Fluent Fiction - Hebrew

Lost in Translation: A Beach, Builders, and a Misunderstanding


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Fluent Fiction - Hebrew: Lost in Translation: A Beach, Builders, and a Misunderstanding
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Story Transcript:

He: שמש מאירה, שמיים כחולים והחוף של תל אביב ממלא את האוויר בשירתו המלחית.
En: The sun shines, the sky is blue, and the beach of Tel Aviv fills the air with its salty scent.

He: אברהם, חייל משוחרר בן ה-22, שב למדינה אחרי ארבע שנים של מסע חיים בניו זילנד.
En: Avraham, a 22-year-old discharged soldier, returned to the country after four years of life's journey in New Zealand.

He: את מרים הוא פגש בתחנת אוטובוס בחיפה בחזרה לתל אביב.
En: He met Miriam at a bus station in Haifa on his way back to Tel Aviv.

He: מרים אישה שמחה ואינטיליגנטית, בת חמשים שמלמדת אנגלית בבית הספר השכונתי.
En: Miriam is a happy and intelligent woman, fifty years old, who teaches English at the neighborhood school.

He: תכניתם לשייר בכיכר רבין שאחריהם יישבו בפאב.
En: Their plan was to march in Rabin Square and then sit in a pub.

He: אברהם מרגיש בעל מקום וזר במקביל.
En: Avraham feels both at home and foreign at the same time.

He: הלשון שלו שואבת מונחים מעורבים, עברית חלודה מעורבת באנגלית בהרגל המוכר לו.
En: His language mixes terms, with antiquated Hebrew interspersed with English in the familiar way.

He: "אז מה רואים פה בתל אביב בדרך כלל?
En: "So what do you usually see here in Tel Aviv?"

He: " שאלה מרים.
En: Miriam asked.

He: בטעות, אברהם ענה, "בונים חוף", שעשוי להתפרש כ"בונים את החוף".
En: Accidentally, Avraham replied, "Building a beach," which could be interpreted as "building the beach."

He: מרים בהלה וחשבה שכוון לכך שהממשלה מתכננת לבנות בפשטת הים.
En: Miriam was alarmed and thought that he meant that the government was planning to build in the sea area.

He: שיחתם המבולבלת המשיכה עוד שעה, עד שהם נפגשו עם חברים של אברהם והסבירו לה את הבלבל.
En: Their confused conversation continued for another hour until they met some of Avraham's friends, who clarified the confusion for her.

He: לערב, אברהם משחק את הסיפור, כשכולם מתחילים לצחוק.
En: In the evening, Avraham plays with the story, and everyone starts laughing.

He: אף אחד לא מאמין שמרים רצינית חשבה שהם הולכים לבנות סביב החוף.
En: No one believes that Miriam actually thought they were going to build around the beach.

He: מרים מבינה שהיא אימצה משמעות לא מדויקת למילים של אברהם.
En: Miriam realizes that she adopted an inaccurate meaning for Avraham's words.

He: היא משמיעה גל צחוק.
En: She lets out a wave of laughter.

He: מהמקרה המאוד מוזר הם שניים למדו שהם תמיד צריכים לוודא שהם מבינים את הפירוש הנכון של מילים.
En: From this very strange circumstance, they both learned that they always need to make sure they understand the correct meaning of words.

He: החוויה המשותפת של חילופי התרבות הצחיקה אותם והם הדליקו את האהבה ביניהם.
En: The shared experience of cultural exchanges amused them and ignited their love.

He: מאז, אף תרגום לא הפתיע את מרים ואברהם, שמנסים להבנות היטב את השפה השנייה שלהם.
En: Since then, no translation has surprised Miriam and Avraham, who try to understand each other's second language well.

He: ומהמקרה המאוד מוזר הם שניים שמחו ולמדו שלעתים, גם הטעויות במשפטים הפשוטים יכולות לטמון בחובן הפתעות מתוקות ומשעשעות.
En: And from this very strange circumstance, the two of them rejoiced and learned that sometimes, even mistakes in simple sentences can hold sweet and amusing surprises.


Vocabulary Words:
  • The: sun
  • shines: sounds
  • the: sky
  • is: blue
  • and: the
  • beach: of
  • Tel: Aviv
  • fills: the
  • air: with
  • its: salty
  • scent: Avraham
  • a: 22-year-old
  • discharged: soldier
  • returned: to
  • the: country
  • after: four
  • years: of
  • life's: journey
  • in: New
  • Zealand: He
  • met: Miriam
  • at: a
  • bus: station
  • in: Haifa
  • on: his
  • way: back
  • to: Tel
  • Aviv: Miriam
  • is: a
  • happy: and


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