Spanish–English parallel text
El mismo sábado
The Same Saturday
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A bilingual Spanish–English edition: the Spanish text with the English beside it, paragraph by paragraph.
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Lunes
Monday
Yasmin tenía veintisiete años. Era ingeniera en la empresa de agua de El Cairo.
Yasmin was twenty-seven. She was an engineer at the water company in Cairo.
Su oficina estaba en la quinta planta de un edificio grande y gris cerca del Nilo.
Her office was on the fifth floor of a big grey building near the Nile.
El lunes llegó a las siete y media, antes que todos. Preparó un café y encendió su ordenador.
On Monday, she arrived at half past seven, before everyone. She made a coffee and turned on her computer.
Había un mensaje de su hermana: «¡Buenos días! ¡Cinco días para la fiesta! ¿Estás lista?».
There was a message from her sister. “Good morning! Five days to the party! Are you ready?”
Yasmin sonrió. Su hermana Nour tenía veinticuatro años. El sábado había una gran fiesta en el piso de sus padres. Era la fiesta de compromiso de Nour. La familia de su novio iba a venir a conocer a su familia.
Yasmin smiled. Her sister Nour was twenty-four. On Saturday, there was a big party at their parents’ flat. It was Nour’s engagement party. Her boyfriend’s family planned to come and meet her family.
Antes, hace dos meses, Yasmin hizo una promesa: «Voy a organizar todo», dijo. «La comida, las flores, las sillas, la tarta. No tienes que hacer nada».
Two months ago, Yasmin made a promise. “I’ll plan everything,” she said. “The food, the flowers, the chairs, the cake. You don’t have to do anything.”
Ahora tenía una lista con treinta cosas.
Now she had a list with thirty things on it.
Contestó: «Claro que estoy lista. No te preocupes. Va a ser un día perfecto».
She wrote back. “Of course I’m ready. Don’t worry. It’s going to be a perfect day.”
Luego miró el horario en la pared. Era una semana con mucho trabajo para su equipo.
Then she looked at the schedule on the wall. It was a busy week for her team.
Lunes, a las nueve: reunión de equipo. Martes: visita a la estación de agua de Guiza. Miércoles: turno de noche, de ocho de la tarde a ocho de la mañana. Jueves, a las diez: la gran presentación para el ministerio.
Monday, nine o’clock: team meeting. Tuesday: a visit to the water station in Giza. Wednesday: the night shift, from eight in the evening to eight in the morning. Thursday, ten o’clock: the big presentation for the ministry.
La presentación era lo más importante. Yasmin trabajó en ella durante un año. Era un plan para poner tuberías nuevas de agua en la ciudad vieja.
The presentation was the most important thing. Yasmin worked on it for a year. It was a plan for new water pipes in the old city.
«Algunas calles de allí solo tienen agua dos horas al día», decía a menudo. «Podemos cambiar eso».
“Some streets there only get water for two hours a day,” she often said. “We can change that.”
A las nueve, el equipo se reunió en la sala de reuniones. Su jefe se sentó al final de la mesa. Era un hombre alto con una voz fuerte.
At nine, the team met in the meeting room. Her boss sat at the end of the table. He was a tall man with a loud voice.
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