Stories tagged “Translation”
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The Fraudster from London
It was a Tuesday, this London bank, one of the biggest, was full of clients coming to deposit their payroll. A compact crowd occupied the place. Vincent, a new clerk, was trying to get through this herd of wild beasts coming to claim their weekly pay. ...
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The Fraudster from London {2}
Having finished his supper, Vincent Blavet was inspecting this little piece of paper, this insignificant cluster of fibers that people wanted to pass for checks, they wanted to get exorbitant sum of money with this little piece of paper. They really th...
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The Fraudster from London {3}
Vincent was now 41 years old, He had been promoted many times and and become the real leader, the loved one, the semi-god of the bank, he was now the banker. His fraud network was rolling at full steam, but slowly, very slowly, remorse were filling his...
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The Fraudster from London {4}
At the end of the month, remorses and fear had gnawed him to bone marrow. He didn’t go out, didn’t eat, didn’t shave either. He didn’t even answer the door or the phone. His neighbours had started to worry. Then, by a November e...
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The Woman on the Street
“So you don’t know who I am?!” “Excuse me, ma’am, but I’m really in a hurry. Goodbye.” He brushed her hand away as if it were the hand of a small girl, and not the hand of a grown woman. He really didn’t ...
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Madame Shrew (Translation)
“Xenia! Xenia! Wake up, my girl – we don’t have much time!” The day hasn’t even started yet and mom has sent Eleftheria to to get me out of my bed. Even from where I was, I could hear grandma in the kitchen. Chaos first th...
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Le Jour Effroyable d'Ernest, La Deuxieme Partie
Rather than attend to the multitude of messages awaiting his reply, Ernest allowed his mind to wander regarding the scene before his eyes. Many thoughts occurred to him. We’re having an earthquake. The sun is exploding. Wait, the sun has exploded...
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I Love You
“I—I have something to tell you.” He said. She looked up from her newspaper. “I want you to know I am always here for you. That from the moment I saw you, I knew we were meant to be together. What I’m trying to say is that...