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| "One day," you said to me, "I saw the sunset forty-four
times!"
And a little later you added: "You know-- one loves the sunset, when one is so sad..." "Were you so sad, then?" I asked, "on the day of the forty-four sunsets?" But the little prince made no reply. Chapter VI, Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince, Translated by Katherine Woods |
-Un jour, j'ai vu le soleil se coucher quarrante-trois
fois!
Et un peu plus tard tu ajoutais: -Tu sais... quand on est tellement triste on aime les couchers de soleil... -Le jour des quarante-trois fois tu étais donc tellement triste? Mais le petit prince ne répontit pas. Chapter VI, Antoine de Saint Exupery, Le Petit Prince, original franch text |
Some time ago Ai Sasaki from Japan, wrote me an email asking me how many sunsets are in my books. I was surprised by the question at the beggining but something made me look. And it is true, in English translation by Mrs Katherine Woods, franch word quarante-trois (43) is translated as forty-four several times. I tried to contact the Harcourt Brace & Company who helds all the copyrights to the book in US but they wasnt able to provide me with more information. Unfortunatelly Mrs Woods passed away in 1968 carring this mistery with her. If you have more infromation, or are able to provide me with original Exupery's handwriting please contact me.