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Bà Lan’s stories

3 sessions · 4 clips · signed in as Thu (daughter, account holder)

Sharing: family only · chosen by Bà Lan, by voice

Sessions

Thursday, November 5 consent: family

Invented scene cards and captions, not family recordings. Caption playback is silent.

Invented scene · reviewed by Thu · family only

Clip 1 · The áo dài with two different sleeves · 0:48
  1. Cái áo dài đầu tiên Bác may, hai tay áo bên dài bên ngắn.

    The first áo dài I made had one sleeve longer than the other.

  2. Má cười quá trời, mà Tết năm đó má vẫn bắt Bác mặc.

    My mother laughed so hard, and still made me wear it that Tết.

  3. Đi tới đâu Bác cũng khoanh tay lại, cho người ta khỏi thấy.

    Everywhere I went I kept my arms crossed, so nobody would see.

Clip 2 · Sewing by the oil lamp · 0:36
  1. Tối nào hai má con cũng ngồi may bên cây đèn dầu.

    Every night the two of us sewed by the oil lamp.

  2. Má không nói nhiều, mà đường kim nào của Bác má cũng coi.

    She did not say much, but she looked at every stitch I made.

Transcript excerpt

Mai

Dạ Bác, hồi nhỏ ai dạy Bác may đồ vậy Bác?

When you were little, who taught you to sew?

Bà Lan

Má Bác chớ ai. Mười hai tuổi là Bác biết đơm nút, lên lai rồi.

My mother, who else. By twelve I could already sew buttons and hem.

Subtitles reviewed by Thu.

Thursday, October 29 consent: family

Clip 1 · The house by the river · 1:05
  1. Nhà Bác ở sát mé sông, sáng nào cũng nghe tiếng ghe máy.

    Our house was right on the riverbank; every morning you heard the motorboats.

  2. Mùa nước nổi, tụi nhỏ ngồi ngay hàng ba mà câu cá.

    In flood season we children fished right from the porch.

Clip 2 was removed at the family’s request.

Thursday, October 22 consent: family

Clip 1 · “Let the little ones watch” · 0:31
  1. Ừ, Bác đồng ý. Cho mấy đứa nhỏ nó coi.

    Yes, I agree. Let the little ones watch.

  2. Chuyện vui nhất hả? Chắc là mấy bữa chợ Tết đi với má.

    My happiest memory? Probably going to the Tết market with my mother.

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