ɔːlðˈoʊ kɹˈeɪʃən lˈɪvd tˈuː sˈɛntʃɚɹiz bᵻfˌoːɹ ˈɑːlɪviɚ ænd ɪn ɐnˈʌðɚ ɹˈiːdʒən ʌv fɹˈæns, hiː ɪz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd æz hˈævɪŋ "ðə pɪkjˈuːlɪɹ fˈɔːɹtʃʊn ʌv bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ ðə bˈɛst nˈoʊn ʌvðɪ ˈoʊld fɹˈɛntʃ pˈoʊɪts tə stˈuːdənts ʌv mˈɛdɪˌiːvəl lˈɪɾɚɹᵻtʃɚ, ænd ʌv ɹᵻmˈeɪnɪŋ pɹˈæktɪkli ʌnnˈoʊn tʊ ˌɛni wˈʌn ˈɛls.
Although Chrétien lived two centuries before Olivier and in another region of France, he is described as having "the peculiar fortune of becoming the best known of the old French poets to students of medieval literature, and of remaining practically unknown to any one else.