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English to Portuguese: Uma Coisinha Boa General field: Art/Literary Detailed field: Poetry & Literature
Source text - English She gave the baker her name, Ann Weiss, and her telephone number. The cake would be ready on Monday morning, just out of the oven, in plenty of time for the child's party that afternoon. The baker was not jolly. There were no pleasantries between them, just the minimum exchange of words, the necessary information. He made her feel uncomfortable, and she didn't like that. While he was bent over the counter with the pencil in his hand, she studied his coarse features and wondered if he'd ever done anything else with his life besides be a baker. She was a mother and thirty-three years old, and it seemed to her that everyone, especially someone the baker's age--a man old enough to be her father--must have children who'd gone through this special time of cakes and birthday parties. There must be that between them, she thought. But he was abrupt with her--not rude, just abrupt.
Translation - Portuguese Ela disse ao padeiro seu nome, Ann Weiss, e seu número de telefone. O bolo ficaria pronto na manhã de segunda, recém-saído do forno, bem antes do aniversário da criança naquela tarde. O padeiro não foi simpático. Não houve nenhuma cortesia entre eles; somente a troca mínima de palavras, de informações necessárias. Ele a fez sentir-se desconfortável e ela não gostou. Enquanto ele se inclinava sobre o balcão com a caneta na mão, Ann analisou seus traços grosseiros e se perguntou se ele já fizera qualquer coisa na vida além de ser padeiro. Ela era mãe e tinha trinta e três anos. Na sua cabeça, todo mundo, especialmente na idade do padeiro – um homem com idade para ser seu pai – deveria ter filhos que passaram por essa época especial de bolos e festas de aniversário. Isso deve ser algo em comum entre eles, pensou ela. Mas ele foi brusco – não rude, apenas brusco.
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