Edit Sergent Laterreur
Last edited 01:41, 19th August 2008
by Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts)
by Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts)
Sergent Laterreur
- Creators: Touïs, Frydman
- Publisher: L'Association
- Published on: 2006-10-10
- ISBN: 2844141714
About This Book
This book is L’Association’s collection of Sergent Laterreur strip from Pilote. It won the Heritage Award in the Prix d’Angoulême 2007.
Each strip is just two pages long, and the book contains 108 strips. My hope is to translate 2 strips per week, and have the whole book completed within the year. The only difficulty is that much of the text is fairly phonetic, so quite difficult to translate. Well, we’ll see how it goes…
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Translation
Page 1
1: The First
Panel 1
Aie – uh – Sec-tiooon…..
Panel 2
Halt!
Panel 3
Atten-tion!
Panel 4
Inspection!
Panel 5
Call that a uniform?
Panel 6
Call those shoes?
Page 2
Panel 1
Call that a tie?!
Panel 2
[Rebellious person ???]
Panel 3
I’ll make you obey!
Panel 4
You’ll give me 52 weeks!
Panel 5
[General appreciative noises…]
Page 5
3: Cleaning with Ultrasound!
Panel 1
Y’ave 3 minutes to sweep this courtyard
Panel 2
Get to it!
Panel 7
Another 30 seconds…
Page 6
Panel 2
Inspection!
Panel 3
Yer call that swept! You’ll give me 365
Panel 4
...days
Page 7
4: Flower Power
Panel 1
‘Ifth company!
Panel 2
Fall in!
Inspection!
Inspection!
Panel 3
Forward ‘arch!
Panel 4
One…two… One…two…
Panel 5
One…two…
Page 9
5: Order in Disorder
Panel 1
One…two… 5th company!
Panel 2
Halt!
Panel 3
Half turn to right!
Panel 4
Forward ‘arch!
Panel 5
One…two…
Aaar turn…
Aaar turn…
Panel 6
Right march!
Panel 7
One…two…
Panel 8
5th Company!
Panel 9
Stop!
Page 10
Panel 1
Eh… No! Devil! The command to make him stop!
Panel 2
Catastrophy! My poor memory…. Ah!
Panel 3
I order you to stop!
Panel 4
I order you
Panel 5
My sweet colonel! A cul de sac!
Panel 7
Stop!
Panel 8
Long live Fr…
Page 11
6: Large Families
Panel 1
5th Company – Attention!
Panel 2
Cooking duty!
Panel 3
Here it is, here it is! 150 kilos of smoked bacon, 125 kilos…
Panel 4
...of carrots, 200 kilos of turnips, 80 peppers,
Panel 5
100 small red cabbages, 250 kilos of red beetroot.
Panel 6
Prepare a julienne, and place in a large pot, with the…
Page 12
Panel 1
...diced bacon. The cabbage is cut in fine stripes. Cover with 2000 litres of cold water…
Panel 2
...add salt, and leave to cook on a low flame.
Panel 3
10 minutes before it is served, add the finely chopped beetroot.
Panel 5
Mmm… Curious after-taste, mmm not disagreeable…
Panel 8
This moron would dare spoil my lovely soup?!!
We will see…
We will see…
Panel 9
ATTENTION!!
Panel 10
Clac
Yes
Yes
Page 17
Given that two armees of 5,000 men fighting a battle without mercy, each fire 400,000 cartridges in one hour…
Panel 1
...that for 1000 fired, there are 990 lost, and that, for 10 lost one is recovered, what will be the level reached in a container of 20 metres squared…
Panel 2
filled by water flowing from a tap at a rate of 10 metres cubed per hour, knowing that the tap was opened at the same time as the firing started, and that it will be closed at the end of the battle? Calculate your answer to the 3rd decimal place. Yer have 10 minutes! Go!
Panel 7
Quick!
Page 18
Panel 1
Quiiiii….
Panel 3
Put me through to the bunker quick!
Panel 4
Hello… 2,182 3/4.
[I assume this is just a phone number, but I may be missing another joke]
Who’s speaking?
[I assume this is just a phone number, but I may be missing another joke]
Who’s speaking?
Panel 5
yes, Colonel. To the 3rd decimal place!
Panel 6
Praise God, we still have a chance!
Panel 7
God save us!
Page 19
10: The Détente
[means relaxation or thaw, but is in common usage]
[means relaxation or thaw, but is in common usage]
Panel 1
Urgent message for HQ
Panel 2
And jump to it!
Page 21
11: The voice of the blood
First few panels are just general shouting. Then the stretcher-bearers make ambulance noises.
First few panels are just general shouting. Then the stretcher-bearers make ambulance noises.
Page 22
Panel 2
Sergent
Panel 3
Which blood group are you?
O…
Perrr-fect
O…
Perrr-fect
Panel 4
Perrrr-fecccct
Panel 5
It’s worked!
Panel 7
Attten…
Page 23
12: Living Nature
Panel 1
The art of camouflage is to intimately blend with nature.
Panel 2
Nature: oh, marvellous facepainter!
Panel 3
Ah! Let’s add a handful of herbs!
