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English to French: Chapter of a novel (Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch" General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English Mum pressed her hands down the sides of her uniform then folded open the flaps and lifted out each saucepan, weighing it in her hands, squinting over at Samuel, puzzled. With each lid she pulled off, her tears gathered and fell.
‘What is it, what is it?” I was saying as I pulled a chair up against the bench and could see then in one pan was a big leg of meat, under another lid potatoes and carrots, a shiny chopping knife, then a bunch of eggs, then bread. And in the Dutch oven, a wonky looking steamed pudding. Mum was crying too much to laugh at the cake.
Translation - French Maman s'est essuyé les mains sur son uniforme puis a ouvert les rabats et a soulevé chaque casserole, en les soupesant avec les mains, et en jetant un drôle de regard à Samuel, perplexe. À chaque couvercle qu’elle soulevait, ses larmes s’accumulaient et coulaient.
« Qu'est-ce qu'il y a, qu'est-ce qu'il y a ? » répétais-je, en tirant une chaise jusqu’au banc ; et alors j’ai vu dans une casserole un gros gigot de viande, sous un autre couvercle des pommes de terre carottes, un couteau de cuisine brillant, puis quelques œufs, puis du pain. Et dans le fait-tout, un pudding tout bancal. Maman pleurait trop pour rire du gâteau.
English to French: Poem extract from My People by Oodgeroo Noonuccal General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English I asked and you let me hear
The soft vowelly tongue to be heard now
No more for ever. For me
You enact old scenes, old ways, you who have used
Boomerang and spear.
You singer of ancient tribal songs,
You leader once in the corroboree,
You twice in fierce tribal fights
With wild enemy blacks from over the river,
All gone, all gone. And I feel
The sudden sting of tears, Willie Mackenzie
In the Salvation Army Home.
Displaced person in your own country,
Lonely in teeming city crowds,
Last of your tribe.
Translation - French J’ai demandé et tu m’as fait écouter
Le doux langage vocalique qu’on n’entendra désormais
Définitivement plus jamais. Pour moi
Tu reproduis les anciennes scènes, les anciennes traditions, toi qui t’es servi
Du boomerang et de la lance.
Toi chanteur des anciens chants de la tribu,
Toi jadis meneur dans le corroboree,
Toi deux fois impliqué dans des batailles tribales
Avec les noirs des ennemis sauvages venant de l’autre côté du fleuve,
Tous partis, tous disparus. Et je sens
Le picotement soudain des larmes, Willie Mackenzie
Dans la maison de l’Armée du Salut.
Chassé de ton propre pays,
Seul dans les foules urbaines qui fourmillent,
Dernier de ta tribu.
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