Letters to Atticus Passage 1

alteram a te epistulam cum hodie accepissem, nolui te una mea contentum. tu vero age, quod scribis, de Faberio. in eo enim totum est positum id quod cogitamus; quae cogitatio si non incidisset, mihi crede, istuc ut cetera non laborarem. quam ob rem, ut facis (istuc enim addi nihil potest), urge, insta, perfice.

Having received a second letter from you today, I did not want you to be content with only one from me. By all means pursue the Faberian business as you write. Everything we are considering depends upon it. Had this plan not occurred to me, believe me, I would no more trouble you about that matter than about the rest. Therefore continue as you are, for nothing can be added to your efforts: press, persist, finish.

Ayant reçu aujourd’hui une seconde lettre de toi, je n’ai pas voulu que tu te contentes d’une seule de moi. Poursuis donc, comme tu l’écris, l’affaire de Faberius. Tout notre projet repose sur elle; si cette pensée ne m’était pas venue, crois-moi, je ne me donnerais pas plus de peine pour cette affaire que pour le reste. C’est pourquoi, comme tu le fais, car rien ne peut s’ajouter à tes efforts, presse, insiste, achève.