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Apprendre le français LX: Appât Page 63

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Panel 1: Back in the ship’s galley. Turpentine is sitting slumped in his chair, looking dejected.

Turpentine (1): The attempt with the second subject failed due to premature detonation.

Translation (1): La tentative avec le second sujet a échoué en raison d’une explosion prématurée.

Turpentine (2): We must learn to accept this as scientists, with quiet dignity and grace…

Translation (2): Nous devons apprendre à accepter cet échec comme tous scientifiques, avec dignité et en toute sérénité.

Panel 2: Hiram, sitting with a scheming grin on his face.

Hiram (3): Actually, Professor, we have not failed yet.

Translation (3): En fait, professeur, nous n’avons pas encore échoué.

Panel 3: Turpentine, looking in this panel like an idea has suddenly come into his head.

Turpentine (4): We have no more subjects.

Translation (4): Nous n’avons plus de sujets.

Turpentine (5): Although…

Translation (5): Bien que…

Panel 4: Claudia, looking a bit shocked again.

Claudia (6): Why is everyone looking at me all of a sudden?

Translation (6): Pourquoi tout le monde me regarde tout d’un coup ?

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Apprendre le français LVII: Appât Page 60

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Panel 1: Claudia embraces Daphne as she sits on the rail of the RV Seagoon.

Claudia (1): Good luck, Daphne.

Translation (1): Bonne chance, Daphné.

Daphne (2): Thanks.

Translation (3): Merci.

Panel 2: Daphne sitting on the rail, fitting her swimmer’s goggles in place.

Panel 3: Daphne in the middle of her jump off the ship, heading toward the water feet-first.

Panel 4: View of Daphne from the drone’s P.O.V. below and behind her as she swims through the water.

SUBTITLE (3): Recovered drone footage.

Translation (3): Film récupéré du drone.

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Apprendre le français LVI: Appât Page 59

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Panel 1: Daphne standing in a different cabin. She’s wearing a comparatively modest black one-piece swimsuit. She is wearing a pair of swimmer’s goggles, now dangling around her neck. She’s holding one of the capsules between her thumb and forefinger and examining it with a skeptical expression. Hiram stands to one side, his face wearing a bit of a smirk.

Daphne (1): So, this has been recalibrated, has it?

Translation (1): Cela a donc été recalibré, pas vrai ?

Hiram (2): Yes. To much higher sensitivity settings.

Translation (2): Oui. La sensibilité est bien plus élevée maintenant.

Panel 2: Daphne in the act of downing the capsule with a glass of water.

Daphne (3): Well, here’s hoping you got it right this time, Hiram.

Translation (3): Eh bien, j’espère que vous avez procédé au bon réglage cette fois, Hiram.

Panel 3: Daphne walking down a narrow ship’s corridor with Claudia.

Claudia (4): The drones will follow you and not be far away.

Translation (4): Les drones vont vous suivre et ne seront pas loin.

Daphne (5): I’m glad of that.

Translation (5): Heureuse de l’apprendre.

Panel 4: Claudia and Daphne walking on deck, past a number of men who look a little grimmer than they did before.

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Apprendre le français XXXIX: Appât Page 42

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Panel 1: Eliza standing at the boarding counter for an international flight, with Daphne behind her. A GATE AGENT is checking Eliza’s documents prior to her boarding.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (1): At long last the preparations were made. The volunteers boarded a flight for Southeast Asia…

Translation (1): Les préparatifs ont été menés. Les volontaires se sont envolées pour l’Asie du Sud-Est…

Panel 2: Eliza and Daphne sitting side-by-side in large, first-class seats in a first-class cabin. Eliza is holding a flute of champagne and Daphne is reading a book.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (2): The benefactor behind the exhibition arranged for them to travel first class.

Translation (2): Le parrain de l’opération leur a payé des billets de première classe.

Panel 3: Claudia in coach class, crammed into the middle seat of three between Hiram and another passenger. Hiram looks like he’s trying to get Claudia’s attention, perhaps even hitting on her. The other passenger, a FAT MAN, has gone to sleep. Claudia stares forward with Stoic resignation.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (3): Most of the other specialists on the exhibition had to travel in coach.

Translation (3): La plupart des autres spécialistes ont dû voyager en classe touriste.

Panel 4: Eliza, followed by Daphne, followed by Claudia, walking up the gangway to the RV Seagoon. Eliza is wearing her typical thin cotton shirt and skirt, Daphne is in denim shorts and a T-shirt, and Claudia is in a conservative white button-down short-sleeved shirt and a dark skirt. All three are carrying bags, with Claudia’s being by far the largest.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (4): After arriving in Singapore, volunteers and crew board the research vessel RV Seagoon for their venture in the South Seas.

Translation (4): Après son arrivée à Singapour, les volontaires et l’équipe ont embarqué à bord du navire de recherche RV Seagoon pour se rendre dans les mers du Sud.

