Arxiu de la categoria: Català i anglès / Catalan and English

Llibertat d’expressió? No, gràcies / Freedom of speech? No, thanks

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Ara resulta que no es permet fer manifestacions durant la campanya electoral. És a dir, que els polítics poden dir totes les bajanades que vulguin, però en canvi als ciutadans se’ls prohibeix el seu (legítim) dret d’expressar-se. A on anirem a parar…
Now it turns out that there can’t be demonstrations during the elections campaign. That is to say, politicians can say all the nonsense they want, but citizens are denied their (legitimate) right to express themselves. What’s next…

To the person/people posting spam messages/ A la persona(es) que envia missatges ‘spam’

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These last few days I have noticed someone posting spam messages to this weblog. So, to the person or people that are doing this, please stop it. This a personal weblog, not a forum, and all comments are on topic. I have deleted all your messages until now and I will continue to do so in the future, so if you post spam here you’ll basically be wasting your time.

Aquests últims dies he notat que algú envia missatges ‘spam’ a aquest bloc. De manera que, a la persona/es que estan fent-ho, per favor pareu. Aquest és un bloc personal, no és un fòrum, i tots els comentaris estan relacionats amb el tema. He esborrat tots els teus missatges fins ara i continuaré fent-ho en el futur, de manera que si envies missatges ‘spam’ aquí, basicament estaràs perdent el temps.

Jo també vull un estat propi (i, ja posats, una selecció catalana “oficial” pròpia…) / I also want a state for Catalonia (and now that we’re at it, I also want our own “official” national team…)

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Uf, això d’avuí ha sigut intens…Qualsevol que també hagi estat al Camp Nou m’ho podrà corroborar. És igual que hi hagi hagut un empat (d’altra banda, és un bon resultat: perdre hauria sigut una decepció, però que perdessin els nostres germans d’Euskadi tampoc m’agradava massa…). De tota manera, el resultat del partit era el de menys: de fet, a mi ni tant sols m’agrada el futbol! La propera vegada que ens enfrontem, espero que sigui en una competició internacional!

Wow, it has been intense…Anyone who has been in Camp Nou as well, can tell you this. It doesn’t matter that there has been a tie (on the other hand, this is a good result: to loose would have been a deception, but I didn’t like the idea of our brothers from Euskadi loosing, either…). Anyway, the result of the match wasn’t important: in fact, I don’t even like football! I hope that the next time we face each other it will be in an international competition!!

Em reafirmo en la meva opinió sobre RENFE/ I reafirm myself in my opinion regarding RENFE

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Durant temps he estat usuària habitual de RENFE (més per obligació que no pas per devoció…), però per raons que ara no fan el cas, fa un temps que no utilitzo el servei. Aquest vespre se m’ha acudit de fer-ho. Mala idea. He agafat el tren a l’estació de Catalunya per dirigirme a Sabadell, però el tren no arrencava. S’ha estat aturat a l’estació uns vint minuts com a mínim, amb un tren plè (de gom a gom!) de gent a dins esperant per marxar, i una calor insuportable. Jo encara he tincut la "sort" de poder seure, però molta gent no ha tingut aquesta sort. Al cap de molta estona, ens informen per megafonia que la circulació per aquella via es trobava aturada per una avaria. Al final, he optat per sortir i anar a agafar els Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (que m’han portat a casa sense incidències!), però per fer-ho he hagut de travessar una andana encara més abarrotada de gent. Suposo que hi ha coses que no canviaran mai. Doncs, tal com deia ahir, menys carreteres i més recursos pel transport públic!!

For a long time I’ve been a regular RENFE user (because I had to, not because I liked it…), but for reasons which are not important now, I haven’t used the service for some time now. This evening I thought I’d do it. Bad idea. I took the train at the Catalunya station to go to Sabadell, but the train wouldn’t leave. It has remained at the station for a good twenty minutes at the very least, it being so crowded of people awaiting for it to leave, and the heat was unbearable. I have been "lucky" enough to be able to sit down, but many others haven’t been that lucky. After a long while, we are informed by megaphony that the traffic through that railroad was interrupted due to a breakdown. In the end I decided to get out and to take the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat (which took me home without a problem!), but in order to do this I had to cross an even more crowded platform. I suppose some things will never change. So, as I said yesterday, the administration should spend less money on motorways and more on public transport!!

