Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Mystery of the Hologram Disappearance in Future Cape Town
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Story Transcript:

Af: Dit was 'n helder dag in die toekoms van Kaapstad.
En: It was a bright day in the future of Cape Town.

Af: Die son het geskyn oor Tafelberg, en mense het in die strate geloop, maar iets was anders.
En: The sun shone over Table Mountain, and people walked in the streets, but something was different.

Af: Hulle het nie fisies gepraat nie; hulle het hologram avatars gebruik.
En: They didn't speak physically; they used hologram avatars.

Af: In hierdie vreemde nuwe wêreld het Pieter, Annelize, en Johan besluit om mekaar by die Waterfront te ontmoet.
En: In this strange new world, Pieter, Annelize, and Johan decided to meet at the Waterfront.

Af: Hulle het gesels en gelag soos altyd, maar hulle lewens sou gou verander.
En: They chatted and laughed as always, but their lives were about to change.

Af: Johan het verdwyn.
En: Johan disappeared.

Af: "Pieter, waar is Johan?" vra Annelize bekommerd.
En: "Pieter, where is Johan?" asked Annelize, worried.

Af: Hulle het vir hom rondgekyk, maar sy hologram was nie nêrens te sien nie.
En: They looked around for him, but his hologram was nowhere to be seen.

Af: "Ons moet hom vind," sê Pieter vasberade.
En: "We need to find him," said Pieter determinedly.

Af: Hulle het begin soek in hul digitale wêreld.
En: They began to search in their digital world.

Af: Hulle het hul avatars na Johan se huis gestuur.
En: They sent their avatars to Johan's house.

Af: Die huis was leeg.
En: The house was empty.

Af: Niks het beweeg nie.
En: Nothing moved.

Af: Nie eers 'n geluid nie.
En: Not even a sound.

Af: "Ek het laas met hom gepraat toe ons oor die nuwe projek gedebatteer het," sê Annelize.
En: "I last spoke to him when we were debating the new project," said Annelize.

Af: "Wat as iets daarmee te doen het?"
En: "What if it has something to do with that?"

Af: Pieter het sy holografiese afstandsjoernaal uitgetrek.
En: Pieter pulled out his holographic remote journal.

Af: "Hier is sy laaste boodskap," vertel hy, en speel dit af.
En: "Here's his last message," he said, and played it.

Af: "Ek dink ek het iets gevind, iets wat ons wêreld kan verander!" Johan se stem was enthusiasties.
En: "I think I've found something, something that could change our world!" Johan's voice was enthusiastic.

Af: Annelize het haar wenkbroue gelig.
En: Annelize raised her eyebrows.

Af: "Miskien was hy op die spoor van iets groot... iets gevaarliks."
En: "Maybe he was on the track of something big... something dangerous."

Af: Hulle het die leidraad verder ondersoek en het 'n geheime ingang gevind, weggesteek agter 'n skynbaar leë digitale muur.
En: They investigated the clue further and found a hidden entrance, concealed behind an apparently empty digital wall.

Af: Agter die muur het hulle 'n ondergrondse laboratorium ontdek.
En: Behind the wall, they discovered an underground laboratory.

Af: Dit was vol rekenaars en vreemde masjiene.
En: It was full of computers and strange machines.

Af: In die middel van die kamer het Johan se avatar ligspore begin flits.
En: In the middle of the room, Johan's avatar began to flicker with light traces.

Af: "Pieter! Annelize! Julle het my gevind!" Johan se stem het gereeld geraak.
En: "Pieter! Annelize! You found me!" Johan's voice became steady.

Af: "Ek was vasgevang in 'n geïnkripteerde ruimte."
En: "I was trapped in an encrypted space."

Af: Annelize het 'n rekenaar begin bedink en sê, "Ek gaan die kode probeer kraak."
En: Annelize started working on a computer and said, "I'm going to try to crack the code."

Af: Na baie pogings het sy uiteindelik die regte kombinasie gevind.
En: After many attempts, she finally found the right combination.

Af: Johan se hologram het finaal weer verskyn, en hy het na sy vriende gestap.
En: Johan's hologram reappeared fully, and he walked towards his friends.

Af: "Dankie dat julle my kom soek het. Ek het op iets gestoets wat nie bedoel was om gevind te word nie. Dit was gevaarlik."
En: "Thank you for coming to find me. I stumbled upon something that wasn't meant to be found. It was dangerous."

Af: Pieter het glimlaggend gesê, "Dit maak nie saak nie. Ons vriendskap is belangriker as enigiets anders."
En: Pieter smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Our friendship is more important than anything else."

Af: Hulle het weggekom van die geheime laboratorium.
En: They left the secret laboratory.

Af: Die son het nog steeds oor Tafelberg geskyn.
En: The sun still shone over Table Mountain.

Af: Hulle het Kaapstad weer begin verken, vry om saam nuwe avonture te beleef.
En: They began to explore Cape Town again, free to experience new adventures together.

Af: En so het hulle verhaal in hierdie vreemde nuwe wêreld 'n einde gekry.
En: And so their story in this strange new world came to an end.


Vocabulary Words:

• bright: helder
• future: toekoms
• shone: geskyn
• physically: fisies
• avatars: avatars
• disappeared: verdwyn
• worried: bekommerd
• determinedly: vasberade
• digital: digitale
• empty: leeg
• debating: gedebatteer
• holographic: holografiese
• journal: afstandsjoernaal
• enthusiastic: enthusiasties
• raised: gelig
• concealed: weggesteek
• apparently: skynbaar
• underground: ondergrondse
• flicker: flits
• encrypted: geïnkripteerde
• crack: kraak
• attempts: pogings
• combination: kombinasie
• reappeared: heteindelik weer verskyn
• stumbled: gestoets
• meant: bedoel
• dangerous: gevaarlik
• explore: verken
• adventures: avonture
• experience: beleef