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Apprendre le français XXXVIII: Appât Page 41

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Panel 1: Eliza, about half climbed out of the tank, water dripping off her. A TECHNICIAN is pulling off one of her sensors. Eliza is smiling broadly.

Eliza (1): That’s just the most amazing thing, being underwater for all that time. I’ve never felt anything so peaceful.

Translation (1): C’est vraiment étonnant de rester sous l’eau pendant tout ce temps. Je n’ai jamais rien ressenti de si paisible.

Panel 2: Eliza standing outside the tank, all of her sensors now removed, toweling off but still wearing her one-piece suit.

Eliza (2): I can’t wait to do that naked in the open ocean.

Translation (2): Je suis impatiente de vivre cette expérience nue dans l’océan.

Panel 3: Daphne, back being interviewed in the coffeehouse.

Daphne (3): Back out? No way.

Translation (3): Des craintes ? Ah non.

CAPTION – UNSEEN INTERVIEWER (4): But…

Translation (4): Mais…

Daphne (5): But what? But I’m going to be immortal if I don’t go through with this?

Translation (5): Mais quoi ? Mais j’atteindrais l’immortalité si je ne donne pas suite à cela ?

Panel 4: Closer-in view of Daphne’s face. She looks deadly serious.

Daphne (6): None of us has the choice as to whether to die. We can only make it sooner, or maybe just a little later.

Translation (6): Aucun de nous n’a la liberté de demander à mourir. Nous ne pouvons mourir plus tôt, ou peut-être juste un peu plus tard.

Daphne (7): And we can try to attach meaning to death. That’s what I’m doing here.

Translation (7): Et nous pouvons essayer de voir une signification dans la mort. C’est ce que je suis en train de faire.

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Apprendre le français XXXIV: Appât Page 37

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Panel 1: Probably long on the side of the page. Close up view of Eliza in the giant tank wearing the “tentacle swim suit.”

Eliza (balloon with watery lines) (1): … … …

Panel 2: Close-up on a speaker on a control panel.

Eliza (radio balloon coming from speaker) (2): bzzt crackle hoff iss cocks bign faat like dis zz-pop!

Comment (2) : Eliza’s underlying internal monologue here is something like “Yes! Cocks [that is, penises] big and fat like these” but obscured by transmission noise. The translation should include appropriate representations of “noise” and distortion.

Translation (2): bzzt crackle hoff oiiii queues ssi grrroosse ke sa zz-pop !

Panel 3: Claudia and Turpentine, both dressed in coveralls, monitoring progress on a panel.

Claudia (3): Don’t you think we should tell her she has no internal censor going?

Translation (3): Ne pensez-vous pas que nous devrions lui dire qu’aucune censure n’est appliquée en interne ?

Turpentine (4): No! The more we get for science, the better!

Translation (4): Non ! Plus nous obtenons d’éléments pour la science, mieux c’est !

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Apprendre le français XXXIII: Appât Page 36

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Panel 1: Claudia, in coveralls and wearing goggles, sitting at a high-tech workbench making adjustments to a tiny (about the size of a toaster) submersible drone.

CAPTION – PSEUDO-NARRATION (1): Ethical objections aside, preparations for an expedition are laid in.

Translation (1): Mis à part les objections éthiques, les préparatifs pour une expédition sont fixés.

Panel 2: Claudia now being interviewed in the lab. She has pushed her goggles up on her forehead, and her face has some sooty smudges on it.

SUBTITLE (2): Claudia Honeywood, Ph.D., Project Robotics Engineer.

Translation (2): Claudia Honeywood, docteure, ingénieur en robotique du projet.

Claudia (3): The creature will probably be able to block communications with our expedition ship, but we think a tightly focused beam from our subjects to a submersible might be possible. We can capture and retrieve data from it later.

Translation (3): La créature sera probablement en mesure de bloquer les communications avec notre navire d’expédition, mais nous pensons qu’un faisceau très ciblé allant de nos sujets vers un submersible pourrait fonctionner. Nous pourrons en saisir et récupérer les données plus tard.

Panel 3: A somewhat cleaned-up Claudia showing the submersible to Daphne and Eliza. Daphne seems interested, Eliza almost enchanted.

Claudia (4): Okay, ladies. So, one of you at least is going to be talking to this.

Translation (4): D’accord, mesdames. L’une de vous va au moins parler à cette chose.

Eliza (5): Ooh, it’s so cute!

Translation (5): Ooh, c’est si mignon !

Panel 4: Claudia fitting something behind Eliza’s ear.

Claudia (6): This sensor will transmit biometrics. It will also scan your brain’s speech center and allow you to provide some narration of your experiences.

Translation (6): Ce capteur transmettra la biométrie. Il permettra également d’analyser le centre du langage de votre cerveau et vous permettra de commenter votre expérience.