Panel 4
And mind you don’t turn around!
Panel 5
And now – where am I?
Panel 7
Yoo hoo!
Page 24
Panel 1
Now you, you rascal! I’ll count up to 100.
Panel 2
7..8..er…9…
Panel 3
98…99…100!
Panel 4
Look out! I’m coming
Panel 5
Heavens! Where can he have hidden himself?!
Panel 6
That oaf has escaped in the powder!
Panel 7
ATTENTION!
Page 25
1:Master Fear
[Title is a pun on Sergeant Terror. Don’t know why it’s numbered ‘1’, rather than 13 – unless it’s because it’s (sort of) going back to schooldays]
[Title is a pun on Sergeant Terror. Don’t know why it’s numbered ‘1’, rather than 13 – unless it’s because it’s (sort of) going back to schooldays]
Panel 1
One… two…
Panel 2
Preparatory Section – Halt!
Panel 3
I didn’t tell you to sit down… You’ll give me 4 Thursdays!
Panel 4
Today, our lesson will be: The love of work is the first cousin of pleasure.
Panel 5
And mind your spelling! You know the punishment: one hour of detention per mistake!
Panel 7
Y’not here to watch flies flying
Panel 8
You watch out my fellow
Through here, Inspectors…
Through here, Inspectors…
Page 26
Panel 2
Ah! My good sirs. This young rebel is the cause of everything…
Panel 3
– The delightful child! – What mischief! – Let us be modern!
Panel 4
From now on there will be no more punishments, no more assignments. The pupil will be free to do what he wants!
Panel 5
A new era dawns in teaching! Hush! What is he going to do?
Panel 6
He’s going into the fresh air!
Viva walking!!
Viva walking!!
Panel 7
What is he making us, the little rascal?
Panel 8
We put the emphasis on manual work.
Page 27
13: 1,2,3, who has the ball?
[Seems to be a minor pun on balle meaning ball and bullet]
[Seems to be a minor pun on balle meaning ball and bullet]
Page 29
14: The Para Chute
Panel 4
Heavens! My parachute is jammed!
Panel 5
Quick! The Emergency parachute!
Panel 6
PULL HERE
AND THERE
OPEN IN CASE OF BREAKDOWN
AND THERE
OPEN IN CASE OF BREAKDOWN
Page 31
14: And you are going to return the dirt
Panel 2
– TENNNSHUUU –
Panel 3
Bedroom Inspection, my fellow.
Panel 4
10 days to block any speck of dirt
Panel 5
OH
Panel 7
YA CALL THAT A PROPER
Page 33
16: The “Clac” that makes the puddle overflow
Panel 1
Wuh… tuh… wuh…
Panel 2
tuh… wuh…
Panel 3
[unintelligible – but basic shouted instructions]
Panel 4
– ECTION –
Panel 5
HALT
Page 34
Panel 1
Sir is making a joke?
Panel 2
[unintelligible – general screaming]
Panel 5
So then my fellow
Page 37
18: Absence… of memory
Panel 1
FALLL INNNN
Panel 2
Silence
Panel 5
FALLLLL
Panel 6
[Don’t understand this – particularly “fille-ole”]
Page 38
Panel 1
FALLL
Panel 2
LLLL IIN
Panel 4
INNNNN
Panel 5
If I get my paws on that moron…
Panel 6
He will spend the month in the stockade –
Page 41
20: A sergeant still hungry
Panel 3
So my fellow
Panel 4
We are going out…
Panel 5
What do we say to a little inspection mmm….
Panel 6
Let’s see the nails!
Page 42
Panel 1
Mmmmokayy
Panel 2
Mmmmokayy
Panel 3
Mmmmokayy
Panel 4
Your papers
Panel 5
I’m watching you, my fellow
Panel 6
You’re okay this time! Scram!
Page 43
21: In the Bullseye
Panel 1
Take aiiiimmmmm!
Panel 2
FIRE!
Panel 4
You don’t hold that kind of gun like that.
Panel 5
Retake your place!
Panel 6
Ready!... Take aiiimmmm
Page 44
Panel 1
FIRE
Panel 2
[Don’t know what’s going on here…]
Panel 3
Give me that! Idiot!
Panel 4
Now, watch well, my fellow…
Panel 5
I’m going to send me this shot slap-bang in…
Panel 7
...the bullseye!
Page 45
22: The Last Stone
Panel 1
Wuunn… toooo….
Panel 2
Some nerve! My fellow
Panel 3
Let’s go! [Bon Cent!]
Panel 4
Wuunn… toooo….
Panel 5
Quick! Quick!
Page 46
Panel 1
Quick! They’re here!
Panel 2
Sergent Laterreur: Atten-shun!
Officer 1: At ease!
Officer 2: At ease!
Officer 3: That’s it, let’s all relax.
Officer 1: At ease!
Officer 2: At ease!
Officer 3: That’s it, let’s all relax.
Panel 3
Gentlemen, I’m going to solemnly place the last stone.
Panel 4
Ouf! How long have you given him?
Euh… 4 days, colonel.
Euh… 4 days, colonel.
Panel 5
Perrrfect, perfect! You can add on 10!
