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Translated from English by Sarah Ducharme
５つ目のマイルまでその飛べるって感じがしない。その滑らかな、浮き上がるって感じ。自 分の足が清新になって、強くなって、近所の家を通ってほんとうに早く走って感じるようにな る。でもそれは５マイル走らないと感じない。
１、２、３、４マイルは沼にはまるように辛い。脛と足首が鉛のように重くて、腓が痛む。 足指のあたりは靴がキツすぎて、足首のあたりはかえってゆったりすぎる。喉をざらざら擦っ てるみたいに息が荒い。
This translation is part of the 2021 Spring Translations Marathon for student translators.
Traducido por Izzy Ford del ingles
El primero de febrero, 2021, un video de la cámara corporal de policía emergió en el internet de una niña negra que tiene nueve años siendo arrastrada a través de la nieve a un coche de la policía, con esposas, y rociada con gas pimienta. Los oficiales, que fueron respondiendo a un informe de “problemas con una familia”, actuaron de esta manera después de que la niña expresó que quería matar a su madre y a sí misma. Cuando la niña se negó a sentarse en el coche de la policía y dijo que quería a su padre, un oficial de policía despectivamente le dijo que ella estaba “actuando como una niñita,” a lo que la niña con nueve años respondió, “soy una niñita”- y entonces, la rociaron con gas pimienta.
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Editor's Note: The following article contains discussion of suicide and mental health struggles that readers may find distressing.
traduzido por: Olivia Sabini-Leite
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