El Quart Cinturó/ The Fourth Ring

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Ultimament veig que, degut a la campanya electoral, es torna a parlar del projecte del Quart cinturó. Em pensava que ho haviem deixat enrera definitivament. Inocent de mi. Al final d’aquest país només en quedaran les carreteres. I de què serviran les carreteres, si ja no quedarà enlloc on anar, ni res que valgui la pena de veure? Els de les administracions s’haurien de gastar els diners dels nostres impostos millorant les infraestructures ferroviàries (a les de RENFE els faria molta falta…).

These last few days I see that, due to the elections campaign, again there are talks about the Fourth Ring project. I thought we had left this behind once and for all. Innocent me. In the end, roads will be the only thing left of this country. And what will be the use of the roads, if there will be nowhere left to go, and nothing worth seeing? The administration should spend the money from our taxes improving the railroad infrastructures (RENFE surely could use it…).

Festa Major/Local Festivities

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Avuí s’acaba la Festa Major d’aquest any. He anat als principals concerts, però ha estat una mica decepcionant. El divendres va actuar la Companyia Elèctrica Dharma, i tot i que el concert en si va ser fantàstic, i que ells, i especialment en Joan Fortuny (com sempre!), hi van deixar la pell, hi havia menys públic del que jo hagués esperat d’una banda clàssica com la Dharma. Una llàstima. En canvi, el dissabte vaig anar al concert de la Rosana, i allí estava plè de gom a gom! I el lloc era bastant més gran! No sóc cap fan d’aquesta senyora, però haig de reconèixer que sap com posar-se el públic a la butxaca! Això, en canvi, no es pot pas dir de l’artista que va venir ahir a la nit, Loquillo. Si bé la qualitat musical era innegable, la seva impassibilitat era tan gran que al concert li va faltar ànima gairebé en tot moment. No hi va haver cap bis i, defet, vaig estar temptada de marxar abans que s’acabés (el concert era gratuït)! Vaja, una decepció. Però fins i tot en aquest cas també hi havia més gent que en el concert de la Dharma. I això també és decepcionant: que hi hagi més gent en els concerts d’artistes espanyols (o que canten en llengua espanyola), que en els dels catalans.

Today is the last day of this year’s Local Festivities. I have been to the main concerts, but it’s been a bit disappointing. On Friday there was the Companyia Elèctrica Dharma, and even though the concert itself was fantastic, and that they, and specially Joan Fortuny (as always!), left their heart and soul on stage, there was less audience than I would have expected for a classic band such as the Dharma. A pity. On the other hand, on Saturday I went to Rosana‘s concert and it was so crowded!! And the place was a lot bigger! I’m not a fan of this lady, but I have to admit that she knows how to empathize with the audience! That, on the other hand, cannot be said about the artist that came yesterday, Loquillo. The quality of the music was irrefutable, but his impassibility was so big that the concert lacked soul almost all the time. He didn’t go back onstage at all, and in fact I was tempted to leave before it was over (the concert was free). So disappointing. But even then there was more people than in Dharma‘s concert, and that was disappointing as well: that there was more people on shows by Spanish artists (or artists that sing in Spanish), than on shows by Catalan ones.

Els incendis d’aquests últims dies a l’Empordà/The fires they have had these last few days in the Empordà

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Publicat el 8 d'agost de 2006

Estic segura que la gran majoria dels incendis que hem tingut aquests últims dies han estat provocats. D’acord, un pot ser fortuït, com el de Sant Climent Sescebes, que diuen que va ésser produit per la guspira d’una màquina, però no em crec que la resta fossin fortuïts o fruit d’imprudències. És massa casual, ja que tots es donen a la mateixa zona!! Hi ha dues opcions: o tots els piromans es posen d’acord d’alguna manera (via internet, potser?) o algun desgraciat es dedica a donar voltes per allí impunement. I que m’en dieu dels incendis a Galícia? No pot ser casualitat. Ho sento, no m’ho crec.

