Message de kayrol posté le 2004-11-14 20:55:29 (S | E | F | I)
Good evening to everyone,

Voici le quatrième volet de nos traductions de "la vie de tous les jours"..
Cette fois la traduction porte sur le shopping, c'est bien ce que vous aviez demandé Marie et Bridg ?

"Shopkeepers.
Before supermarkets were created, numerous shopkeepers (or tradesmen) carried on various trades. Many sold foodstuffs : you went to the grocer's for tea and sugar, to the greengrocer's for vegetables, to the baker's for bread, to the butcher's for meat, to the fruiterer's for fruit, to the poulterer's for poultry and to the fishmonger's for fish, to the dairyman's for cheese and butter. Now, many have been priced out of trade by the competition from supermarkets. In England, milkmen still deliver the milk. Costermongers have no shops and sell their products from barrows (or stalls) in the street. Confectioners (attention faux-ami) are great favourites with children, while fathers are more interested in wine merchants. Small local brewers have practically disappeared, nearly all beer being now brewed in industrial breweries."
Petit bonus :
To run errands : faire les commissions
To go shopping : faire les courses
patrons ( faux-ami) : les clients habituels
Good luck,
Kayrol