| Objectif, objectif, carrière et emploi
| Goal, Goal, Career and Job
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| À l'époque il avait quoi, seize, dix-sept ans
| At the time he was what, sixteen, seventeen
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| Prénommez-le Vincent, Vinci, Vince
| Name him Vincent, Vinci, Vince
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| Avance, avance, avance, avance
| Advance, advance, advance, advance
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| Il a quitté l'école, il n'était qu’un adolescent
| He left school, he was just a teenager
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| Aucun diplôme en main, peut-être un inconscient
| No diploma in hand, maybe an unconscious
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| Il a eu différents jobs, histoire de dépanner
| He had different jobs, just to help out
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| Gagner quelques thunes serait le terme approprié
| Earning a few bucks would be the right term
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| Aucune qualification, ils lui ont dit «Toi, manutention»
| No qualifications, they told him "You, handling"
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| Il a accepté, il n’avait pas d’autre option
| He accepted, he had no other option
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| Un jour, il a dit «stop, j vais reprendre ls études
| One day he said "stop, I'm going back to school
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| Ils me demande bac plus, j’y arriverai même si c’est rude»
| They ask me bac more, I'll get there even if it's rough"
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| Sachez que Vincent est resté plus de dix-huit mois
| Know that Vincent stayed more than eighteen months
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| Dans l’ombre du rythme scolaire, il vivait la fiesta
| In the shadow of the school rhythm, he lived the fiesta
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| Désormais il a pris de nouvelles résolutions
| Now he's made new resolutions
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| Prochaine rentrée d’septembre-octobre en préparation
| Next September-October intake in preparation
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| Cette phrase marquait donc sa motivation
| This sentence therefore marked his motivation
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| Sa motivation, sa motivation
| His motivation, his motivation
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| Changement de décor, nous retrouvons Vincent
| Change of scenery, we find Vincent
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| Quelques années plus tard en plein bac blanc
| A few years later in full white bac
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| Il paraît serein, décontracté, relax
| He seems serene, relaxed, relaxed
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| Pourtant la veille il était au Rex pour décompresser au max | Yet the day before he was at the Rex to decompress to the max |
| Cette sortie nocturne ne l’a pas gêné pour autant
| This nocturnal outing did not bother him, however.
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| De plus le résultat s’est avéré satisfaisant
| Moreover, the result turned out to be satisfactory
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| Quatorze soixante-quinze de moyenne générale
| Fourteen seventy-five overall average
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| Dans l’ensemble c’est pas mal mais pas assez pour lui, il râle
| Overall it's not bad but not enough for him, he moans
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| (Oh il râle, oh il râle)
| (Oh he bitch, oh he bitch)
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| Preuve de sa motivation
| Proof of his motivation
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| Sa motivation, sa motivation
| His motivation, his motivation
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| Sa motivation, sa motivation
| His motivation, his motivation
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| Jour J, heure H, minute M, seconde S
| Day D, hour H, minute M, second S
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| Dans l’attitude de Vincent, plus le moindre stress
| In Vincent's attitude, the less stress
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| Vous me direz normal, cela fait si longtemps
| You'll tell me normal, it's been so long
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| Qu’il attend ce moment impatiemment
| That he waits impatiently for this moment
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| Trente-six mois d’acharnement, mille quatre-vingt-quinze jours
| Thirty-six months of relentlessness, one thousand and ninety-five days
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| Même si ce n'était pas constant, quel fabuleux parcours
| Even if it wasn't constant, what a fabulous journey
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| Que celui de Vinci, se trouvant aujourd’hui
| Than that of Vinci, found today
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| En très bonne position pour remporter son pari
| In a very good position to win his bet
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| Le temps s’est écoulé, l'épreuve est terminée
| Time is up, the trial is over
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| Vincent sort de la classe, il me semble satisfait
| Vincent comes out of the class, he seems satisfied
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| Je m’approche et lui demande «Alors cool?», «Ouais»
| I walk up and say "So cool?", "Yeah"
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| A été sa réponse, même qu’il m’a dit «Tout est OK
| Was his response, even he told me "It's ok
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| Dorénavant je possède un diplôme en main
| Now I got a degree in hand
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| Fini la manutention, trop mauvais pour les reins
| No more handling, too bad for the kidneys
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| D’ailleurs dès demain, je serai sur le marché de l’emploi | Besides tomorrow, I will be on the job market |
| Avec dans mon bagage un bac, un bag pour lauréat»
| With in my luggage a baccalaureate, a bag for the winner"
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| Une clef, une solution, mais est-ce la solution
| One key, one solution, but is it the solution
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| Bagage pour que Vincent puisse préserver ce qui lui reste de sa motivation
| Baggage so that Vincent can preserve what remains of his motivation
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| Sa motivation, sa motivation
| His motivation, his motivation
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| Sa motivation, sa motivation
| His motivation, his motivation
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| Check, check, one, two, check, microphone check
| Check, check, one, two, check, microphone check
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| Wake up, debout, tu connais dec' mec
| Wake up, up, you know that man
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| Après l’heure ce n’est plus l’heure, dur dur le réveil
| After the hour it is no longer the hour, hard hard to wake up
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| It’s time, fini le sommeil
| It's time, no more sleep
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| Le jour s’est levé, mets ta tête à l’extérieur
| The day has dawned, put your head outside
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| Contemple le ciel comme on contemple la fleur
| Contemplate the sky as one contemplates the flower
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| Ambiance estivale pour oublier momentanément
| Summer atmosphere to momentarily forget
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| La grisaille d’un quotidien beaucoup trop abracadabrant
| The grayness of a daily life that is far too preposterous
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| Bizarre, bizarre, bizarre, bizarre
| Weird, weird, weird, weird
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| Bizarre, bizarre, vous me dites que
| Weird, weird, you tell me
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| Bizarre, bizarre, c’est
| Weird, weird, it's
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| Bizarre, bizarre, c’est
| Weird, weird, it's
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| Oui, j’viens pour l’annonce (sur le marché de l’emploi)
| Yes, I come for the ad (on the job market)
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| Non-non, j’ai vu ça dans l’journal, quoi, métier à temps plein (quel marché)
| No-no, I saw that in the newspaper, what, full-time job (what market)
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| Pardon? | Sorry? |
| Non-non, j’suis bien formel
| No-no, I'm very formal
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| En fait, j’suis venu hier, on m’avait dit d’repasser aujourd’hui
| In fact, I came yesterday, I was told to come back today
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| Quoi? | What? |
| Ouais j’ai travaillé deux-trois fois dans…
| Yeah I worked two or three times in...
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| Dans l’même genre de boulot, quoi, en fait | In the same kind of job, what, in fact |