French–English parallel text
La question que je n’ai jamais posée
The Question I Never Asked
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Je m’appelle Nora Berg. Depuis huit mois, je vis seule dans la station Arès. La station est sur Mars, dans une vallée rouge et vide.
My name is Nora Berg. For eight months I have lived alone on Ares Station. The station stands on Mars, in a red, empty valley.
Je suis géologue. Tous les jours, je ramasse des pierres et je les examine. Un petit robot m’aide. Il s’appelle Kiko. Il peut porter, mesurer et photographier. Mais il ne peut pas parler.
I am a geologist. Every day I collect stones and examine them. A small robot helps me. His name is Kiko. He can carry, measure and take photos. He can’t talk.
La station n’est pas grande. Elle a une cuisine, un laboratoire, une petite chambre et une fenêtre. Par la fenêtre, je vois des montagnes rouges et un ciel rose. Le soir, le soleil est bleu. Je trouve ça toujours bizarre.
The station isn’t big. It has a kitchen, a lab, a small bedroom and one window. Through the window I see red mountains and a pink sky. In the evening the sun is blue. I still find that strange.
Je parle avec la Terre par radio. Mais ce n’est pas une conversation normale. Un message de Mars vers la Terre met environ vingt minutes. La réponse met encore vingt minutes.
I talk to Earth by radio. But it isn’t a normal conversation. A message from Mars to Earth takes about twenty minutes. The answer takes another twenty minutes.
Alors, j’écris mes questions le matin. Les réponses arrivent à midi. Ma vie ici est comme ça : je demande, j’attends, je lis.
So I write my questions in the morning. At noon the answers come. That is my life here: I ask, I wait, I read.
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