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🇹🇭 Thai · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Family of Papers

A translation office near the embassy, the birth certificate on the counter: a translation of the birth certificate; yes, and the certification too; the certification is a stamp; and the copy; certified true copy; the English names, as in the passport; write them for me, for correctness; seven hundred in all, right: a verb or an adjective made a noun, with the two little words in front.

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THE STORY

A translation office on a side street off Wireless Road, a weekday in August, the birth certificate and two passports on the counter: the translator speaks as a woman with the polite word; Jack keeps the polite word with her; Nam answers her as a woman.

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การ แปล สูติบัตร ใช่ ไหม คะ?kaan plae sùu-tì-bàt châi mǎi khá?A translation of the birth certificate?
ใช่ ครับ. การ รับรอง ด้วย ครับ.châi khráp. kaan ráp-raawng dûay khráp.Yes. And the certification too.
การ รับรอง คือ ตรา ค่ะ.kaan ráp-raawng khuue traa khâ.The certification is a stamp.
แล้ว สำเนา ล่ะ คะ?láeo sǎm-nao lâ khá?And the copy?
รับรอง สำเนา ถูก ต้อง ค่ะ.ráp-raawng sǎm-nao thùuk tâwng khâ.Certified true copy.
ชื่อ อังกฤษ, ตาม พาสปอร์ต ครับ.chûue ang-krìt, taam pháat-sà-pàwt khráp.The English names, as in the passport.
เขียน ให้ หน่อย ค่ะ, เพื่อ ความ ถูก ต้อง.khǐan hâi nàwy khâ, phûea khwaam thùuk tâwng.Write them for me, for correctness.
ทั้งหมด เจ็ด ร้อย ใช่ ไหม คะ?tháng-mòt jèt ráwy châi mǎi khá?Seven hundred in all, right?