Secret de la Pyramide

indyclone25

Well-known member
if there is anybody that may have it also and has ittranslated from french ----i got this when my father in law went to disney paris many years ago and i would love to read the story
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there is the cover and the first page of the story --let me know if you can translate and hopefully i can scan more pages soon
 

Stoo

Well-known member
Thanks for scanning those, Indyclone!:hat: (y)
French is not my mother tongue but will take a shot at a literal translation.

Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Pyramid

Panel 1)
Indy: Again an effort, Selim, here we are. I have the premonition that we will find an unviolated tomb...
Selim: Of Osiris, you hear, Mister Jones...but we have been disappointed many times. Treasure seekers
have always arrived before us.

Panel 2)
*Illegible. Too blurry. *:(

Panel 3)
Indy: I am certain that this tomb is unviolated and that no hand has troubled it since
more than 3000 years. Since the priests rolled some rocks in front of its opening...

Panel 4)
Indy: Selim, we are living intense moments!
 

Junior Jones

New member
I've got that and the two other French comics. I ordered them years ago from alapage and I spent months translating the first one with a French/English dictionary (painstaking work).

I recently pulled them out again and I'm about halfway through translating the next one (Citi de la Foudre/City of Thunder) which is about the Thuggee cult.
 

Stoo

Well-known member
Slow down, dude!:D It would be better to only one or two pages at a time. This would
make it easier for people to read along (while looking at them pretty pictures).

I'm leaving for Prague tomorrow so I may not be able to get through all of these for a few days.
Maybe someone else wants to try? Someone who is actually French?

Anyway, thanks so much for posting the pages. This is GREAT!(y)
 

yodazone

Member
These pics are great. I'd love to see Dark Horse release this one too (with translations).

I bet they don't know about this book...

:eek:
 

Stoo

Well-known member
Page 1 Addition + Page 2

Page 1)
Page 1 - Panel 2)
Indy: A tomb that has not been searched not the kings, nor the pastors, nor the Medes of Cambyse,
nor the Romans, nor the Greeks, nor the Arabs?I am certain that we have found a tomb that will
deliver to us it?s mystery and riches intact. Look the clay tablet is intact!


Page 2)
Page 2 - Panel 1)
Indy: Maybe we are rejoicing too soon?Maybe we?re going to know the same disappointment as Belzoni.
As he penetrated the tomb of Menephta Seti?The pillagers ended up at the royal tomb by one of their
surveys carried out in another point of the mountain!

Page 2 - Panel 2)
Selim: Oh no! The channel is too thick and the hypogeum too distant from the others that
these moles of misfortune could, by scraping the rock, to prolong their path right to here!

Page 2 - Panel 3)
Selim: What do you see Mister Jones?
Indy: Nothing?a corridor. At the end, another door?Good God, We?re going to descend
even further ahead. Descend right to the centre of the earth? The heat increases so much
that we must not be far from the living room of the damned!

Page 2 - Panel 4)
Selim: What will we find beyond that door?
Indy: Again an effort, my friend, and we shall know it?

Page 2 - Panel 5)
Indy: Let?s be wary?One never knows which trap could prepare the (colchytes ???) monitoring
these funerary residences.
 

DIrishB

New member
This is awesome, thanks Indyclone for posting these. And just so poor Stoo isn't the only one to rely on for translations, try this site:

FreeTranslation.com

You just set it to "French to English", type in the French words, hit FREE TRANSLATION, and voila!
 

Stoo

Well-known member
Page 3 + Page 4

DIrishB said:
This is awesome, thanks Indyclone for posting these. And just so poor Stoo isn't the only one to rely on for translations, try this site:
Ha! Thanks. Considering I should brush up on my French anyway, I'll continue with the rest. Good exercise.
Just had a look at my previous attempts and they read terribly. Instead of doing a literal translation, the rest will be more fitting.

Page 3)
Page 3 - Panel 1)
Indy: A trap Selim?Let?s flee?If not, we?re going to be buried alive in a sea of sand?

