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English to German: Excerpt from Wicked Devil (by Daniela Romero; translated by Djamila Vilcsko) General field: Art/Literary
Source text - English “If we win,” He points to the three of them. “You wear a bikini the rest of the weekend. Day and night. No exceptions.”
I snort. Typical. “And if I win?”
He shrugs. “What do you want?”
[...]
“If I win, you three wear bikinis all weekend. Day and night. No exceptions, either.”
The crowd cheers on the idea and Emilio’s grin widens while Dom and Roman’s matching scowls deepen. I don’t even bother trying to hold back my laugh.
“Alright. Alright. I can get behind that.”
“No,” Dom says. “You fuckers have at it. My black ass is not wearing a bikini.”
Emilio chuckles. “But Dom, you’d look fine as fuck in one and you know it.”
His scowl deepens even more and I clutch my stomach, laughing, as I picture Dominique in a bikini. “Alright. You get a pass,” I say when I can catch my breath again. “But only because teams need to be equal. Two on two.”
I turn to Aaron and he gives me a reassuring smile. He’s in, even though I’m pretty sure if we lose, the guys only care if I’m the one in a bikini. Good thing I bought one today.
Then I turn to Roman and lift a single brow. I’m almost positive he’ll bow out like Dominique did but he surprises me when he grabs a ping pong ball and says, “Rack them up.”
Translation - German „Wenn wir gewinnen“, er zeigt auf seine Dreiergruppe, „dann läufst du den Rest des Wochenendes im Bikini herum. Tag und Nacht. Ohne Ausnahme.“
Ich schnaube. Typisch. „Und wenn ich gewinne?“
Er zuckt mit den Schultern. „Was willst du denn?“
[...]
„Wenn ich gewinne, dann lauft ihr drei das ganze Wochenende in Bikinis herum. Tag und Nacht. Ebenfalls ohne Ausnahme.“
Die Menge jubelt bei dieser Idee, und Emilios Grinsen wird breiter, während Dom und Roman beide noch mehr die Stirn runzeln. Ich gebe mir nicht mal mehr Mühe, mir das Lachen zu verkneifen.
„Okay. Okay. Das kann ich akzeptieren.“
„Nein“, sagt Dom. „Ihr Wichser könnt das machen. Mein schwarzer Arsch zwängt sich in keinen Bikini.“
Emilio lacht in sich hinein. „Aber Dom, du würdest verdammt gut darin aussehen, und das weißt du auch.“
Dom schaut noch finsterer, und ich halte mir vor Lachen den Bauch, als ich mir Dominique in einem Bikini vorstelle. „Okay. Du musst nicht mitmachen“, sage ich, als ich wieder Luft bekomme. „Aber nur, weil die Teams gleich groß sein müssen. Zwei gegen zwei.“
Ich drehe mich zu Aaron, und er lächelt mir zustimmend zu. Er ist dabei, aber ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass, falls wir verlieren, sich die Kerle nur darum scheren, ob ich einen Bikini trage. Zum Glück habe ich heute einen gekauft.
Dann drehe ich mich zu Roman und ziehe eine Augenbraue hoch. Ich bin mir fast sicher, dass er, genau wie Dominique, aussteigen wird, aber er überrascht mich, als er sich einen Ping-Pong-Ball schnappt und sagt: „Dann mal los.“
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