فإنّ الكتّاب الفرنسيين أنفسهم الذين يعبدون لغتهم ويحافظون عليها أكثر من محافظتنا على لغتنا كثيراً ما يوردون في مؤلّفاتهم القيّمة التراكيب الأعجمية وألفاظ الألمان والإنجليز وعامّة الفرنسيين أنفسهم حال تكلّمهم لغتهم ،
as even the French writers themselves – who adore their language and are more eager to preserve it than we are to preserve ours – often insert into their valuable writings some foreign constructions, German or English words, as well as words used by the French masses themselves, exactly as they speak their language –