Page 3 - Panel 3)
Indy: Saved!
Selim: Maybe not?

Page 3 - Panel 4)
Selim: These corridors were conceived in a way so that the slightest weight releases
a protection system?I heard a talk about it at the Cairo Museum by Professor Mortimer?

Page 3 - Panel 5)
Indy: Let?s flee Selim. If not the sand will suffocate us!



Page 4)
Page 4 - Panel 1)
Indy: Saved ?in extremis?! (at the point of death!) The secret of this tomb will be preserved forever?
Selim, tell me about your friend, Ibrahim who, according to you, will be in possession of a mysterious secret,
that he?ll be ready to sell to the highest bidder?

Page 4 - Panel 2)
Selim: For that, Mister Jones, We must return to Cairo?Ibrahim is an antique dealer?For a few hundred pounds, he?ll reveal his secret to you.

Page 4 - Panel 3)
Indy: I lost a few hundred pounds for that tomb?but I?m ready to spend the same amount to go search for another treasure?Anyway, pardon me.

Page 4 - Panel 4)
Selim: In a few hours, we?ll take the train to Luxor?Tomorrow, we will be in Cairo!
 

DIrishB

New member
I just ordered this, Indiana Jones et le Secret de la Pyramide (IJ & Secret of the Pyramid) and Indiana Jones et la Cité de la Foudre (IJ & City of Lightning) from Amazon France. I'll be using Stoo's translations when they arrive. I'll scan the pages from Cité de la Foudre/City of Lightning once indyclone25 finishes with Secret de la Pyramide/Secret of the Pyramid. No luck tracking down Indiana Jones et la Cité de la Foudre (IJ & the City of Lightning), probably because it was never reprinted like the first two.
 

Stoo

Well-known member
Page 5 + Page 6

DIrishB said:
probably because it was never reprinted like the first two.
Any idea when they were reprinted? I thought these were long defunct...

Page 5)
Page 5 - Panel 1)
Indy: Selim talked to me about a fabulous treasure?
Ibrahim: Mister Jones?I guess that you?re a scientist and not a simple traveler.
Vulgar curiosities could not seduce you. I will reveal to you a tomb which, until now,
has escaped the investigations of seekers, except one. Professor Mortimer?
It?s a treasure that I?ve preciously guarded for you?

Page 5 - Panel 2)
Indy: Yes, Selim told me about a treasure that would make you pay a lot for.
But this archaeologist, Mortimer, didn?t he disappear from Cairo a few weeks ago?
If I?m not mistaken.

Page 5 - Panel 3)
Ibrahim: Exactly, Mister Jones?My frankness prevents me from contradicting you.
I hope to draw a good price from my discovery?Each one seen, in this world, of his little industry?
I unearth the Pharaohs and I sell them to foreigners?The Pharaoh is rare, as things go?
The article is in demand and since they haven?t been made in such a long time?
Indy: Indeed, a few centuries ago, the Colchytes, the Paraschists and the Tarischeutes
closed shop and the Memnonia, quiet quarters of the dead, were deserted by the living.
So, you would be in possession of Professor Mortimer?s notes?

Page 5 - Panel 4)
Ibrahim: In a certain sense, yes?It all depends on Anubis!

Page 5 - Panel 5)
Indy: Talk, Ibrahim?I?m a taker! (Gotta love that line!)

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Page 6)
Page 6 - Panel 1)
Indy: I?m listening. Give me your price. Then we?ll talk. You?ll explain to me how you?ve
obtained these documents.

Page 6 - Panel 2)
Selim: Mister Jones! My God. They?ve killed him!

Page 6 - Panel 3)
Indy: Who killed him?

Page 6 - Panel 4)
Selim: I don?t know, effendi! Someone stabbed him through the armchair. We have to leave
this place as fast as possible because the Egyptian authorities are likely to give us trouble,
if they find us.

Page 6 - Panel 5)
Indy: Readily?but where are Mortimer?s notes?
Selim: Here?

