Video Translations

This page features video recordings of translators reading their translations of lines from Li Keur, Riel's Heart of the North. 

Jules Chartrand 

J32a: Fifteen for two... Quinze poor du

J32b: Twenty-three... Vingt trwa

J33: Thirty-one for two! Trente y’ un!

J34: How are things? Cooment son...

J35: Okay, here’s the deal... Okay, l’vla l’deal

J36: ah my little one! ah mon p’tchi!

J37: My beautiful, like I said... Ma bel, coom j’a dji

J38: Ach, my fingers... Ach, mi dwai

J39: So the story is about a guide... Ipi, l’istwaire si t’a propo

J40: He likes to write... Y’aime sa icrir

J41: He can’t see... Y wai pas

J42: But hey, this is a story... mi hey, si t’en

J43: One night, near Pembina... Ein swaire

J44: Now LaGrande has come... Ipi La Grande y’avai

J45a: ... ah look, my little one.... ah r’garde ma p’tchitte

J55: Now this story... Ben, s’t’istwaire

J45b: ...on her mother’s lap... assi d’su sa mere

J45c: ...it is many years before... ben di’s anni

J46: Let’s play them... On va ferre

J47a: [and then, Riel]... Ipi Riel

J47b: Well, he knows he’s been beaten... Ben, y connait

J48: This is the song of the North... Ca, si la

J50: The buffalo brigades... Li brigades di buffalo

J51: V’ni Riel, have a drink... Viens Riel, prends

J52: But my little one... Mais ma p'tchit

J53: Who’s going to spill... Aki y va parde

J54: Eighteen eighty-five... Djisse huit cent katre vin cinq

Debra Beach Ducharme and Donna Beach

A1: I know you cousin... Kikikamimin

A2: Nothing. I’m no good... Gaaw’n gegoo

A3: You don’t fool me... Kawin ki debwe

A4: Should I go... Ga isha na

A5: Should I leave? Ga ani maaja na?

A6: Must I stay... Oma ga aya

A10: Should you go? Ki ga isha na?

A11: I can’t tell you... Kawiin ga shki

A12: Just remember Josette... Ki mikwendum na Josette

A13: You ran from another fool... Ki' kii dabaazii

A14: The old fur trader... Gete wanii’igewinini

A15: Not that long ago... Noomaya

A16: And one thing... Bezhiig

A17: Is that young men... Oshki-ininiuk

A18: How can you say that... Ookonen

A19: Look at you... Shke kiin

A20: [You two are] so in love... Kii na wah

A21: You move... Maamawi

A22: But with Baptiste... Manoo wii chii

A23: Sometimes he stares... Goding

A24: But somehow he looks beyond... Kawintash

A25: At what? Onaagadawendan?

A26: His divided heart... Kawin ago

A27: Tell me Marie... Wii da moishin

A28: Should I leave? Ga ani maajana?

A29: Ah Josette, don’t you see? Ah Josette, kawiin na?

A30-31: Never hang your rifle... Gana wendan ki baashkizigan

A32: Especially someone so divided... Tapshkoo Baptiste,

A33: For me, LaRoche is a waystation... Niin onji LaRoche oo ma aya

A34: He is lovely... Oni zi shi

A46: Marie, can you save him? ... Marie, (ki taa bi maaji’ aa) naa awa ?

A35: But my keeping the Medicine knowledge... Iii dash maskiki giiken

A36: That is my true road... Mii ya misko miikana

A38: Don’t waste your time... Kekoo naa baa chii caw ken

A39: On Baptiste or any man... Baptiste ke ma paakaan

A40: Go find your own destiny.... Un da mik kun ki inen daagozinwin

A40: Go find your own destiny.... Un da mik kun ki inen daagozinwin

A41: You’re a fool Robideau... Ki ka kii ba diz Robideau

A42: She seeks refuge... Unda ga zoo noopiming

A43-44: I’ve seen her do this so many times... Ki waha pa ma ta soo min ik

A45: Over there… Ima

A46: Marie, can you save him? ... Marie, (ki taa bi maaji’ aa) naa awa ?

