Talk:Mademoiselle Parisot

A fact from Mademoiselle Parisot appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 June 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the racehorse Parisot, winner of the 1796 Epsom Oaks, was named after French ballet dancer Mademoiselle Parisot (pictured), whose performance created a stir in London that year?

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Original French?

If someone would care to post the original French from which the following sentence is translated, it would be possible to see whether the translation needs to be tweaked.

"My daughter was raised between a linnet and a lark, but this is a nightingale which learned to sing."

Awien (talk) 13:04, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's now at the bottom of the page. There is a link to the rest of the passage. Froggerlaura ^ribbit 13:25, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't seem to have access. Awien (talk) 17:50, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The full-text original passage from the Péricaud source is "Le 20 Décembre, l'affiche porta en exergue, une note ainsi conçue « Ce soir, la demoiselle Parisot, âgée de quatorze ans, qui n'a jamais paru sur aucun théâtre, débutera par le rôle de Juliette, dans YInfante de Zamora ». Mlle Parisot remporta un succès complet. Mlle Eugénie Parisot était la fille d'un ciseleur. Elle avait une fort jolie voix. Son père disait d'elle : « Ma fille a été élevée entre une fauvette et un pinson, mais, c'est un rossignol qui lui a appris à chanter. »" Froggerlaura ^ribbit 18:51, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Froggerlaura. After all that, Chiswick Chap has already fixed the translation anyway. Awien (talk) 19:11, 9 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]