Page 6 - Panel 6)
Indy: Where could Ibrahim have hidden them? In a safe?
 

Stoo

Well-known member
Page 7 + Page 8

Page 7)
Page 7 - Panel 1)
Selim: Mister Jones…Ibrahim spoke of the god, Anubis…The statue, there, beside you!

Page 7 - Panel 2)
Indy: You believe…but yes…

Page 7 - Panel 3)
Selim: Effendi…We’ve found the notes.
Indy: Thanks, Selim. Thanks to you!

Page 7 - Panel 4)
Selim: Gotta leave…The place is becoming dangerous to visit.
Indy: You’re right. In a few minutes, this place will be crawling with
the police. Like flies on a slice of honey-bread!

Page 7 - Panel 5)
Indy: Selim. I’m going to go back to my hotel, the Mena House. I’m going to dive into
reading Professor Mortimer’s notes. If I’m in need of you, I’ll give you a sign at the museum…
Thanks for everything!
Selim: I am at your command, Effendi Jones.

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Page 8)
Page 8 - Panel 1)
Mystery Man: Impassioning…and at the same time, incredible! This deserves to be verified.
I’m returning. I’m going to take a shower…

Page 8 - Panel 3)
Mystery Man: Excuse me, I was thinking, but, is it you, Marya! What are you doing in Egypt?
Marya: Guess, smart guy!

Page 8 - Panel 4)
Mystery Man: Let me guess…Of course, you are in Egypt to interview Howard Carter
and Lord Carnarvon…They are at the point of penetrating Tutankhamen’s burial chamber.
Marya: You’ve won. But that’s already done with. I’ve arrived from the Valley of Kings.
The interview is in my bag. I’m cabling it tomorrow to New York. The Globe may be proud
of its most precious collaborator!

Page 8 - Panel 5)
Mystery Man: That tells you to go visit the pyramid of Kheops tonight?
Marya: What? I’ve been waiting for an invitation to dinner. Well, you excite my curiosity.
With pleasure. See you then!
 

indyclone25

Well-known member
Stoo said:
Page 7)
Page 7 - Panel 1)
Selim: Mister Jones?Ibrahim spoke of the god, Anubis?The statue, there, beside you!

Page 7 - Panel 2)
Indy: You believe?but yes?

Page 7 - Panel 3)
Selim: Effendi?We?ve found the notes.
Indy: Thanks, Selim. Thanks to you!

Page 7 - Panel 4)
Selim: Gotta leave?The place is becoming dangerous to visit.
Indy: You?re right. In a few minutes, this place will be crawling with
the police. Like flies on a slice of honey-bread!

Page 7 - Panel 5)
Indy: Selim. I?m going to go back to my hotel, the Mena House. I?m going to dive into
reading Professor Mortimer?s notes. If I?m in need of you, I?ll give you a sign at the museum?
Thanks for everything!
Selim: I am at your command, Effendi Jones.

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Page 8)
Page 8 - Panel 1)
Mystery Man: Impassioning?and at the same time, incredible! This deserves to be verified.
I?m returning. I?m going to take a shower?

Page 8 - Panel 3)
Mystery Man: Excuse me, I was thinking, but, is it you, Marya! What are you doing in Egypt?
Marya: Guess, smart guy!

Page 8 - Panel 4)
Mystery Man: Let me guess?Of course, you are in Egypt to interview Howard Carter
and Lord Carnarvon?They are at the point of penetrating Tutankhamen?s burial chamber.
Marya: You?ve won. But that?s already done with. I?ve arrived from the Valley of Kings.
The interview is in my bag. I?m cabling it tomorrow to New York. The Globe may be proud
of its most precious collaborator!

Page 8 - Panel 5)
Mystery Man: That tells you to go visit the pyramid of Kheops tonight?
Marya: What? I?ve been waiting for an invitation to dinner. Well, you excite my curiosity.
With pleasure. See you then!



i'm thinking that the mystery man is indy
 
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