Piste 9 - U2 L6 - p22-1

Leçonsix.

Lesson six.

Premièrepartie.

Part one.

NéeenFrancedeparentsportugais,Soniaaaujourd'hui30ans.

Born in France to Portuguese parents, Sonia is now 30 years old.

Ellenousparledesesparents,deleurarrivéeenFranceetdulienquileslietoujoursàleurpaysd'origine.

She talks to us about her parents, their arrival in France, and the link that still ties them to their country of origin.

VosparentssontarrivésàCalaisàquelleépoqueexactement?

When exactly did your parents arrive in Calais?

EnFrance?

In France?

Ilssontarrivésdanslesannées60-68jecrois.

They arrived in the 60s-68 I believe.

Exactement.

Exactly.

C'étaitlapériodeenFrancedelagrandeprospéritééconomiquejecrois.

It was the period in France of great economic prosperity I believe.

Doncilsavaientvraimentbesoindemaind'œuvreetdoncilsontfaitappelàlamain-d'œuvreétrangère.

So they really needed labor and thus they called for foreign labor.

Monpèreaaccepté,ilavaituntravailauPortugal,ill'alaissépourvenirenFrance.

My father accepted, he had a job in Portugal, he left it to come to France.

EtqueltypedetravaililavaitenFranceàsonarrivée.

And what kind of work did he have in France upon his arrival?

Alorsiltravaillaitdanslaconstructionautomobile,uneentreprisetrèsconnue,Heuliez.

Well, he worked in the automobile construction, a very well-known company, Heuliez.

Etd'ailleurs,maintenant,lavilleoùsetrouvecettegrandeentreprisequis'appelleCerisaie,estdevenuebeaucoupplusportugaisequefrançaise.

And by the way, now, the city where this large company called Cerisaie is located has become much more Portuguese than French.

Etalors,depuistoutescesannées,estcequevosparentsontsouhaitédevenirfrançais?

And so, over all these years, did your parents wish to become French?

Estcequ'ilsontpudevenirfrançais?

Could they become French?

Alorsilsn'ontpassouhaité.

Well, they did not wish to.

Non,parcequejepensequedéjàc'est.

No, because I think that already it is.

C'étaittrèsdifficilepoureuxdelaisserderrièreeuxtoutunpassé,touteunevie,touteunefamille,dessouvenirs.

It was very difficult for them to leave behind a whole past, a whole life, a whole family, memories.

DoncilssontarrivésenFrance,maisjecroisqu'ilsonteuunepériodevraimenttrèsdifficiled'intégration.

So they arrived in France, but I believe they had a really very difficult period of integration.

Etpuisnon,ilsnelesouhaitaientpasparcequec'estilsontleurculture,ilsontleurfaçondevivreetilssontavanttoutportugais.

And then no, they did not wish it because they have their culture, they have their way of living and they are above all Portuguese.