Romanian–English parallel text
Zece kilometri
Ten Kilometres
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A bilingual Romanian–English edition: the Romanian text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
Opening the reader…
O glumă pe listă
A joke on the list
Funmi a locuit în Lagos. Avea patruzeci și unu de ani și era contabilă. A lucrat pentru o companie mare din centrul orașului.
Funmi lived in Lagos. She was forty-one, and she was an accountant. She worked for a big company in the city centre.
A stat la birou de la opt dimineața până la șase seara. Îi plăceau numerele. Numerele erau liniștite.
She sat at her desk from eight in the morning until six in the evening. She liked numbers. Numbers were quiet.
Luni dimineață, a venit un e-mail de la șef. Funmi l-a citit la prima cafea.
On Monday morning, an email came from the boss. Funmi read it with her first coffee.
„Dragă echipă”, spunea mesajul. „Compania noastră o să alerge la cursa din Lagos. Are zece kilometri și este peste șase săptămâni. Aici sunt cei zece alergători ai noștri.”
“Dear team,” it said. “Our company is going to run in the Lagos race. It’s ten kilometres, and it’s in six weeks. Here are our ten runners.”
Funmi s-a uitat la lista de nume. Ultimul nume de pe listă era numele ei.
Funmi looked at the list of names. The last name on the list was her name.
L-a citit din nou. Apoi s-a ridicat și a mers la biroul următor.
She read it again. Then she stood up and walked to the next desk.
Tunde avea douăzeci și șase de ani. Era mai tânăr decât toți din birou. A alergat în fiecare dimineață și a vorbit despre asta în fiecare zi.
Tunde was twenty-six. He was younger than everybody in the office. He ran every morning, and he talked about it every day.
„Tunde. Tu ai scris numele meu pe lista asta?”
“Tunde. Did you write my name on this list?”
Tunde a râs. „A fost o glumă! Îmi pare rău. Apoi șeful a trimis lista la toată lumea.”
Tunde laughed. “It was a joke! I’m sorry. Then the boss sent the list to everyone.”
„O glumă”, a spus Funmi.
“A joke,” said Funmi.
„Hai, Funmi. Nu ai alergat niciodată în viața ta. Așa-i?”
“Come on, Funmi. You’ve never run in your life. Have you?”
„Nu”, a spus Funmi. „Nu am alergat niciodată. Nici măcar după autobuz.”
“No,” said Funmi. “I have never run. Not even for a bus.”
Alți oameni din birou au ridicat privirea de la birouri. Unii dintre ei au zâmbit.
Other people in the office looked up from their desks. Some of them smiled.
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