Translations for Oriental in French
Here are paragraphs from public domain books translated:
Gladys was full of every womanly quality. Some judged her to be cold and hard, but such a thought was treason. That delicately bronzed skin, almost Oriental in its colouring, that raven hair, the large liquid eyes, the full but exquisite lips—all the stigmata of passion were there. But I was sadly conscious that up to now I had never found the secret of drawing it forth. However, come what might, I should have done with suspense and bring matters to a head to-night. She could but refuse me, and better be a repulsed lover than an accepted brother. | Gladys possédait toutes les qualités de la femme. Quelle trahison que de la juger froide et dure ! Cette peau d’un bronze délicat, d’un coloris presque oriental, ces cheveux d’un noir de corbeau, ces grands yeux liquides, ces lèvres pleines, mais exquises, tout dénonçait chez elle la passion intérieure. Mais, cette passion, j’avais tristement conscience de n’avoir pas su encore l’amener au jour. Coûte que coûte, je devais, ce soir, brusquer les événements et sortir d’incertitude. Peut-être irais-je à un échec ; mais plutôt être repoussé comme soupirant qu’accepté comme frère. |
The Lost World, by Arthur Conan Doyle | Le Monde perdu, de Arthur Conan Doyle |