Piste 8 - U2 L5 - p20

UnitédeuxD'icioud'ailleurs.

Unit two From here or elsewhere.

Leçoncinq.

Lesson five.

JenesuispaspartienErasmusparceque.

I am not part of Erasmus because.

Parcequej'avaispeur.

Because I was afraid.

Jepense.

I think.

Peurd'êtreloin.

Fear of being far away.

Peurdesortirdusystèmescolairequejeconnaisetauqueljesuishabitué.

Fear of leaving the school system that I know and to which I am accustomed.

Bon,j'imaginequel'expérienceestavantageuse,maisvoilà,ellenedoitpascorrespondreàmapersonnalité.

Well, I imagine that the experience is advantageous, but there you go, it shouldn't correspond to my personality.

Moi,jen'aipasparticipéauprogrammeErasmusparcequejenepouvaispasmelepermettre.

I did not participate in the Erasmus program because I could not afford it.

Jepensequec'estpasunprogrammeaccessibleàtous,maisplutôtauxétudiantsdesfamillesquiontunbonniveaudevie.

I think it is not a program accessible to everyone, but rather to students from families who have a good standard of living.

Oualorsauxpersonnesquiontputravailleretpuismettredel'argentdecôté.

Or to people who have been able to work and then save money.

Labureaucratie,c'estlepire.

Bureaucracy is the worst.

J'aiessayédepartiràl'étrangerilyaunan,maislesdémarchesadministrativesétaienttroplonguesettropcompliquéespourmoi.

I tried to go abroad a year ago, but the administrative procedures were too long and too complicated for me.

Alorsj'aiabandonnéleprojet.

So I abandoned the project.

Onadéjàdumalavecdescoursenfrançais,alorsétudierdansuneautrelangue.

We already had trouble with courses in French, so studying in another language.

Jepréfèrefinirmesétudesdanslamêmeécoleetpartiràl'étrangerensuite.

I prefer to finish my studies in the same school and go abroad afterwards.

C'estétonnantcetteobstinationànierl'obstacledelalangue.

It's surprising this stubbornness to deny the obstacle of the language.

Exceptépeutêtrepourpourquelquesétudiants,maisc'estquandmêmesuperdifficiledesuivredescoursdansunelangueétrangère.

Except perhaps for a few students, but it is still super difficult to follow courses in a foreign language.

J'aiétéenErasmusàMilanilyadeuxans.

I was in Erasmus in Milan two years ago.

J'aidûmebattrepourpartircarofficiellement,jen'yavaispasledroit.

I had to fight to go because officially, I did not have the right.

Etmoi,jevoulaispartiràtoutprixetfaireensuiteunmasterdansunegrandeécoledemapromo.

And I wanted to go at all costs and then do a master's in a prestigious school of my class.

Seulesdeuxpersonnessontparties.

Only two people went.

L'expérienceétaitgénialeetenplusonavaitledroitdechoisirlescoursqu'onvoulait.

The experience was great and moreover we had the right to choose the courses we wanted.

Pourcequiestdelabourse,j'yavaispasledroitnonplus,maisj'aitrouvéassezfacilementuntravailàtempspartieldansuneboîteitalienne.

As for the scholarship, I did not have the right to that either, but I found a part-time job quite easily in an Italian company.