A47: O my sister, Josette... Ni shi meh Josette

A48: I’m here, hear you breathe... Oma daya, ki noon

A54b: We’ll switch clothes... kiga aanziko naye

A49-50: It’s Marie, you’re safe, you’ll live... Marie awe, ki ka kunaawen

A51: I have no threads strong enough... Kawin gash kit toosin

A52: Bring my dress, the one decorated with quills... Oma pii toon ni maa goode

A53: Calico dress of Josette’s for me.... Dugo Josette bagwaaniigin maa goode onjiniin

A53b: When I’ve dressed her wounds... Api ka na naaitoan

A54b: We’ll switch clothes... kiga aanziko naye

A55-56: Robideau, you deserve to lose Josette... Kiga wanniyaa Josette, kawin

A57: Yes, Marie, okay, okay, I know... Miinange, Marie, miinage

A58-59: Blue flax (wildflower)... Ozhaawashkwaa bag

A60: The fox crossing through wild grasses... Waagosh aazhawash

A61-62: The singing birds... Nagmo uk binesi wuk

A63: What land is this... Wegonen weh aki

A64: The Creator promises us everything... Kitchi manitou qii a shu taa

A65: Yet now we are sick and afraid... Umbe da koo zi min

A66-67: Is this hunger march... Ta bi ta na ga gawanaandamin

S3: After the dust, the hunt... Ish-kaw azash kii wmin

Dr. June Bruce 

F51-June: sinking to his neck in snow... Kali juska son ko dan la nij

F52-June: this, but I promise I’ll bring you back again... saw, me j’t’promet

F53-June: her loyal and strong horse... vray ipi for

F55-June: transforms into a yelping dog team... vyin kom in ikipdi

F56-June: Each happy, yapping dog... Shak shyin me ayn

F57-June: the bells at le Cathedrale Saint Boniface... li kosh di le Cathedrale Saint Boniface

F58-June: And each happy, yapping dog wears a color... Ipi shak sont konten

F59-June: And new summer grass... ipi li nowvo fwin d’iti.

F60-June: All winter long, no... Tot l’ivayr, no,

F61-June: Li Grande Chasseuse as stealths... La Grand Shasews ki sharsh

F62-June: for Li Gran Buffalo... powr Li Gran Buflo

F63-June: Make too much noise and Our Universe can hear us... met tro bri, ipi Not Univar

F64-June: So she makes the dog team... Y fay si ikip d’shyin

F65-June: Then she begs the embroidered glass bead... Ipi y beg li flewr brodi

F66-June: And then she says to the bells... Ipi, y dji o klosh di tapi

F67-June: Sing forever more... shanti powr toltan.

F68-June: All silent for a hundred winters... to trankil powr in sentayn

F69-June: One day, a day so cold... In jowr, ayn jowrni

F70-June: Home fires to do their duty... ho powr fayr lewr

F71-June: Flocks of geese rising... in trowpo di ziway

F72-June: She asks Vieux Joe... y dimand Vieux Joe

F73-June: Goes to take a closer look... y vaw rgardi plu prosh

F74-June: These are huge bursts of steam... saw si di gros burst of steam

F75-June: His nostrils in the shape of grey geese... si narin kon li zway gri!

F76-June: Li Grande Chasseuse runs back to her sled... La Grand Shasews kowr a son

F77-June: Towards the geese ... ZZZZZZZZINGGG... ver li zway... ZZZZZZZZINGGG!

F78-June: By a single bullet... par ayn kartowsh

F79-June: ​Fast as lightning in a summer prairie storm... vit kom in iklayr

F80-June: She is Li Grande Chasseuse after all... is La Grand Shasewr apray tot

F81-June: It is so clean Li Gran Buffalo... Si t’asi prop Li Gran Buflo

F82-June: Only one last flock of geese... Aynk in ink in daryni

F83-June: Ipi Li Grande Chasseuse runs to the buffalo... Ipi La Grand Shasews kowr vi o buflo

F84-June: Of Our Universe... di not univayr.

F85-June: Crooked bursts of fiddle notes... krosh burst di not di

F86-June: ​Clouds and earth across... nway ipi la tayr

F96-June: li perl en vit di Venice... li perl en vitdi Venice

F98-June: zhoon-- brilliant blue, green, yellow... jewn- blu briyan, vayr, jewn

F97-June: all the colours of the rainbow... tot li kowlewr di l’arkensyel.

F99-June: Beads drop into the lap of Li Grande Chasseuse... Li rasad sa tombi sur li j’no di

F100-June: birds of the forest and prairie, chokecherries... li swayzo di la foray ipi la prayri

F109-June: Nothing can kill spirits... Aryin y kapab chwi

F110-June: lii Michifs, Cree, Saulteaux, Francais... li Michif, Cree, Saulteaux, Francais

F111-June: And Fates, Heya! Ipi destini, Heya

F112-June: We have les sons de chevals... On a li son d’shfal,

F113-June: of our grandmothers, les Pépère... di not memayr, li pepayr

F114-June: And, heya, we have still our shotguns for the hunt...Ipi, Heya, on a enkor not fizi power

