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Scan 129
Le luthier de Crémone et Le trésor, 1920
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1EXERCISES FOR TRANSLATION INTO FRENCH
3Note. French words given in parentheses should be used in their proper place and form. Suggestions for idiomatic phrasing may be found in the text and also in the vocabulary.
5Exercise I
6(Based on Le Luthier, Lines 1–88)
81. Taddeo had two guild-members in his workshop both of whom loved his daughter Giannina. (aimer, atelier, compagnon, dont, fille, tous les deux)
92. One of them was a hunchback who had come to their door to beg bread one winter's day. (bossu, eux, hiver, jour, mendier, pain, porte, venir)
103. The governor of Cremona had just died and had bequeathed a gold chain to the one who should make the best violin. (celui qui, chaîne, faire, léguer, meilleur, mourir, or, podestat, venir, violon)
114. The city had won great fame for making stringed instruments and he wished to make it ever better deserved. (à, avoir, corde, faire (2), gagner, grand, instrument, mériter, renom, toujours, ville, vouloir)
125. It was settled that the competition should be decided that very day. (concours, convenir, décider, jour, même)
136. Taddeo had promised to give his daughter and business to the one who won the chain. (celui qui, chaîne, donner, fille, gagner, maison, promettre)
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