I’m sure that the majority of the forest fires we’ve had these last few days have been started on purpose. Alright, one may be fortuitous, like the one in Sant Climent Sescebes, which they say was started by a spark coming out of a machine, but I can’t believe that the rest of them were fortuitous or the result of negligence!! It’s too much of a coincidence, because all of them are in the same area!! There are two options: either all of the pyromaniacs meet in one way or another (through the internet, maybe?) and agree to do it, or some wretch just goes around there without punishment. And what about the forest fires in Galicia? It can’t be chance. I’m sorry, but I don’t believe it.

Només s’ha de desarmar un dels bàndols?/ Only one of the sides has to disarm itself?

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Avuí llegeixo a Vilaweb que Condoleezza Rice "ha insistit que el final de la violència s’ha de construir sobre unes ‘bases sostenibles’ i ha reiterat la necessitat que l’Hesbol.là es desarmi". I perquè no demana que es desarmi l’exèrcit d’Israel, també?

Today I read in Vilaweb that Condoleezza Rice "has insisted that the end of violence has to be build on ‘sustainable bases’ and she has reiterated the need that Hezbollah disarms itself". And why doesn’t she ask about the disarmament of Israel’s army as well?

Ara és l’altre peu/Now it’s my other foot

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Doncs res, que l’altre dia em vaig donar un cop al dit petit del peu dret (el que estava sencer), mentre sortia de l’aigua, a la platja de l’Escala (masses roques i pedres!). Em feia mal, però vaig pensar que ja em passaria. En veure que, al cap de més d’una setmana, encara no m’havia passat, avuí he anat al metge: tinc l’os esquerdat!! M’ha dit que no és res, que es curarà sol, però mentrestant…

Well, the other day I hurt the small toe of my right foot (the one which wasn’t broken), while I was getting out of the water, on the beach of l’Escala (too many rocks and stones!). It hurt, but I thought the pain would go away eventually. When I saw that, more than a week afterwards, it hadn’t gone away yet, I went to the doctor: the bone is cracked!! He told me that it is nothing, that it’ll heal on its own, but meanwhile…

Vaig haver de tornar a portar el meu ordinador a la botiga…/I had to take my computer back to the shop…

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Doncs si, després de tot el meu ordinador nou es negava a treballar. De cop sortien unes línies a la pantalla, i si li donava al ‘reset’, en comptes d’engegar-se només es sentia un soroll que es posava a les orelles de mala manera!! El vaig haver de portar a la botiga altre cop, i al final resulta que una de les targetes de memòria RAM era dolenta o algo així. Bé, de moment funciona, i que duri!!

Yes, after all my new computer refused to work. All of a sudden there were lines all over the screen, and when I hit the ‘reset’ button, instead of starting the computer again, there was only a noise which got into my ears really bad!! I had to take it back to the shop, and eventually I was told that one of the RAM units was bad, or something to that effect. Well, right now it works, and I hope it does for a long time!!

Ordinador nou!/New computer!

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…i nous problemes. Ara no puc configurar l’escaner. Amb el meu vell ordinador sempre em va funcionar sense problemes, però quan intento configurar-lo amb el now, poso el cd del software i tot sembla que va correcte fins que en un punt es queda penjat una bona estona i després surt un missatge d’error que diu que no pot trobar o accedir a no sé quin arxiu d’audio, i ja no deixa seguir l’instalació. I, el mes probable és que aquest arxiu d’audio sigui una tonteria…Perquè, qui necessita audio per un escaner, realment?

…and new problems. Now I can’t configurate my scanner. With my old computer, my scanner always worked without problems, but now when I try to configurate it with the new one, I put in the software cd and everything seems to be alright until at a given point it hangs there and then I get an error message that says it can’t find or access I-don’t-know-what audio file, and it won’t go on. And, most probably, this file is pretty useless…Because, really, who needs audio for a scanner?