French–English parallel text
Trois hommes de Gotham
Three Men of Gotham
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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Il y a une ville en Angleterre appelée Gotham, et on raconte beaucoup d’histoires drôles sur les personnes étranges qui y vivaient autrefois.
There is a town in England called Gotham, and many funny stories are told about the strange people who used to live there.
Un jour, deux hommes de Gotham se sont rencontrés sur un pont. Hodge revenait du marché, et Peter allait au marché.
One day two men of Gotham met on a bridge. Hodge was coming from the market, and Peter was going to the market.
« Où vas-tu ? » a demandé Hodge.
“Where are you going?” said Hodge.
« Je vais au marché pour acheter des moutons », a répondu Peter.
“I’m going to the market to buy sheep,” said Peter.
« Acheter des moutons ? » a dit Hodge. « Et par quel chemin vas-tu les ramener à la maison ? »
“Buy sheep?” said Hodge. “And which way will you bring them home?”
« Je vais les faire passer par ce pont », a dit Peter.
“I’ll bring them over this bridge,” said Peter.
« Non, tu ne le feras pas », a dit Hodge.
“No, you won’t,” said Hodge.
« Si, je le ferai », a dit Peter.
“Yes, I will,” said Peter.
« Tu ne le feras pas », a dit Hodge.
“You won’t,” said Hodge.
« Je le ferai », a dit Peter.
“I will,” said Peter.
Ensuite, ils ont frappé le sol avec leurs bâtons comme s’il y avait cent moutons entre eux.
Then they beat their sticks on the ground as though there were a hundred sheep between them.
« Attention ! » a crié Peter. « Fais attention que mes moutons ne sautent pas du pont. »
“Careful!” cried Peter. “Watch out that my sheep don’t jump off the bridge.”
« Peu m’importe où ils sautent », a dit Hodge, « mais ils ne passeront pas dessus. »
“I don’t care where they jump,” said Hodge, “but they won’t go over it.”
« Mais si, ils passeront », a dit Peter.
“But they will,” said Peter.
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