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Message de aimen7 posté le 21-07-2005 à 09:35:54 (S | E | F | I)
Hello everybody,
Here is another funny story to translate, have fun!!!
Service rapide.
Ted Robinson s'est inquiété toute la semaine. Mardi dernier, il a reçu une lettre de la police du quartier. Dans la lettre, on lui demandait de se rendre au commissariat.
Ted se demandait pourquoi la police le recherchait, mais il se rendit au commissariat et aujourd'hui il n'est plus du tout inquiet.
Dès qu'il arriva, un policier souriant lui révéla que sa bicyclette avait été retrouvée. Il y a cinq jours, lui dit-il, on a ramassé la bicyclette dans un petit village à quatre cent miles d'ici. On l'envoie en ce moment chez lui par train.
Ted était fort surpris lorsqu'il apprit la nouvelle. Cela l'a fait rire aussi, car il ne s'attendait pas à ce que sa bicyclette soit retrouvée un jour.
Elle fut volée il y a vingt ans lorsque Ted était un garçon de quinze ans!
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Edité par bridg le 21-07-2005 09:37
étoiles
correction le ?
Mardi prochain
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Edité par aimen7 le 21-07-2005 09:39
Message de aimen7 posté le 21-07-2005 à 09:35:54 (S | E | F | I)
Hello everybody,
Here is another funny story to translate, have fun!!!
Service rapide.
Ted Robinson s'est inquiété toute la semaine. Mardi dernier, il a reçu une lettre de la police du quartier. Dans la lettre, on lui demandait de se rendre au commissariat.
Ted se demandait pourquoi la police le recherchait, mais il se rendit au commissariat et aujourd'hui il n'est plus du tout inquiet.
Dès qu'il arriva, un policier souriant lui révéla que sa bicyclette avait été retrouvée. Il y a cinq jours, lui dit-il, on a ramassé la bicyclette dans un petit village à quatre cent miles d'ici. On l'envoie en ce moment chez lui par train.
Ted était fort surpris lorsqu'il apprit la nouvelle. Cela l'a fait rire aussi, car il ne s'attendait pas à ce que sa bicyclette soit retrouvée un jour.
Elle fut volée il y a vingt ans lorsque Ted était un garçon de quinze ans!
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Edité par bridg le 21-07-2005 09:37
étoiles
correction le ?
Mardi prochain-------------------
Edité par aimen7 le 21-07-2005 09:39
Réponse: Quick work!! de magmatic_rock, postée le 21-07-2005 à 10:25:18 (S | E)
Hello Aimen,
Fast service.
Ted Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the district's police where he was asked to go to the police station. Ted wondered why the police was seeking him (or searching him out) but he went to the police station and today he isn't worried any more (or he no longer worried, or he isn't worried any longer)
As soon as he arrived, a smiling policeman told him that his cycle had been regained. "Five days ago", told him, "the cycle was picked up in a little burg from four hundred miles of here". The cycle is being sent to his home by train at the present moment. Ted was very surprised when he learned the new. It made him laugh too, because he didn't expect that his cycle be found one day.
It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a teenager of fifteen!
Aimen, génial et bien marrant le dénouement par rapport au titre. 
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Edité par magmatic_rock le 21-07-2005 13:13
Réponse: Quick work!! de lucile83, postée le 21-07-2005 à 14:25:01 (S | E)
Hello,
chacun son tour !!! 
Quick work
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the district police. In that letter he was asked to go to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police was searching him, but he went to the police station and today he doesn’t worry any longer.
As soon as he arrived a smiling policeman revealed his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, he told him, the bicycle was picked up in a little village four hundred miles far from here. At the moment it is being sent to him by train. Ted was very surprised to hear from that. It made him laugh too, for he never expected his bicycle to be found some day.
It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a teen aged fifteen !
See you soon
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Edité par lucile83 le 21-07-2005 16:12
Aimen Réponse: Quick work!! de grabuge, postée le 21-07-2005 à 15:06:59 (S | E)
Hello Aimen, another funny text !
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last tuesday, he received a letter from the local police. In the letter, he was asked to go to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police was looking for him but he went to the police station and today, he isn't worried anymore.
