ce lait et ||||||||and for your well-being that we drink this milk and

mangeons ces pommes. we eat|these|apples let's eat these apples. Savez-vous ce qu'il ||what|that it Do you know what would

adviendrait si nous, les cochons, devions faillir à it would happen|if|we|the|pigs|we had to|to fail|to happen if we, the pigs, were to fail in

notre devoir ? our|duty our duty? Jones reviendrait ! Jones|he would come back Jones would come back! Oui, Jones ! Yes|Jones Yes, Jones!

Assurément, camarades – s'exclama Brille-Babil, Certainly|comrades|he exclaimed|| Certainly, comrades – exclaimed Brille-Babil,

sur un ton presque suppliant, et il se balançait de on|a|tone|almost|pleading|and|he|himself|he was swaying|of in an almost pleading tone, and he was swaying from

côté et d'autre, fouettant l'air de sa queue –, side|and|the other|whipping|the air|of|its|tail side to side, whipping the air with its tail –,

assurément il n'y en a pas un seul parmi vous qui certainly|there|not there|any|has|not|a|single|among|you|who surely there is not a single one among you who

désire le retour de Jones ? desire|the|return|of|Jones wants Jones to return? » "

S'il était en effet quelque chose dont tous les If it|it was|in|fact|something|thing|of which|all|the If there was indeed something that all the

animaux ne voulaient à aucun prix, c'était bien le animals|not|they wanted|at|any|price|it was|indeed|the animals did not want at any cost, it was the

retour de Jones. return|of|Jones return of Jones. Quand on leur présentait les When|we|to them|we presented|the When they were presented with the

choses sous ce jour, ils n'avaient rien à redire. things|under|this|day|they|they had not|nothing|to|to say again things under this day, they had nothing to say.

L'importance de maintenir les cochons en bonne The importance|to|to maintain|the|pigs|in|good The importance of keeping the pigs in good

forme s'imposait donc à l'évidence. shape|it imposed itself|therefore|to|the evidence shape was therefore evident. Aussi fut-il So|| Thus it was

admis sans plus de discussion que le lait et les admitted|without|more|of|discussion|than|the|milk|and|the admitted without further discussion that the milk and the

pommes tombées dans l'herbe (ainsi que celles, apples|fallen|in|the grass|as|as|those apples fallen in the grass (as well as those,

la plus grande partie, à mûrir encore) seraient the|most|large|part|to|ripen|still|they would be the majority, still ripening) would be

prérogative des cochons. prerogative|of the|pigs the privilege of the pigs.