Letters to Atticus Passage 7

tu autem de nostro statu cogitabis primum quo artificio tueamur benevolentiam Caesaris, deinde de ipso triumpho; quem video, nisi rei publicae tempora impedient, εὐπόριστον . iudico autem cum ex litteris amicorum tum ex supplicatione. quam qui non decrevit, plus decrevit quam si omnis decresset triumphos. ei porro adsensus est unus familiaris meus, Favonius, alter iratus, Hirrus. Cato autem et scribendo adfuit et ad me de sententia sua iucundissimas litteras misit. sed tamen gratulans mihi Caesar de supplicatione triumphat de sententia Catonis nec scribit quid ille sententiae dixerit sed tantum supplicationem eum mihi non decrevisse.

You, however, will consider my position. First, by what device we may preserve Caesar's goodwill; next, the triumph itself, which I see will be easy to obtain unless the political circumstances obstruct it. I judge this both from my friends' letters and from the public thanksgiving. The man who did not vote for it voted me more than if he had voted me every triumph. One friend of mine, Favonius, supported him, as did another who was angry with me, Hirrus. Cato both attended the drafting and sent me the most agreeable letter about his opinion. Yet Caesar, while congratulating me on the thanksgiving, exults over Cato's opinion. He does not write what proposal Cato made, but only that Cato did not vote me a thanksgiving.

Toi, tu réfléchiras à notre situation. D’abord, par quel artifice conserver la bienveillance de César; ensuite, au triomphe lui-même, que je vois facile à obtenir si les circonstances politiques ne l’empêchent pas. J’en juge d’après les lettres de mes amis et d’après la supplication. Celui qui refusa de la voter m’accorda davantage que s’il m’avait voté tous les triomphes. Deux hommes seulement se rangèrent à son avis: l’un de mes familiers, Favonius, et un homme irrité contre moi, Hirrus. Caton, quant à lui, assista à la rédaction du décret et m’envoya une lettre extrêmement aimable sur son avis. Pourtant, César, tout en me félicitant pour la supplication, triomphe de l’opinion de Caton. Il ne rapporte pas les termes de son avis, mais seulement qu’il refusa de voter ma supplication.