Vous avez dicouvert avec de longs errements
Ce que Newton itudia sans sortir de chez lui
Michel

Tony Furnivall wrote in message
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>At 10:30 AM 6/29/98 -0400, Ted wrote:
>>Greetings,
>>  With some help from babelfish, I've hazarded a guess at the English for
>>the quote below.  Could someone who actually knows the language give me
some
>>guidance?
>>Vous avez trouve par de long ennuis
>>Ce que Newton trouva sans sortir de chez lui.
>>(You have found through long trials what Newton found without leaving
home).
>>                         -- Voltaire (1694-1778)
>>[Written to La Condamine after his measurement of the equator.]
>
>The only thing I'd do  is to honor the versification of the original, and
>make the (somewhat looser!) translation read as follows:
>
>You have discovered, with a lengthy roam,
>What Newton learned, and never left his home!
>
>Tony "Doggerel'r'me" Furnivall