F115-June: entrailles du Nord... li trip, li kewr,

F116-June: In spite of all you... malgri ti no z’a deni

F117-June: Any more trouble... Si ti no den plus

Dr. Lorraine Coutu-Lavallee 

F21-L: In A Beginning... O Komawsmen

F22-L: A Story by Joséphine-Marie... In istwayr par Joséphine-Marie

F23-L:​ In A Beginning, Not Kritteur... O Komawsmen not kryatewr

F24-L: Li Gran Buffalo... Li Gran Buflo

F25-L: He snorted, thundered... kan ki snort

F26-L: Of all space and of all time..​ ipi li but

F27-L: Ipi, Li Gran Buffalo,

F28-L: roamed free, and was content... sa roday, ipi itay

F29-L: One century, through mists... In syek, a travayr

F30-L: s’tes l’tan qu’ein... s’tay l’ten kayn

F31-L: Si fort, so strong... Si for, son pwin

F32-L: the beautiful horse, the buffalo pony... son shafal, l’poni buflo

F33-L: Four Black Geese of Fate... kat zotard nwayr

F34-L: As she reads trampled prairie grasses... Kan ki li, l’fwin

F35-L:​ and dung-caked plains... li playn Kroti

F36-L: The Herd of all time... In flok di to l’ten

F37-L: of such a Great Hunter... la prezans d’in si Gran Shasewr

F38-L: coulee, so great is it... en travayr di la kowli

F40-L: O Heed the quaking Earth!.. O ikot la tayr trawmbli!

F41-L: One century, Li Grande Chasseuse... In syek, Li Grand Shasews

F42-L: Li Grande Chasseuse shouts... Li Grand Shasewz sa kriyl

F43-L: I come for a Creation... Ji vyin powr

F44-L: the Great Hunter and bellows for an entire year... y s’towrn, y r’gawrd

F45-L: ​so long that it shakes... ipi son kri y

F46-L: The snow falls and falls... La nij y tonb ipi tonb.

F47-L:​ Nowhere to hide... paw d’plas

F48-L: ​And he becomes just another snow drift... pi y divyin aynk

F49-L: All winter, a hundred winters-long... En ivayr, san zivayr

F50-L: Poor Vieux Joe... Pawvri Vyu Joe

F89-L: readies the meat to share... ipi y prepawr la vyand

F90-L: She scrapes, thins, brains... Y grat, mins, l’aplachi

F91-L: skin again, until, ipi, c'tai comme... trawnp, tor, sech, met mo,

F92-L: buffalo is soft as doe skin,... la po d’bish, do ipi blan,

F93-L: She cuts the multi-coloured hide into pieces,

F94-L: her strongest silk threads... arjen ipi son fil plu for,

F95-L: ​Ipi Li Grande Chasseuse pren lii rasad

F101-L: Saskatoon berries, l’arb Saynt... Li pwayr, l’arb saynt

F102-L: then, from her hands... ipi, di si min

F103-L: . For the peoples who will be known... Powr l’mond ki

F104-L: O Hear, Hear the language... O ikot, ikot li langaj

F105-L: Bungee, and prairie wild flowers... Bungee, li flewr savaj

F106-L: And the fiddle tunes that escaped... Ipi l’ayr di vyelon

F107-L: Heya, Listen, I tell you... Heya, ikot, j’ti dji

F108-L: We have not disappeared... On a paw djisparu

Verna Demontigny

V4.1: Hey Dumont! Gabriel, what are you doing here?.. Hey Dumont! Gabriel kahkwey

V4.2: If you win... Kishpin

V4.3: Lead our sisters... niikaniihihk not sour

V4.4: Seventeen... Ji set

V4.5: If I win, your destiny... Kishpin paashkiyaakayyanii

V4.6: We’ll give you five... Ka miyii-itinaan saen

V4.7: Onze chevaux we’ll give you three cows... Hoonz chevaux, ka miyii-itinan

V4.8: Tempt her with a beautiful horse... Waawayshimii avek enn

V4.9: God grant her rest... Bon Jeu miiyii ayiwaypiwin

V4.10: Three hundred... Trwaa saan

V4.11: Pots, pans, les paniers... Lii pot, lii pan, lii payeen

V4.12: Allons-y les bison... Aloon lii bufloo

V4.13: allon-y the buffalo grounds... Aloon li bufloo taryaen

V4.14: Loosen up Baptiste! Il i lous ayaw Baptiste!

V4.15: Strip to your waist... Kweychikoo pi nootinikay

V4.16: Look, my sisters... Itahpi, mii seur

V4.17: Stop them... Nakiinihk

V4.18: On this we can agree... Oma wiiya paray

V4.19: Quick! Where is Marie Serpente... Kaakwayaahoo, Taandae Marie

V4.20: Ou est Marie? Marie, Marie, come quickly... Marie, Marie, kashkoow pey-itootay

V4.21: La Montagne Tortue Song

V4.22: Leave me alone... Poonikaawen

V4.23: Sit down... Api, ka nihpoon

V4.24: Sweet peas and honey... Lii pwaa seukrii pi la miel

V4.25: My friends, to Batoche! Mii amii,aa Batoche!

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