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Voyage en France - Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come take a trip to St-Jean-de-Luz, a beautiful resort town along the Atlantic in the Basque country of southwest France. Don’t forget to bring a towel!

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Caption 4 [fr]: Nous sommes au sud-ouest de la France, sur la côte atlantique bien sûr.
Caption 4 [en]: We are in the southwest of France, on the Atlantic coast, of course.

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Canal 32 - Aube : et vogue le canoë !

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Did you ever think you could drink champagne while kayaking? You can with “Rando Bulles de Champ’ et Canoë” (“Outing, Champagne Bubbles, and Canoeing”), a kayaking service which will take you along the Seine in the Aube department in the region of (where else?) Champagne-Ardenne.

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Caption 20 [fr]: C'est très bien, euh... ça... ça va vite, euh, y a beaucoup de... de rapides,
Caption 20 [en]: It's very nice, uh... it... it goes fast, uh, there're a lot of... of rapids,

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TV Vendée - "Nieul Village de Lumière"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On two summer nights per year, the small town of Nieul-le-Dolant transforms into “Nieul, Village de Lumière” (“Nieul, Village of Light”) and captivates both its residents and its visitors with a dazzling display of illuminated buildings and monuments.

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Caption 2 [fr]: mais bien "Nieul, Village de lumière".
Caption 2 [en]: but actually "Nieul, Village de Lumière" [Nieul, Village of Light].

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Canal 32 - Rouilly-Sacey : un Sarko 100% Guy!

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Guy Bouard, a house painter by trade, also happens to be the official double of President Nicolas Sarkozy. Among his duties: balancing the budget (in a coin jar) and meeting with agricultural experts (some sheep). He may be more popular than the President!

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Caption 20 [fr]: Eh bien, là je boucle mon budget.
Caption 20 [en]: Well, here I'm balancing my budget.

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Télé Grenoble - La famille Maudru

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Come discover this feature-length film directed by Serge Papagalli in the Trièves. Humor and affection drive his story, which focuses on the difficulties of peasant life.

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Caption 24 [fr]: donc voilà, y a des gens qui aimeraient bien vivre comme vivaient leur père, leur grand-père;
Caption 24 [en]: so you see, there are people who would really like to live like their father, their grandfather used to live;

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Voyage dans Paris - Mouzaïa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol guides us through the Quartier de la Mouzaïa, a quaint Parisian neighborhood filled with brightly-colored houses, patriotic street names, and old signs. You might forget you’re in a major city in the midst of this beautiful country landscape.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Bien entendu vous le savez: c'est la devise de la République Française.
Caption 20 [en]: Of course you know it: it's the motto of the French Republic.

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Le Journal - Falling Turbine Blade

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A blade fell off a wind turbine, causing a bit of alarm amongst nearby residents. Perhaps it’s time for an upgrade?

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Caption 5 [fr]: parce qu'on fait les réglages, euh... euh, régulièrement pour vérifier si tout va bien,
Caption 5 [en]: because we make adjustments, uh... uh, regularly to check if everything's fine,

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Le Journal - Bateau ensouillé - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The beached ship in Sables d’Olonne is still stuck in the sand. In fact, it’s becoming quite the local attraction!

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Caption 14 [fr]: Bon, ils ont bien creusé, ils ont fait ce qu'il faut, euh...
Caption 14 [en]: OK, they did dig quite a bit, they did what was needed, uh...

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Jean-Marc - Voiture de rêve

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Ever driven a car you like so much that after six hours on the road, all you wanted to do was keep on going? Jean-Marc was lucky enough to find that in his Audi A3.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Je re'... je referais bien une petite heure ou deux, quoi",
Caption 11 [en]: Well, I'd... I'd like to keep going for another hour or two,"

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Le Journal - Bateau ensouillé - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Residents of the seaside town Sables d’Olonne have a sizable problem on their hands: a beached ship that they can’t seem to get unstuck. Looks like they’ll have to try again tomorrow.

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Caption 4 [fr]: On pensait pourtant bien avoir quelque chose, mais...
Caption 4 [en]: We thought we finally had something, but...

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Grand Lille TV - Sondage: le voile intégral

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

These brief interviews on the streets of Lille were conducted in order to test the waters of the tricky dispute over the banning of burqa-wearing in public.

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Caption 3 [fr]: eh bien, est remis sur la table par Jean-François, euh, Copé en cette fin d'année.
Caption 3 [en]: well, it's back on the table thanks to Jean-François, uh, Copé as the year comes to an end.

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Les tartes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You say flammekueche, I say tarte flambée! But no matter the moniker, we can certainly agree on one thing: this Alsatian specialty is a gustatory delight!

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Caption 4 [fr]: Découvrez-la, vous serez conquis par sa finesse et sa subtilité". Ça sonne bien!
Caption 4 [en]: Discover it, you'll be won over by its delicacy and subtlety." That sounds good!

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Le film: "Treize jours en France"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dive back in to the 1968 winter Olympics, held in Grenoble, France. “Treize jours en France,” a recently restored documentary film made in ‘68 by director Claude Lelouch, captures the spirit of the times, and the “pre-revolutionary” zeitgeist leading up to the events of May.

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Caption 34 [fr]: cette France de l'époque qui était quand même généreuse, chaleureuse, les gens étaient bien, euh...
Caption 34 [en]: this France of that era, which nevertheless was generous, warm, people were feeling good, uh...

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 50 [fr]: et c'est bien pour ça que nous devons porter attention à ce qui se passe.
Caption 50 [en]: and this is indeed the reason why we must pay attention to what's going on.

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Gay Pride - La fierté

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Paris's Gay Pride march (La Marche des Fiertés) takes place every June, beginning in the Montparnasse district and ending in the Bastille district. This video of the march was recorded a few years before France legalized same-sex marriage in 2013.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Et je crois que quelque part, c'est très bien.
Caption 8 [en]: And I think that somewhere that will be very good.

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