De Profundis: vocabulary (Liliade and Marina)

English words	Synonym	French translation	Word in context
An outcast	a person who has been rejected by society or a social group: a pariah, a black sheep	un marginal
PRISON :
A common prisoner		Un prisonnier ordinaire
Gaol	Jail, prison	La prison
Punishment		La punition, le châtiment
To be indicted for something	To be accused of sth	Etre accusé de qq chose	“[…] I was never indicted at all”
One thief à Two thieves		Un voleur
RELIGIOUS VOCABULARY :
Good and evil		Le bien et le mal
Supreme vice		Le vice suprême
Duty		Le devoir (moral)
Gods		Les dieux
Sin		Le péché
Judgement		Le jugement, le châtiment
THE ARTIST’S WORLD :
The artist		L’artiste
A beautiful work of art		Une belle oeuvre d’art
Beauty		La beauté
Sorrow	Affliction, grief	La peine, la tristesse
To suffer from something		Souffrir de qq chose
Folly à Follies	Absurdity, nonsense, indiscretion, madness	Une folie
To be conceited	Arrogant, self-important, narcissistic, smug, self-centered ...	Etre vaniteux	“[…] it helps one, or should help one […] not to be too conceited”
ROLE & INFLUENCE OF SOCIETY:
To be convicted of sth		Etre reconnu coupable	“There are many things of which I was convicted that I had done […]”
To help		Aider
wretched	Deplorable, lamentable, despicable …		“It is wretched that they have to do so[…]”
To creep	To move slowly with the body close to the ground, on hands and knees	Ramper	“[…] to creep into some hole and die.”
Wrong	Unfair, unjust	Injuste
To be ashamed of something		Avoir honte de quelque chose	“[…] one of the things I shall have to teach myself is not to be ashamed of it.”
Society		La société
To fail to do something		Echouer, ne pas parvenir à faire qq chose, négliger de faire qq chose.	‘’they failed to be ranked in the top ten.’’
Shallowness	Superficiality	Manque de profondeur
To abandon someone or something	To forsake	Abandonner	“[…] it abandons him […] when its highest duty toward him begins.”
Fortunate	Lucky	Chanceux	“You are more fortunate than I am”