As soon as he arrived, a smiling policeman revealed that his bicycle had been found. He told him that five days ago, the bicycle was picked-up in a small village four hundred miles from here. It is being sent to his home by train, at the moment.
Ted was hardly surprised when he knew the news, that also made him laugh because he didn't expect his bicycle to be found one day. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was fifteen years old!
Aimen7-------------------
Edité par grabuge le 22-07-2005 10:04 - Corrections
Réponse: Quick work!! de zen34, postée le 21-07-2005 à 15:14:56 (S | E)
Salut aimen,
Sympa ton petit texte!
Ted Robison has been worrying all week long. Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the police district. In the letter, he was asked to go to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police looked for him, but he went to the police station and today he is not worried at all anymore.
As soon as he got there, a smiling policeman revealed him that his bicycle had been found
It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a fifteen year-old boy!
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Edité par zen34 le 22-07-2005 10:31
Réponse: Quick work!! de fik, postée le 21-07-2005 à 16:00:59 (S | E)
Quelques doutes sur la traduction de la première phrase
Fast service
Ted Robinson worried (???) all the week . Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the police district. In this letter, he was requested to come to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police looked for him , but he went to the police station and now he is no more worried.
As soon he arrived, a smiling policeman explained him, that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, we have collected the bicycle in a small village, four hundred miles from here. At the moment, we send it to his house by train.Ted was very surprised when he learned the new. It made laugh because he didn’t think, his bicycle is found a day. It was stolen, twenty years ago, when he was a boy of fifteen years.
Réponse: Quick work!! de post-scriptum, postée le 21-07-2005 à 16:49:23 (S | E)
Bonjour Aîmen,
C'est une très belle histoire. Le dénouement m'a bien fait rire.
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the district police. In that letter, he was asked to go to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police force was looking for him, but he went to the police station and he isn't worried at all today.
As soon as he arrived, a smiling policeman revealed to him that his bicycle had been found. He told him the bicycle had been picked up five days ago in a small village four hundred miles far from here. At the moment, it is being sent
Merci, et à bientôt chère Aïmen.
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Edité par post-scriptum le 22-07-2005 14:36
Merci encore Aïmen
Réponse: Quick work!! de traviskidd, postée le 21-07-2005 à 18:15:31 (S | E)
Fast service.
Ted Robinson was worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the district police. In the letter, he was being* asked to report to (the) police headquarters.
Ted wondered why the police wanted to see him, but he reported to headquarters and today he's no longer worried at all.
As soon as he arrived, a smiling policeman revealed to him that his bicycle had been recovered. Five days ago, he told him,
Ted was quite surprised when he heard the news. It made him laugh too, because he didn't expect that his bicycle would ever be recovered.
It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a fifteen-year-old boy!
(*I put "being" here because the imparfait was used in French.)
(**I thank kathleen's post below.
)Réponse: Quick work!! de kathleen, postée le 21-07-2005 à 18:16:04 (S | E)
Hello Aimen!
Fast service.
Ted Robinson has been worried all this week. Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the district police. In the letter, he was asked to go to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police was searching for him, but he went to the police station and today he isn’t worried at all.
As soon as he arrived, a smiling policeman revealed to him that his bicycle had been found.
Five days ago, he told him, we
Ted was very surprised when he knew the new. It also made him laugh , because he didn’t expect his bicycle could be
It
Très drôle et intéressant.
Aimen. 
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Edité par kathleen le 22-07-2005 17:42
Correction.
Aimen.Réponse: Quick work!! de kayrol, postée le 21-07-2005 à 21:57:46 (S | E)
Hello Aimen, thanks for the exercice.
"Fast service.
Ted Robinson was worried all week. Last tuesday he received a letter from the district police. In the letter, he was asked to go to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police was looking for him, but he went to the police station and today he is not worried anymore.
As soon as he arrived, a smiling policeman revealed to him that his bicycle was found. "Five days ago, he said, we picked up the bicycle in a small village 400 miles far from here." It is being sent to him by train at the moment.
