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Hugo Bonneville - Être musicien

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Meet troubadour Hugo Bonneville, a socially aware singer-songwriter whose love of words makes his lyrics pure poetry. Hugo shares with us what being a musician means to him.

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Caption 4 [fr]: et euh, donc il gagne sa vie aussi comme troubadour; mesdames et messieurs,
Caption 4 [en]: and uh, so he also earns a living as a troubadour; ladies and gentlemen,

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Phil Cambron - Ses révélations

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

Singer-songwriter Phil Cambron talks about the “chanson vivante” scene in Montreal, his musical tastes and his ambitions.

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Caption 22 [fr]: donc, euh... des places comme ici, comme euh, justement la chanson devant, ça nous permet de... de...
Caption 22 [en]: so, uh... jobs like these, like um, just like the song playing before us, it allows us to... to...

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Le Journal - Les vignobles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Two women – one French, one American – speak of their new careers as vineyard owners. With the increasing popularity of New World wines, land in the Bordeaux region of France is becoming cheaper.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Si c'est trop tôt, ça va manquer de... de maturité, de choses comme ça.
Caption 8 [en]: If it's too early, it will lack... maturity, things like that.

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Le Journal - Les Ch'tis

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The “ch’ti” dialect and way of life of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France is the subject of the movie Bienvenue chez les ch’tis, number two on the all-time French box office list and the first French movie on the list. Actor-director Dany Boon knew just the right mix of ingredients to make it stick.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Il m'en faut trois! -Trois comme ça. -Ouais, ouais. -Bon, eh bien, on va vous faire ça.
Caption 5 [en]: I need three! -Three like that. -Yeah, yeah. -OK, well, we'll do that for you.

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Wallen - Donna - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Wallen was born to a family of Moroccan immigrants in Bobigny. In “Donna,” she sings about the life of teenage girls struggling to handle family, love, and school.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Sent qu'dans l'intimité y a comme un problème
Caption 18 [en]: Feels that there's, like, a problem with intimacy

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Dionysos - Miss Acacia

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Miss Acacia is a character in the novel La Mécanique du Cœur (“The Mechanics of the Heart”) by Dionysos lead singer Mathias Malzieu; in it, the protagonist falls madly in love with her.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Oh tes paupières se lèvent comme des ombrelles noires
Caption 1 [en]: Oh your eyelids open like black sunshades

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Le Journal - 2000 mètres sous les mers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A robot is sent into a deep ocean fault south of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. Its mission: to explore mineral chimneys and collect the organisms that can live there without sunlight.

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Caption 20 [fr]: en respectant, comme pour des plongeurs, des paliers de décompression.
Caption 20 [en]: while observing decompression measures, as is the case for divers.

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Dionysos - Neige

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

“Neige” is another fantastical number from French rock band Dionysos. The group, which has been together since high school, lists several film directors among their influences, and it’s not hard to see the impact of one in particular, Tim Burton, on the dark, whimsical stylings of this video.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Allez neige, tombe comme avant
Caption 1 [en]: Come on snow, fall like before

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Le Journal - Apnée du sommeil

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Not only can sleep apnea keep you from getting a good night’s sleep, but it can also wreak havoc on your health, causing such serious health problems as brain damage and cardiovascular disease. Luckily, thanks to research by the National Scientific Research Center in Strasbourg and special equipment like oxygen masks, sufferers of sleep apnea may now be better able to get some rest.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Comme plus de deux millions de Français, il est victime d'apnée du sommeil.
Caption 3 [en]: Like over two million French people, he is a sleep apnea victim.

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Karin Clercq - La Sincère

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This musical adaptation of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore’s poem “La Sincère,” performed by Karin Clercq, is a touching and troubling song — themes the video captures well with its New York setting. You can hear tracks from her brand new album, La Vie Buissonnière, here.

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Caption 14 [fr]: L'âme doit courir comme une eau limpide. L'âme doit courir, aimer et mourir
Caption 14 [en]: The soul must run like a clear water. The soul has to run, to love and to die

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Le Journal - Le mémorial de la Shoah

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What is the best way to explain the horrors of the Holocaust to nine-year-old children? France’s Holocaust memorial has taken measures to avoid disturbing children by placing the most graphic photographs out of their line of sight and by offering a tour specifically designed for younger viewers. The idea is for children to learn about this dark moment in our history without being overwhelmed.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Qu'est-ce qu'on a voulu faire passer comme message?
Caption 20 [en]: What message did they want to convey?

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The last in our four-part series on Paris fashion week showcases the latest collections of Lanvin by Alber Elbaz, Christian Lacroix and his luxury ready-to-wear, Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs, and Hermès by Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Lanvin, c'était un peu comme la Belle au Bois Dormant
Caption 1 [en]: Lanvin was a little like a Sleeping Beauty

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Which four designers’ collections are not to miss (if your income is in the seven digits)? Chanel, Yves Saint-Laurent, Loewe, and, for your delicate foot, René Caovilla and his sparkling handmade Venetian shoes.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Comme sorties d'un tableau orientaliste, les couleurs s'entrechoquaient;
Caption 12 [en]: As if out of an oriental painting, the colors jostled together;

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Manu le Malin - Album Biomechanik III - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

What’s the ideal first hardcore music experience? Where is the best place to hear hardcore? Is it true that ladies don’t dig hardcore as much as guys do? Hear what famed French musician and DJ Manu le Malin has to say in the final part of his interview.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Et je vois... je vois la musique électronique comme ça, particulièrement le hardcore.
Caption 20 [en]: And I see... I see electronic music that way, hardcore in particular.

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Debout Sur Le Zinc - Les mots d'amour - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Debout Sur Le Zinc is a seven-member group that plays a unique fusion of rock and traditional French, Irish, and Gypsy folk music. The band’s name (which means “standing on the zinc,” as in the zinc countertop of a bar) comes from the Jacques Prévert poem “Et la fête continue”—and indeed DSLZ is the perfect music for a fête!

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Caption 5 [fr]: J'ai un peu froid, comme a dit l'autre
Caption 5 [en]: I'm a little cold, as they say

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