Oh! yes… Oh! yes….
Oh! yes… Oh! yes….
Page 47
23: Christmas in the barracks
Panel 1
‘Ere’s the post!
Panel 2
Colonel Ploton… General Larevue… Major Reth… Admiral Boll…
Panel 3
... Sergeant… er… La… Tedium.
Panel 4
Ha! Ha! Punctual like every year!
Panel 5
No news from the family, soldier? Hee, hee! Out of sight, out of mind! Hee, hee…
Page 49
24: Birth of a nation
Panel 1
Wuunn… toooo….
Panel 2
Wuuunn…
Panel 4
I order you…
Page 50
Panel 4
“To our missed sergeant. The 5th Company.”
Panel 5
Wuunn…
Panel 6
Wuunn… toooo….
Page 51
25: A place to land
Panel 3
Fall in!
Panel 4
Tennn-shun!
Panel 5
We’re going to spend time on your figure, my fellow
Panel 6
Hee hee hee! Advance! Hee!
Panel 7
Wuunn… toooo….
Panel 8
Keep the arms straight! Wuuunn…
Page 52
Panel 1
Wuunn… toooo….
Panel 2
[Les zomos plates bien plates!]
[The rest doesn’t need translation]
[The rest doesn’t need translation]
Page 53
26: A sergeant in winter
Panel 1
Wuun… ooo…
‘Ection….
HALT!
‘Ection….
HALT!
Panel 2
Finally, a track! This time, we’re on the right road.
Panel 3
Heavens! These are our tracks… we’ve gone round in a circle…
Damn!
Damn!
Panel 4
Sweet colonel! This time, we are lost!...
Panel 5
Condemned to wander to the point of exhaustian, sniff, the snow will soon cover our rigid bodies with its white coat, sniff… of ermine, sniff
Panel 6
Come on, no defeatism in front of the troops. Perhaps all isn’t lost…
Panel 7
A little exercise, my fellow! Y’ave 5 minutes to get back to the barracks!
Page 56
Panel 5
At ease. Hum… You can go, my fellow, hee, hee…
Panel 6
I am finally ready
Page 57
28: Top Secret
Panel 1
The documents that you see are ultra secret.
Panel 2
I close the safe with the aid of this key
Panel 3
That I shut in this safe here
Panel 4
This key – into this drawer
Panel 5
The key of which I place in this casket…
Panel 6
That I place in this cunning safe painting
Page 58
Panel 1
I close this door with a key
Panel 2
I open this one
Panel 3
I entrust you with the key
Panel 4
and I close the door again!
Panel 5
And there it is! Keep good guard, my fellow, and keep mum!
Page 59
29: The call
Panel 1
Fifth Companyyyyyyyy-
Panel 2
-yyyyy Fall in!
Panel 6
A-tennn-shunnn!
Page 60
Panel 3
Tuuurnleft! Wun… oooo….
[Might mean something else, but you get the idea]
[Might mean something else, but you get the idea]
Panel 5
Halt!
Panel 7
Fallllin
Page 61
30: Ka-flump
[This would literally be ka-fail, but this gives a bit more of the sense of it]
[This would literally be ka-fail, but this gives a bit more of the sense of it]
Panel 1
Karate is a purely defensive fighting technique then, not for attack.
Panel 3
And now, hit me! Let’s go! Some guts, my fellow! Lay into me! No quarter given!
Panel 4
Reduce me to mush! Heh-heh!
Panel 5
That’s an order!
Page 62
This is basically all sound effects – the punchline doesn’t rely on the dialogue!
Page 65
31: Putting in the crease
Panel 1
Today, a lesson in ironing, my fellow
[Feel like I’m missing a pun here]
[Feel like I’m missing a pun here]
Panel 2
Demonstration
Panel 3
Dexterity and cau-tion!
Panel 4
2. Fold at the elbows, Draw the arms onto the chest…
Panel 5
Moisten, pass over the iron… repeat
Panel 6
2, Fold under the arms. 3. Fold there… and…
Page 66
Panel 1
...just aenough starch!
Panel 2
And there you are
Panel 3
Hop
Panel 4
The shirt now
Panel 5
NB don’t abuse the starch. Just enough!
Panel 6
And craaack!
Page 67
32: Mudbath
Panel 1
Wun… ooo… wun…
Panel 2
Halt!
Panel 3
In 3 minutes, uniform inspection my fellow! Go!
Page 69
34: A Point of History
[A weird one this!]
[A weird one this!]
Panel 1
Military Museum
Sergent: One… t-
Sergent: One… t-
Panel 2
And now, follow the guide! Ha haaaa
Panel 3
Ah! Here is Grouchy waiting for Blücher
Panel 4
Here, Blücher is surprised to be mistaken for Grouchy
Panel 5
There, that’s the empereror thinking he recognises grouchy
Page 70
Panel 1
Here, Grouchy shakes the hand of Blücher, believing that it’s Cambronne
Panel 2
And there, Cambronne calls Grouchy Blücher
Panel 3
Ah! Here, The empereror says Cambronne to Blücher
Panel 4
And that… er… it’s Brochy… er… Clucher
Panel 5
We’re closing!