Ted was very surprised when he heard the news. This also made him laugh, for he didn't expect his bicycle to be ever found.
Indeed, it was stolen twenty years ago, when Ted was a 15 year-old boy."
Thanks a lot Aimen,
See you
Kayrol
Réponse: Quick work!! de ginette, postée le 21-07-2005 à 23:53:02 (S | E)
Ted Robinson s'est inquiété toute la semaine. Mardi dernier, il a reçu une lettre de la police du quartier. Dans la lettre, on lui demandait de se rendre au commissariat.
Ted se demandait pourquoi la police le recherchait, mais il se rendit au commissariat et aujourd'hui il n'est plus du tout inquiet.
Dès qu'il arriva, un policier souriant lui révéla que sa bicyclette avait été retrouvée. Il y a cinq jours, lui dit-il, on a ramassé la bicyclette dans un petit village à quatre cent miles d'ici. On l'envoie en ce moment chez lui par train.
Ted était fort surpris lorsqu'il apprit la nouvelle. Cela l'a fait rire aussi, car il ne s'attendait pas à ce que sa bicyclette soit retrouvée un jour.
Elle fut volée il y a vingt ans lorsque Ted était un garçon de quinze ans
--------Thank you for helping us !..Now I try .....
Ted Robinson has been very worried all the week .Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the Police District. In the letter he was asked to go to the police station .
Ted was wondering why the police researched him so, he went to the police station and today he is no longer worried at all. Early on he has arrived , a smiling policemen revealed him that his bicycle has been retrieved five days ago. (lui dit-il???.) we have picked the bicycle up in a small village five hundred miles from here .We are sending it by train .
Ted was all-surprised when he heard about the news. It also makes him laughing. He was not expecting his bicycle retrieved a day. It has been stolen twenty years ago when he was a young boy of fifteen.
Réponse: Quick work!! de serena, postée le 23-07-2005 à 05:28:46 (S | E)
Hello Aimen!
Fast service !
Ted Robinson was worried all week long. Last Tuesday, he received a letter from the district police. He was asked to be to the police station.
Ted wondered why the police wanted him, but he went to the police station and today he’s no longer worried at all.
As soon as he arrived, a smiling policeman revealed to him that his bicycle has been found. Five days ago, he told him, the bicycle was picked up in a little village four hundred miles away from here. It’s being sent at this very moment to his place by train.
Ted was very surprised when he heard the news. This made him laugh too, as he didn’t expect his bicycle would ever be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a fifteen-year-old boy!
....Dis Aimen, tu as l'adresse de ce commissariat ? J'ai perdu mon chat quand j'avais 7 ans.....Merci pour l'exercice !!!
Réponse: Quick work!! de aimen7, postée le 23-07-2005 à 09:31:05 (S | E)
Hello serena,
Ok, je te la passerai, il n'y a pas longtemps ils ont retrouvé celui de la Mère Michelle!!
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Edité par serena le 23-07-2005 16:37
Ahhh parfait! Merci Aimen.
.....
Réponse: Quick work!! de aimen7, postée le 26-07-2005 à 16:22:24 (S | E)
Hello everybody,
Notre petit texte était également une narration avec plusieurs phrases qui pouvaient être traduites à la voix passive:
Ex:-...on lui demandait de se rendre au commissariat. ...ha was asked...
-...La police le recherchait, ...he was wanted by the police.
-On l'envoie en ce moment chez lui par train, it is being sent to his him by train. (présent continue à la voix passive).
-Il ne s'attendait pas à ce que sa bicyclette soit retrouvée un jour.
Plusieurs solutions ici:
TO EXPECT +COD(s'attendre à...)
He never expected the bicycle to be found someday.
He never expected his bicycle to be ever found.
TO EXPECT THAT + SUBJONCTIF(s'attendre à ce que...)
He never expected that the bicycle be ever found (subjonctif présent).
He never expected that the bicycle could be found someday.(subj.prétérit)
He never expected that the bicycle would ever be found.(subj.prétérit).
"Il n'est plus inquiet"
-He is no longer worried(affirmative)
-He isn't worried any longer(durée)/any more(quantité, parfois durée).
