I knew his father, in Paris, in 1805; and the son, who was then very young, had already distinguished himself as a first-rate virtuoso.
私は彼の父と1805年のパリで知り合ったのだが、その時まだほんのちびっ子だった息子は、既に第一級のヴィルトゥオーゾとして有名だったものだ。