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Fish Talk
The author: Yota Prokopi was born in Athens, lives in Europe and she considers herself a world citizen. She loves investigating how language functions in the brain, translation and writing stories.
The translator: Christopher Luke Kourpas is an English Cypriot raised in Larnaca and Nottingham. "Fish Talk" is his first significant project in terms of translation.
The fish tank â Fish talks
Index
The Tank
The Village
The High Dive
The Tank
A ray of sunlight tricked and slipped its way through the grey multi-storeys and rushed into Mr Pensatoreâs fifth floor window and lit up the lawyerâs office. After a few moments the ray, after it had warmed the office and the water in the fish tank on the little table in front of the window, left in search of other windows. Before another ray of sunlight could reach the office, a set of keys could be heard unlocking the door of the empty office and the lawyer came into the room, shutting the door behind him. He went to switch on the light but before he pressed the button he looked at the window and realised he didnât need any more light than what was coming through the window. He went to his desk, put down his briefcase and knelt in front of the fish tank to look for his little fish. They were nowhere to be seen. He looked behind the shipwreck where they kept their eggs and they werenât there either, so he tapped his finger on the tank, a sign of worry beginning to creep onto his face. âWhere could they be?â he asked himself. He lifted the other hand and tapped with two fingers. Thankfully his beloved fish appeared at the door of the tower and the lawyer smiled at them. They went straight to his finger to say hello and then rushed back to their eggs.
âSo my dear little fish, said Mr Pensatore as he stood up and the little fish looked upwards at him, I understand that todayâs the most important day of your life! Youâve been swimming together in the tank for three whole years, since you were little, and at long last the day has come where you become parents. I realise you must be really anxious so Iâm going to treat you today,â he said dropping food into the tank.
He continued to speak while they ate, âYou know, Iâve never told you this but when I bought this tank I wanted to fill it with lots and lots of fish. But when I chose you and brought you here, first Artles and then you Bravado, I knew that you two would be enough for company and I forgot about bringing in any other fish. Ahâ¦â Mr Pensatore sighed and sat at his desk to look at his cases.
In the tankâ¦
âLook Bravado, poor Mr Pensatore is sad again⦠I think heâs crying.â
âHmmâ¦humansâ¦letâs check on the kids, itâs important weâre there when they hatch, I want to be one of the first faces they see.â
âStop worrying, there are only three faces here anyway!â