Maintenant le texte:
Quick work.
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried any more.
At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be ever found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen!
See you soon with a new short funny story!
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Edité par aimen7 le 26-07-2005 16:39
Réponse: Quick work!! de kayrol, postée le 26-07-2005 à 21:49:00 (S | E)
Hello Aimen,
Merci pour cet exercice.
J'ai une question cependant. Je ne comprends pas l'emploi du present perfect à la première phrase, car le récit est passé et on dit bien "now he's not worried anymore"' donc plus de lien avec le présent. Merci
Kayrol
Réponse: Quick work!! de aimen7, postée le 26-07-2005 à 23:38:19 (S | E)
Hello,
Pour la phrase: "Ted Robinson has been worried all the week", il s'agit en fait d'une voix passive. La forme active étant: Something has worried Ted Robinson all the week." Ceci d'après le livre d'exercices dans lequel j'ai choisi le texte.
Effectivement la phrase aurait dû être:" Ted Robinson was worried all the week (by something)", Traviskid ne s'était pas trompé ni toi Kayrol et serena en la traduisant ainsi, le prétérit à la voix passive. La forme passive aurait été: "something worried Ted Robinson all the week".
En traduisant le texte en français, je n'ai pas insisté sur cette voix passive et je l'ai traduite ainsi: "Ted Robinson s'est inquiété toute la semaine (donc was worried) "alors que " quelque chose avait inquiété Ted Robinson toute la semaine " aurait été plus fidèle au texte.
Réponse: Quick work!! de aimen7, postée le 27-07-2005 à 11:01:31 (S | E)
Hello,
Quelques clarifications utiles sur "WORRY":
1)Worry en tant que nom: (un souci, ennui).
-It's the least of my worries(c'est le cadet de mes soucis).
-It's causing us a lot of worries(cela nous donne beaucoup de souci).
2)Worry en tant qu'adjectif: (être inquiet).
-I'm worried at not seeing him(je suis inquiet de ne pas le voir).
-Ted Robinson is not worried any more(Ted Robinson n'est plus inquiet).
3)Worry en tant que verbe:
a)TO WORRY(to disturb), inquiéter, tracasser, perturber.
-Something has worried him/has troubled him/has disturbed him.(quelque chose l'a inquiété/tracassé/perturbé).
-He was/has been worried(participe passé) by something or by the letter from the police...
-It worries him that the police be so mysterious.(worry+that+subjonctif).
(Cela l'inquiète que la police soit si mystérieuse).
b)TO WORRY ABOUT SOMETHING (S'inquiéter au sujet de quelque chose, se faire du souci, se tracasser...).
-Don't worry about me(ne t'inquiète pas pour moi).
-Don't worry about what's going to happen(ne vous inquiétez pas pour ce qui arriver).(ne vous tracassez pas de.../ne vous souciez pas de.../ne vous préoccupez pas de... ).
Et bien, ces clarifications s'imposaient.
Réponse: Quick work!! de serena, postée le 28-07-2005 à 05:45:46 (S | E)
Merci pour ce travail, Aimen.
Non seulement pour le texte très rigolo, mais aussi pour ces détails dont il faut vraiment tenir compte. Parce que, bon, il paraît qu'on n'est pas au bout de nos peines avec toi, non ?
See you!
Réponse: Quick work!! de aimen7, postée le 28-07-2005 à 10:46:55 (S | E)
Hello serena,
Et bien non vous n'êtes pas au bout de vos peines avec moi, d'autant plus que je vous mijote un texte plus ardu que les précédents avec toujours une belle touche d'humour (un humour anglais sûrement
).Au fait merci bridge de toujours mettre de l'ordre dans mes posts, quand je recopie je fais des fautes et j'édite sans arrêt, alors quand je me mets à mettre des couleurs, on dirait une vraie toile impressionniste.
Réponse: Quick work!! de serena, postée le 28-07-2005 à 17:18:22 (S | E)
Ok Aimen, on attend ton prochain exercice !
Et puis, c'est vrai que les balises des couleurs en ont pris pour leur parti dans ton post précédent.
. Mais j'y veillerai toujours. 
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