Italian–English parallel text
Senza passaporto
No Passport
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A bilingual Italian–English edition: the Italian text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
Opening the reader…
Gate dodici
Gate twelve
Erano le cinque del mattino. Helga Berg è rimasta in piedi all’aeroporto di Oslo. Aveva una grande valigia blu e una piccola borsa rossa.
It was five o’clock in the morning. Helga Berg stood in the airport in Oslo. She had a big blue suitcase and a small red bag.
Helga aveva cinquantotto anni. Viveva a Bergen, nell’ovest della Norvegia. Oggi aveva un biglietto per Bangkok.
Helga was fifty-eight. She lived in Bergen, in the west of Norway. Today she had a ticket to Bangkok.
Era il suo primo viaggio da sola. Suo marito è morto due anni fa. Hanno sempre viaggiato insieme.
It was her first trip alone. Her husband died two years ago. They always travelled together.
Al banco del check-in, una giovane donna le ha sorriso. «Buongiorno. Dove va oggi?»
At the check-in desk, a young woman smiled at her. “Good morning. Where are you going today?”
«A Bangkok,» ha detto Helga. «In Thailandia.» La sua voce era molto bassa.
“Bangkok,” said Helga. “In Thailand.” Her voice was very small.
«Posso vedere il Suo passaporto, per favore?»
“Can I see your passport, please?”
Helga le ha dato il passaporto. La donna ha guardato la foto, poi ha guardato Helga. «Grazie. Per favore, metta qui la Sua valigia.»
Helga gave her the passport. The woman looked at the photo, then at Helga. “Thank you. Please put your suitcase here.”
Helga ha posato la valigia. «Va bene,» ha detto la donna. «Vorrebbe un posto vicino al finestrino?»
Helga put the suitcase down. “That’s fine,” said the woman. “Would you like a window seat?”
«Sì, per favore. Vorrei vedere tutto.»
“Yes, please. I’d like to see everything.”
«Ecco la Sua carta d’imbarco. Gate dodici. Il volo parte alle sette.»
“Here is your boarding pass. Gate twelve. The flight leaves at seven.”
Helga ha messo la carta d’imbarco e il passaporto nella sua borsa rossa. Ha chiuso la borsa con attenzione.
Helga put the boarding pass and the passport in her red bag. She closed the bag carefully.
Al gate dodici, si è seduta vicino alla grande finestra. Fuori era ancora buio. Fuori è caduta la neve.
At gate twelve, she sat down by the big window. It was still dark outside. Snow fell outside.
Alle sei e mezza, un uomo ha parlato agli altoparlanti. «Il volo 412 per Bangkok ha un ritardo. Il nuovo orario sono le nove.»
At half past six, a man spoke over the speakers. “Flight 412 to Bangkok has a delay. The new time is nine o’clock.”
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