Portuguese–English parallel text
Sem Passaporte
No Passport
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A bilingual Portuguese–English edition: the Portuguese text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
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Portão doze
Gate twelve
Eram cinco horas da manhã. Helga Berg estava no aeroporto em Oslo. Ela tinha uma mala azul grande e uma bolsa vermelha pequena.
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 tinha cinquenta e oito anos. Ela morava em Bergen, no oeste da Noruega. Hoje ela tinha uma passagem para Bangkok.
Helga was fifty-eight. She lived in Bergen, in the west of Norway. Today she had a ticket to Bangkok.
Era a primeira viagem dela sozinha. O marido dela morreu dois anos atrás. Eles sempre viajavam juntos.
It was her first trip alone. Her husband died two years ago. They always travelled together.
No balcão de check-in, uma mulher jovem sorriu para ela. “Bom dia. Para onde a senhora vai hoje?”
At the check-in desk, a young woman smiled at her. “Good morning. Where are you going today?”
“Bangkok,” disse Helga. “Na Tailândia.” A voz dela era muito baixa.
“Bangkok,” said Helga. “In Thailand.” Her voice was very small.
“Posso ver o seu passaporte, por favor?”
“Can I see your passport, please?”
Helga deu o passaporte para ela. A mulher olhou para a foto, depois para Helga. “Obrigada. Por favor, coloque a sua mala aqui.”
Helga gave her the passport. The woman looked at the photo, then at Helga. “Thank you. Please put your suitcase here.”
Helga colocou a mala no chão. “Está ótimo,” disse a mulher. “A senhora quer um assento na janela?”
Helga put the suitcase down. “That’s fine,” said the woman. “Would you like a window seat?”
“Sim, por favor. Eu quero ver tudo.”
“Yes, please. I’d like to see everything.”
“Aqui está o seu cartão de embarque. Portão doze. O voo sai às sete.”
“Here is your boarding pass. Gate twelve. The flight leaves at seven.”
Helga colocou o cartão de embarque e o passaporte na bolsa vermelha. Ela fechou a bolsa com cuidado.
Helga put the boarding pass and the passport in her red bag. She closed the bag carefully.
No portão doze, ela se sentou perto da janela grande. Ainda estava escuro lá fora. Nevava lá fora.
At gate twelve, she sat down by the big window. It was still dark outside. Snow fell outside.
Às seis e meia, um homem falou nos alto-falantes. “O voo 412 para Bangkok está com atraso. O novo horário é às nove horas.”
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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