French–English parallel text
Le dernier bus
The Last Bus
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A bilingual French–English edition: the French text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
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Trop tard
Too late
Diego habite à Buenos Aires. Il a trente-six ans. Il est serveur dans un grand restaurant très animé.
Diego lives in Buenos Aires. He is thirty-six. He is a waiter in a big, busy restaurant.
Il travaille tous les soirs, de dix-huit heures à une heure du matin. Il a mal aux pieds. Il a mal au dos.
He works every night, from six to one in the morning. His feet hurt. His back hurts.
C’est vendredi soir. Le restaurant est plein. Les gens mangent de la viande et boivent du vin rouge. Ils parlent et ils rient.
It is Friday night. The restaurant is full. People eat meat and drink red wine. They talk and laugh.
« Diego ! La table neuf veut payer ! » dit le patron. « Et la table quatre veut une autre bouteille de vin ! »
“Diego! Table nine wants to pay!” says the boss. “And table four wants another bottle of wine!”
« Oui, patron », dit Diego. Il court vers la table neuf. Il court vers la table quatre.
“Yes, boss,” says Diego. He runs to table nine. He runs to table four.
Dans le coin, il y a un homme avec une guitare. Il joue pour les gens aux tables. Personne ne l’écoute.
In the corner, there is a man with a guitar. He plays for the people at the tables. Nobody listens to him.
Diego écoute. « C’est bien », pense-t-il. Il écoute toujours la musique.
Diego listens. “Nice,” he thinks. He always listens to the music.
Diego a une guitare chez lui. Elle est dans le placard de sa chambre. Il n’ouvre jamais ce placard.
Diego has a guitar at home. It is in the cupboard in his bedroom. He never opens that cupboard.
Son vieux rêve est la musique. Mais un serveur n’a pas le temps pour la musique. Un serveur a des tables.
His old dream is music. But a waiter has no time for music. A waiter has tables.
« Diego ! Pourquoi restes-tu là ? La table deux veut du café ! »
“Diego! Why are you standing there? Table two wants coffee!”
« Pardon, patron. »
“Sorry, boss.”
Une femme à la table deux lui sourit. « Vous avez l’air fatigué », dit-elle.
A woman at table two smiles at him. “You look tired,” she says.
« Je suis toujours fatigué », dit Diego. « Deux cafés ? »
“I am always tired,” says Diego. “Two coffees?”
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