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UKRAINIAN
THE SEARCH FOR LORNA 
Translation donated by
Ludmila Pecheniuk, a professional Ukrainian translator. Thank you Ludmila! E-mail:  pliny@telefonica.net

 

DAISY, OPAL
AND ARRANGER STORIES
  
Short stories in English translated into many languages in a convenient parallel text format to help you learn them more quickly and easily.

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AFRIKAANS
The Search for Lorna 
Daisy Macbeth
The Surprise
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip

The Bookworm

A Matter of Justice

ALBANIAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
A Nice Little Trip
The Nightwatch
The Oak
The Bookworm
Imogen
The Mumbling Man

ARABIC
The Search for Lorna 
The Surprise
1
The Surprise 2
Daisy Macbeth

The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip

BENGALI
The Surprise

BOSNIAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise

BRASILIAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
The Bookworm
The Wedding
Daisy Macbeth

BULGARIAN
The Search for Lorna

The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
A Nice Little Trip
The Nightwatch

CHINESE
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
The Bookworm
ARRANGER STORIES
The Auction

CREOLE
The Search for Lorna 
The Surprise

Daisy Macbeth

CROATIAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise

CZECH
The Search for Lorna 
The Surprise

Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm
The Oak
Imogen
The Green Lodge
A Matter of Justice

DANISH
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm

The Oak

DUTCH
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch

The Bookworm

ESPERANTO
The Search for Lorna
Daisy Macbeth
The Surprise
The Nightwatch

FINNISH
The Search for Lorna 
The Surprise

The Nightwatch

FRENCH
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm
The Oak
Imogen

GERMAN
The Search for Lorna
Daisy Macbeth
The Surprise
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm

ARRANGER STORIES
The Auction

GREEK
The Search for Lorna
Daisy Macbeth
The Surprise
The Nightwatch mp3
A Nice Little Trip mp3
The Bookworm mp3
ARRANGER STORIES
The Auction

HEBREW
The Search for Lorna 1
The Search for Lorna 2
The Surprise

Daisy Macbeth

The Nightwatch

A Nice Little Trip

HINDI
The Search For Lorna
The Surprise

HUNGARIAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth

The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm

INDONESIAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
A Nice Little Trip

ITALIAN
The Search For Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm
The Oak
Imogen
The Mystery of
Green Lodge

A Matter of Justice

JAPANESE
The Search For Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth

KOREAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm

The Oak
Imogen

LUGANDA
The language spoken
in Uganda
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise

MONGOLIAN
The Search for Lorna
 
The Oak  

NORWEGIAN
The Search for Lorna


POLISH
The search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch

The Oak 1
The Oak 2
The Bookworm
A Nice Little Trip
The Mystery of
Green Lodge

The Wedding
A Matter of Justice
ARRANGER STORIES
The River Mist
The Auction

PORTUGUESE
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise

ROMANIAN
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise

RUSSIAN
The Search for Lorna 1

The Search for Lorna 2
The Surprise
The Nightwatch 1

The Nightwatch 2
Daisy Macbeth
The Oak

SERBIAN
The Nightwatch
The Oak

SPANISH
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth

The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm

The Oak
Imogen
The Mystery of
Green Lodge

The Wedding 1
The Wedding 2
A Matter of Justice 1
A Matter of Justice 2
The Serial Killer
ARRANGER STORIES
The Auction
The River Mist
OPAL STORIES
Upside Down

SWEDISH
The Search for Lorna 1

The Search for Lorna 2
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch

The Bookworm

THAI
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm

Daisy Macbeth

TURKISH
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
The Nightwatch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm
The Mumbling Man
The Oak
A Matter of Justice

UKRAINIAN
The Search for Lorna
Daisy Macbeth

URDU
The Search for Lorna

VENETO 

The Search for Lorna

YORUBA
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
The Nightwatch

ZULU
The Search for Lorna

 

 

 Розшук Лорни

 The search for Lorna
Дейзі Гамільтон була приватним детективом.

Daisy Hamilton was a private detective.

Їй було тридцать років, і останні два роки вона працювала детективом.

She was thirty years old and had been a detective for the past two years.

Щоранку вона йшла до своєї контори, чекала там на телефонні дзвінки або на прихід клієнтів, яким потрібні були її послуги.

Every morning she went to her office to wait for phone calls or open the door to clients needing her services.

Дейзі ще не була досить славетною, але інколи люди телефонували їй за оголошенням, яке вона подала в місцеву  газету.

Daisy wasn't very well known yet but occasionally people telephoned her from the advertisement she had put in the local newspaper.

Одного разу, десь біля одинадцятої ранку хтось постукав у двері її контори.