Eliza (7): I really want to try that…

Translation (7): J’ai vraiment envie d’essayer.

Claudia (8): You will. We need testing.

Translation (8): Ce sera le cas. Nous avons besoin d’essais.

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Apprendre le français XXIV: Appât Page 27

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Panel 1: Turpentine and Claudia stand in front of the vague underwater image of the creature, illuminated with a lightbox as if it were an X-Ray. Both are wearing white coats. Turpentine is pointing to the large siphon-like structure.

Turpentine (1): So, I suppose this structure is actually a specialized feeding orifice.

Translation (1): Donc, je suppose que cette partie est en fait un orifice d’alimentation.

Claudia (2): When you’ve eliminated all the other possibilities, what remains, however implausible…

Translation (2): Lorsque vous avez éliminé toutes les autres possibilités, ce qui reste est cependant invraisemblable…

Panel 2: Turpentine back in his office, being interviewed.

Turpentine (3): Combining what we know from the native folklore and observed behavior and morphology, we seem compelled to conclude that every nineteen years, this creature comes near the surface and wants to eat young women.

Translation (3): En combinant ce que nous savons du folklore local et ce qui a été observé s’agissant de son comportement et de sa morphologie, nous sommes obligés de conclure que, tous les dix-neuf ans, cette créature arrive près de la surface et veut dévorer de jeunes femmes.

Panel 3: A closer-in view of the mass of tentacles in the underwater image.

CAPTION – TURPENTINE NARRATING (4): It enmeshes them in tentacles, stimulates them, and eats them. We have no idea why.

Translation (4): Elle les encercle dans ses tentacules, les excite et les mange. Nous ne savons pas pourquoi.

CAPTION – TURPENTINE NARRATING (5): Our methods to capture or closely study it have hitherto all failed.

Translation (5): Nos méthodes pour la capturer ou l’étudier de près ont jusqu’à présent toutes échoué.

Panel 4: Turpentine in his office, being interviewed.

Turpentine (6): We have been pushed to the conclusion that if you want to hook a fish, you have to have…bait.

Translation (6): Nous avons été poussés à la conclusion que si vous voulez attraper un poisson, il vous faut un… appât.

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Apprendre le français XXIII: Appât Page 26

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Panel 1: Professor Turpentine, sitting in a cramped academic office. Behind him are shelves stacked with books and papers. He’s wearing a rumpled tweed jacket and being interviewed behind his desk.

Turpentine (1): This creature, whatever it is, is highly intelligent. It can evade ordinary capture methods with ease. It also generates electromagnetic and subsonic fields that interfere with underwater communications. And it even cuts control cables.

Translation (1): Cette créature, quelle qu’elle soit, était très intelligente. Elle peut échapper facilement aux méthodes de capture classiques. Elle génère également des champs électromagnétiques et subsoniques qui interfèrent avec les communications sous-marines. Et elle parvient même à couper des câbles de commande.

SUBTITLE (2): Professor Eustace Turpentine, Innsmouth Institute for Marine Research.

Translation (2): Professeur Eustace Turpentine, Institut de recherche en vie marine d’Innsmouth.

Panel 2: CLAUDIA HONEYWOOD (“Claudia”) holds in her hands a submersible drone – and underwater swimming robot about the size of a toaster, in her hands, holding it forth for the camera to take a picture of. Claudia is a very attractive woman, but she downplays her attractiveness, being here in a set of coveralls, her long brown hear drawn back in a bun, and here wearing heavy safety glasses. (When Claudia is not wearing these glasses she wears other glasses that make her look a bit dorky, or at least as dorky as a beautiful person can be.)

CAPTION – TURPENTINE NARRATING (3): But recently, artificial intelligence has advanced to the point where we can make effective autonomous underwater drones.

Translation (3): Mais récemment, l’intelligence artificielle a progressé au point où nous pouvons concevoir des drones sous-marins autonomes.

Panel 3: Claudia on board ship in another cramped control room, this time also looking at a monitor. Claudia is now dressed in a white coat and is wearing glasses with heavy dark frames.

CAPTION – TURPENTINE NARRATING (4): The creature leaves the drones alone for some reason. These drones can also penetrate the deep trenches where the creature likes to lurk.

Translation (4): La créature laisse les drones tranquilles pour une raison quelconque. Ces drones peuvent également pénétrer dans les tranchées profondes où la créature aime se dissimuler.

Panel 4: A murky image of the creature, a sort of giant squidlike thing with one large siphon (big enough for someone to fit down) and a large number of tentacles of all sorts and shapes.

CAPTION – TURPENTINE NARRATING (5): Thanks to these clever little machines, we now have a good sense of the gross morphology of the creature.

Translation (5): Grâce à ces petites machines sophistiquées, nous connaissons désormais la morphologie générale de la créature.

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