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Det med børnene var i det hele taget min største bekymring. ||||||||||Sorge It|with|children|was|in|it|whole|taken|my|greatest|concern The issue with the children was overall my biggest concern. Jeg havde det okay, Mario havde det okay, og Vicente var for lille til at have problemer. I|had|it|okay|Mario|had|it|okay|and|Vicente|was|too|small|to||have|problems I was okay, Mario was okay, and Vicente was too small to have problems. Men for Martim var det virkelig svært. But|for|Martim|was|it|really|hard But for Martim, it was really difficult. Han var syv år og gik allerede i skole i Portugal. He|was|seven|years|and|walked|already|in|school|in|Portugal He was seven years old and was already in school in Portugal. Nu savnede han sine skolekammerater, sine venner og sin familie. Now|missed|he|his|schoolmates|his|friends|and|his|family Now he missed his schoolmates, his friends, and his family. Han længtes også meget efter sin farmor og var ulykkelig i et helt år. |vermisste|||||Großmutter||||||| He|longed|also|much|for|his|grandmother|and|was|unhappy|for|a|whole|year He also longed very much for his grandmother and was unhappy for a whole year. Hver aften, når han skulle i seng, græd han. Every|evening|when|he|was supposed to|to|bed|cried|he Every evening, when he was supposed to go to bed, he cried. Det var forfærdeligt! It|was|terrible It was terrible! Han kunne jo heller ikke bruge engelsk til at kommunikere. He|could|after all|either|not|use|English|to|to|communicate He couldn't use English to communicate either. Han sagde: „Mor, jeg elsker dig og far og Vicente, men når jeg er 18 år gammel, flytter jeg tilbage til Portugal." He|said|Mom|I|love|you|and|dad|and|Vicente|but|when|I|am|years|old|will move|I|back|to|Portugal He said: "Mom, I love you and dad and Vicente, but when I turn 18, I'm moving back to Portugal." Det var med vilje, at vi kom til Danmark allerede i juni, for på den måde havde vi hele juli til at finde en skole til ham. It|was|with|intention|that|we|arrived|in|Denmark|already|in|June|for|in|that|way|had|we|all|July|to|to|find|a|school|for|him We intentionally came to Denmark already in June, so that way we had all of July to find a school for him. Det var meget forvirrende i starten, men til sidst var vi heldige og fandt en rigtig god skole i Utterslev. |||||||||||||||||||Utterslev It|was|very|confusing|in|the beginning|but|at|last|were|we|lucky|and|found|a|really|good|school|in|Utterslev It was very confusing at first, but in the end we were lucky and found a really good school in Utterslev. Den lå ikke langt fra Bispebjerg, hvor vi boede, og var ny med mange flotte bygninger. It|was located|not|far|from|Bispebjerg|where|we|lived|and|was|new|with|many|beautiful|buildings It was not far from Bispebjerg, where we lived, and was new with many beautiful buildings. Skolen har en naturfaglig profil, men det første år gik Martim i en specialklasse for børn, der ikke kan dansk endnu. |||naturwissenschaftliche||||||||||Sonderklasse||||||| The school|has|a|science|profile|but|it|first|year|attended|Martim|in|a|special class|for|children|who|not|can|Danish|yet The school has a science profile, but in the first year, Martim was in a special class for children who do not speak Danish yet. Problemet var, at 90 procent af børnene i klassen var fra arabiske lande, og at de i frikvartererne kun snakkede arabisk med hinanden. ||||||||||arabischen||||||den Pausen|||Arabisch|| The problem|was|that|percent|of|the children|in|the class|were|from|Arabic|countries|and|that|they|in|the recesses|only|spoke|Arabic|with|each other The problem was that 90 percent of the children in the class were from Arab countries, and during breaks, they only spoke Arabic to each other. Martim blev meget forvirret, for han var ikke dansk, og han var heller ikke arabisk. Martim|became|very|confused|because|he|was|not|Danish|and|he|was|neither|not|Arabic Martim became very confused because he was neither Danish nor Arab. Hvor hørte han til? Where|belonged|he|to Where did he belong? Han kom hjem og sagde: „Mor, jeg vil ikke spise svinekød mere. ||||||||||Schweinefleisch| He|came|home|and|said|Mom|I|will|not|eat|pork|anymore He came home and said: "Mom, I don't want to eat pork anymore. Svin er snavsede dyr." ||schmutzige| Pigs|are|dirty|animals ||sujos| Pigs are dirty animals." Men portugiserne spiser svin hele tiden! |die Portugiesen|||| But|the Portuguese|eat|pork|all|the time |os portugueses|||| But the Portuguese eat pork all the time! Vi sagde til ham: „Så kan du heller ikke spise skinke mere, for skinke er svinekød." We|said|to|him|Then|can|you|either|not|eat|ham|anymore|because|ham|is|pork ||||||||||presunto||||é| We told him: "Then you can't eat ham anymore, because ham is pork." „Er det svinekød?" Is|it|pork "Is it pork?" spurgte han. asked|he |ele he asked. „Men jeg kan godt lide brød med skinke på!" But|I|can|really|like|bread|with|ham|on "But I like bread with ham on it!" Heldigvis var der også en brasiliansk dreng, som han kunne tale portugisisk med. |||||brasilianischer||||||| Fortunately|was|there|also|a|Brazilian|boy|who|he|could|speak|Portuguese|with Fortunately, there was also a Brazilian boy with whom he could speak Portuguese. Han blev Martims bedste ven. He|became|Martin's|best|friend He became Martim's best friend.