One morning at about eleven o'clock someone knocked on her office door.

То прийшла тілиста пані, шия якої була оповита хутром.

It was a fat lady who wore a fur around her neck.

"Вітаю Вас, чим можу допомогти?", - запитала Дейзі у пані. "Прошу заходити і сідати".

"Hello, can I help you?" Daisy asked the lady. "Please come and sit down."

"О, повірте, мені конче потрібна Ваша допомога.

"Oh yes indeed! I need your help desperately.

Лорна, моя маленька, зникла. Я не знаю, що робити".

Lorna, my little one has disappeared. I don't know what to do."

Дейзі запропонувала гладкій пані чашечку розчиної кави і чекала на подробиці.

Daisy offered the fat lady a cup of instant coffee and awaited the details.

Та важко опустилася на стілець і поклала свою здоровенну червону шкіряну сумку на стіл Дейзі.

The fat lady sat down heavily and put her large red leather handbag on Daisy's desk.

"Прошу розказати мені все, пані...?"

"Please tell me everything - Mrs. ...?"

"Мене звати пані Едвіна Гамфрис. Боюся, у мене вимагатимуть гроші. Боюся, Лорну викрали!"

"Mrs. Edwina Humphries is my name. I am afraid they will ask me for money - I'm afraid Lorna has been kidnapped!"

"Це жахливо, пані Гамфрис. А чи пан Гамфрис також вважає, що Лорну викрали?"

"That's terrible, Mrs. Humphries. Does Mr. Humphries, too, think Lorna has been kidnapped?"

"Мого чоловіка не цікавить, чи викрали Лорну чи ні!"

"My husband is not interested if Lorna has been kidnapped or not!"

"Невже, пані Гамфрис? А хіба Ваш чоловік не справжній батько Лорни?"

"Really, Mrs. Humphries? But is your husband Lorna's real father?"

"Я не знаю, що Ви маєте на увазі. Ми разом купили Лорну, "- відповіла пані Гамфрис.

"I don't know what you mean. We bought Lorna together," replied Mrs. Humphries.

"Ви купили........пані Гамфрис, ну, знаєте, це ж незаконно".

"You bought ............Mrs. Humphries, that's illegal, you know."

"Ні, тільки не в Індіі!"

"No it isn't, not in India!"

"То Ви купили Лорну в Індіі?"

"You bought Lorna in India?"

"Так, це правда! Доречі вона завжди складала мені чудову компанію".

Yes indeed! And she always keeps me great company, you know."

Пані Гамфрис відкрила свою величезну шкіряну сумку, щоб дістати з неї носовичок.

"Mrs. Humphries opened her huge leather bag to pull out a handkerchief.

Дейзі оторопіла, побачивши створіння, яке стало в’юнитися з сумки.

With horror Daisy saw a wiggling creature come out of that bag.

"Пані Гамфрис – заберіть це звідси негайно!" - вигукнула Дейзі.

"Mrs. Humphries - move that away immediately!" screamed Daisy.

"Що? О, Лорна, - накінець я тебе знайшла!" - зойкнула пані Гамфрис. "Ти заховалася в сумці, моя ти бешкетниця!"

"What? Oh Lorna - I've found you at last!" said Mrs. Humphries."You hid in my bag - you naughty girl!"

"Пані Гамфрис, то це і є Лорна?"

"Mrs. Humphries. This is Lorna?"

"Так, наша бенгальська болотна гадюка. Дякую, моя дорогенька. Думаю, мені вже не потрібні Ваші послуги!"

Yes, our Bengali swamp snake. Oh thank you my dear. No, I don't think I need your services any longer!"

Провівши пані Гамфрис за двері, Дейзі надумала, що не зайвим буде дописати до свого оголошення: "ніяких тварин і ніяких змій".

As Daisy shut the door after Mrs. Humphries, she made a mental note to write in the advertisement: no animals, no snakes.

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DAISY STORIES TEMPLATES
The Search for Lorna
The Surprise
Daisy Macbeth
Night Watch
A Nice Little Trip
The Bookworm
The Oak
Imogen
The Mystery of
    Green Lodge

A Matter of Justice
The Wedding
Craig
The Mumbling Man
The Old Manor House
    Ghost

Amy
The Serial Killer
The Mysterious Hand
The Lost Cat
Too Many Cakes Spoil
    the Dough

The Lost Collection Box
Heatwave
The Spin Doctor
Glynn

ARRANGER STORIES TEMPLATES
The Auction
The River Mist
Halloween

OPAL STORIES TEMPLATES
Upside Down
Parallel Homes
Different Existences
East is West and West
    is East