English–French parallel text
The Lift
L’ascenseur
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An original English story from The Blue Door · La porte bleue · Story 48, with the French beside it, paragraph by paragraph. Read it online, or download it as a dual-language ebook.
Opening the reader…
There is a lift in the hotel. It is very small.
Il y a un ascenseur dans l’hôtel. Il est très petit.
There is a sign on it: “One person.”
Il y a un panneau dessus : « Une personne. »
There is a paper on it: “The lift doesn’t work today.”
Il y a un papier dessus : « L’ascenseur ne fonctionne pas aujourd’hui. »
Nina reads that paper every morning. It is always the same paper.
Nina lit ce papier chaque matin. C’est toujours le même papier.
It is yellow. It is a very old today.
Il est jaune. C’est un très vieil aujourd’hui.
It is Monday again, three o’clock in the afternoon.
C’est encore lundi, trois heures de l’après-midi.
A man comes in with three big bags.
Un homme entre avec trois grands sacs.
“I have a booking,” he says. “Room twelve.”
« J’ai une réservation », dit-il. « Chambre douze. »
Nina stops cleaning the floor. She looks up.
Nina arrête de nettoyer le sol. Elle lève les yeux.
“Eighty euros for a night,” Mrs Berg says. “The lift doesn’t work today.”
« Quatre-vingts euros pour une nuit », dit Mme Berg. « L’ascenseur ne fonctionne pas aujourd’hui. »
“Today?” the man says.
« Aujourd’hui ? » dit l’homme.
“Today. Please use the stairs.”
« Aujourd’hui. Utilisez les escaliers, s’il vous plaît. »
“Is there wifi?”
« Est-ce qu’il y a du wifi ? »
“Yes. The wifi password is on the desk.”
« Oui. Le mot de passe du wifi est sur le comptoir. »
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