Det blev nemmere for ham efter det første år. It|became|easier|for|him|after|the|first|year It became easier for him after the first year. Han var hele sin første sommerferie i Portugal hos sin portugisiske familie. He|was|all|his|first|summer vacation|in|Portugal|with|his|Portuguese|family He spent his entire first summer vacation in Portugal with his Portuguese family. Bagefter startede han i en almindelig klasse med danske børn. Afterwards|he started|he|in|a|regular|class|with|Danish|children After that, he started in a regular class with Danish children. Han var også stor nok til at se, at vores familie havde fået det bedre, for vi havde mere tid til at være sammen. He|was|also|big|enough|to|to|see|that|our|family|had|gotten|it|better|because|we|had|more|time|to|to|be|together He was also big enough to see that our family was doing better, because we had more time to be together. Det er en af de største fordele i Danmark, synes jeg: Der er mere tid til familien. It|is|one|of|the|largest|advantages|in|Denmark|think|I|There|is|more|time|to|family I think one of the biggest advantages in Denmark is: There is more time for the family. Vi har aldrig før haft så meget tid til os selv. We|have|never|before|had|so|much|time|for|ourselves|self We have never had so much time for ourselves before. I Portugal er man hele tiden sammen med bedsteforældrene eller med vennerne. ||||||||den Großeltern||| In|Portugal|is|one|all|the time|together|with|the grandparents|or|with|the friends In Portugal, you are always with the grandparents or with friends. Vi havde aldrig været kun os fire … We|had|never|been|only|us|four We had never just been the four of us...

Mange danskere siger til mig: „Det lyder så dejligt at have en stor familie med flere generationer som i Portugal, hvor alle hjælper hinanden." Many|Danes|say|to|me|It|sounds|so|lovely|to|have|a|large|family|with|multiple|generations|like|in|Portugal|where|everyone|helps|each other Many Danes say to me: "It sounds so lovely to have a large family with several generations like in Portugal, where everyone helps each other." Det er selvfølgelig også godt, men det er ikke kun godt. It|is|of course|also|good|but|it|is|not|only|good Of course, that's good, but it's not only good. Det er også anstrengende. |||anstrengend It|is|also|exhausting ||também|estressante It's also exhausting. I starten var jeg selvfølgelig lidt bange, fordi jeg ikke vidste, hvordan jeg skulle klare mig uden familiens hjælp. I|start|was|I|of course|a little|scared|because|I|not|knew|how|I|should|manage|myself|without|family's|help At first, I was of course a little scared because I didn't know how I would manage without the family's help. Hvad hvis der skete en ulykke? What|if|there|happened|an|accident What if an accident happened? Hvad skulle vi gøre, hvis nogen blev syg? What|should|we|do|if|someone|became|sick What should we do if someone gets sick? Men det viste sig, at man altid finder en løsning, og nu er jeg ikke bange mere. But|it|showed|oneself|that|one|always|finds|a|solution|and|now|is|I|not|afraid|anymore But it turned out that you always find a solution, and now I'm not afraid anymore.

Vi savner selvfølgelig vores venner og forældre, og derfor skal vi altid nå rigtig meget, når vi rejser til Portugal. We|miss|of course|our|friends|and|parents||therefore|must|we|always|accomplish|really|much|when|we|travel|to|Portugal Of course, we miss our friends and parents, and that's why we always have to do a lot when we travel to Portugal. Vi skal besøge mange mennesker og rejser hele tiden rundt fra det ene sted til det andet … Det er så anstrengende, at vi tit siger: „Ikke alt det igen!" We|shall|visit|many|people|and|travel|all|the time|around|from|that|one|place|to|that|other|It|is|so|exhausting|that|we|often|say|Not|all|that|again We have to visit many people and are constantly traveling from one place to another... It's so exhausting that we often say: "Not all of that again!" Måske er jeg undtagelsen. |||die Ausnahme Maybe|am|I|the exception |||a exceção Maybe I'm the exception. Mange af mine portugisiske venner savner solen og maden og vennerne. Many|of|my|Portuguese|friends|miss|the sun|and|the food|and|the friends Many of my Portuguese friends miss the sun, the food, and their friends. De bliver ikke glade for Danmark og ender med at flytte tilbage. They|become|not|happy|with|Denmark|and|end|up|to|move|back |||felizes||Dinamarca||acabar|||| They do not become happy in Denmark and end up moving back. Men jeg er meget lykkeligere end før. ||||glücklicher|| But|I|am|much|happier|than|before But I am much happier than before. Jeg har min familie samlet og behøver ikke at bekymre mig om fremtiden mere. I|have|my|family|gathered|and|need|not|to|worry|myself|about|future|anymore I have my family together and no longer need to worry about the future.

