Italian–English parallel text
L’ascensore
The Lift
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Opening the reader…
C’è un ascensore nell’albergo. È molto piccolo.
There is a lift in the hotel. It is very small.
C’è un cartello sopra: «Una persona.»
There is a sign on it: “One person.”
C’è un foglio sopra: «L’ascensore oggi non funziona.»
There is a paper on it: “The lift doesn’t work today.”
Nina legge quel foglio ogni mattina. È sempre lo stesso foglio.
Nina reads that paper every morning. It is always the same paper.
È giallo. È un oggi molto vecchio.
It is yellow. It is a very old today.
È di nuovo lunedì, le tre del pomeriggio.
It is Monday again, three o’clock in the afternoon.
Un uomo entra con tre grandi borse.
A man comes in with three big bags.
«Ho una prenotazione», dice. «Camera dodici.»
“I have a booking,” he says. “Room twelve.”
Nina smette di pulire il pavimento. Guarda su.
Nina stops cleaning the floor. She looks up.
«Ottanta euro a notte», dice la signora Berg. «L’ascensore oggi non funziona.»
“Eighty euros for a night,” Mrs Berg says. “The lift doesn’t work today.”
«Oggi?» dice l’uomo.
“Today?” the man says.
«Oggi. Usi le scale, per favore.»
“Today. Please use the stairs.”
«C’è il wifi?»
“Is there wifi?”
«Sì. La password del wifi è sul banco.»
“Yes. The wifi password is on the desk.”
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