Her er også sikrere. |||sicherer Here|is|also|safer |||mais seguro It is also safer here. Når jeg satte mig i min bil i Portugal, låste jeg for eksempel som en af de første ting dørene indvendigt. |||||||||schloss||||||||||die Türen|von innen When|I|sat|myself|in|my|car|in|Portugal|locked|I|for|example|as|one|of|the|first|things|the doors|from the inside |||||||||||||||||||as portas|por dentro When I got into my car in Portugal, I locked the doors from the inside as one of the first things. Jeg turde ikke gå alene i byen om natten, og børnene legede aldrig alene udenfor. I|dared|not|to walk|alone|in|the city|at|night|and|the children|played||alone|outside eu|ousei||||||||||||| I didn't dare to walk alone in the city at night, and the children never played outside alone. Måske er det i virkeligheden slet ikke så farligt, men de portugisiske nyheder fokuserer meget på kriminalitet. Maybe|is|it|in|reality|at all|not|so|dangerous|but|the|Portuguese|news|focus|a lot|on|crime Maybe it isn't really that dangerous, but the Portuguese news focuses a lot on crime. Aviserne skriver hele tiden om overfald og røverier, og derfor beskytter man sine børn langt mere. Die Zeitungen|||||||Überfälle|||||||| The newspapers|write|all|the time|about|assaults|and|robberies|and|therefore|protects|one|their|children|much|more |||||ataques||assaltos|||||||| The newspapers are constantly writing about assaults and robberies, and that's why people protect their children much more. Det var faktisk svært for mig at vænne mig til, at børnene er mere selvstændige i Danmark. It|was|actually|hard|for|me|to|get|myself|used to|that|the children|are|more|independent|in|Denmark It was actually hard for me to get used to the fact that children are more independent in Denmark. Jeg kørte for eksempel altid Martim i skole, fordi jeg ikke ville drømme om at lade en dreng på syv år cykle alene. I|drove|for|example|always|Martim|to|school|because|I|not|would|dream|of|to|let|a|boy|of|seven|years|ride|alone For example, I always drove Martim to school because I wouldn't dream of letting a seven-year-old boy cycle alone. Lærerne sagde til mig, at det var unødvendigt, og at Martim godt kunne selv. |||||||unnötig|||||| The teachers|said|to|me|that|it|was|unnecessary|and|that|Martim|well|could|alone |||||||desnecessário|||||| The teachers told me that it was unnecessary and that Martim could manage by himself. Også Martim tiggede: „Mor, jeg vil ikke have, at du kører mig. ||bettete||||||||| Also|Martim|begged|Mom|I|will|not|have|that|you|drive|me Martim also begged: "Mom, I don't want you to drive me. Jeg vil gå selv i skole ligesom de andre børn." I|will|walk|by myself|to|school|like|the|other|children I want to walk to school by myself like the other kids." Til sidst fik han lov, men ikke før jeg købte en mobiltelefon til ham. At|last|he got|he|permission|but|not|before|I|bought|a|mobile phone|for|him In the end, he was allowed to, but not before I bought him a mobile phone. Han måtte love at ringe til mig, hver gang han var nået frem. He|had to|promise|to|call|to|me|every|time|he|was|arrived|safely He had to promise to call me every time he arrived. Det var svært for mig at slappe af. It|was|difficult|for|me|to|relax|up It was hard for me to relax.

Det var nemmere med Vicente, fordi han var yngre. It|was|easier|with|Vicente|because|he|was|younger It was easier with Vicente because he was younger. Vi fik hurtigt en børnehaveplads, og børnehaven var super. We|got|quickly|a|kindergarten spot|and|the kindergarten|was|great We quickly got a kindergarten spot, and the kindergarten was great. Det er utroligt, hvad børn får lov til i Danmark. It|is|incredible|what|children|are|allowed|to|in|Denmark |||||||||Dinamarca It's incredible what children are allowed to do in Denmark. De sover udenfor, de må klatre i træerne, og de må selv skære grøntsager. ||||||||||||schneiden| They|sleep|outside|they|must|climb|in|the trees|and|they|must|themselves|cut|vegetables They sleep outside, they must climb trees, and they must cut vegetables themselves. I Portugal ville man aldrig give børn lov til at røre en kniv. ||||||||||||Messer In|Portugal|would|one|never|give|children|permission|to||touch|a|knife In Portugal, one would never allow children to touch a knife. Man ville heller ikke gå udenfor, når det er dårligt vejr. One|would|rather|not|go|outside|when|it|is|bad|weather One would also not go outside when the weather is bad. Her leger børnene endda udenfor, når det regner! Here|play|the children|even|outside|when|it|rains Here, the children even play outside when it rains! Jeg var så imponeret. I|was|so|impressed I was so impressed.