Elfed Davies JournalJournal dede voyagevoyage desdes sectionssections européenneseuropéennes dudu LycéeLycée JulesJules LesvenLesven auau PaysPays dede GallesGalles -Mars-Mars 2012-2012- A word in the ear In , in museums or in public places, there are In 1990, in another programme for children, ramps for the disabled, the language of signs, language Y Tychwith, I was a puppeteer in charge of a punk in Braille, lifts for disabled people in wheelchairs, subtit- uckoo called "Wcw" ! became a very popular cha- DaffodilsDaffodils roadroad ling for the deaf on TV. For the blind, still on television, racter. A magazine called Wcwa'iFfrindiau (wcw and there is audio description. We have asked a few ques- friend) was created and is still in existence. Wcw tions to a man called Elfed Dafis who works in a com- himself last appeared on TV in 2000.In 1991. StudentsStudents ofof LycéeLycée JulesJules LesvenLesven ofof BrestBrest visitingvisiting CardiffCardiff andand discoveringdiscovering WalesWales onon MarchMarch 20122012 pany he created called "Gair I Glust" and offers an I also became a weather presenter on until 2007 . audio-description service How long does it generally take you to adapt a feature film ? The time it takes to prepare descriptions varies. It depends mostly as to how much dialogue is in the material. Generally, a 2 hour feature film with sparse Un joueur de légende surnommé « l’anguille » nous a quittés le 16 mars dernier. dialogue, can take up to 24 hours to prepare and 4 On March 16th 2012, just before the 5 Nations Tournament. hours to record. A further a-5 hours to process the the match Wales vs France and He won in 1970-1971-1972-1973- tape ready for broadcasting. the Welsh , Welsh 1975-1976 with the Welsh team. rugby fans learned about the He died at 65 years because he had a How long has the audio-description death of Mervyn Davies, also cancer, due to smoking. Mervyn been in use in British media ? known as Merv the Swerve. Davies had 5 children from 3 different Audio description first became available in Britain in a Thomas Mervyn Davies marriages. Mervyn wrote a book with few theatres and cinemas during the early 1990's. ana- was born on December 9th 1946. David Roach about his life in 2005. Welsh Grand slam 2012 : In 1968 he joined the London He was tall and slim, he logue television technology was not able to provide «We’ve done it for you Mervyn» audio description successfully. But digital TV is able to Welsh, his first major team. Later had a Mexican moustache to look one of the most famous rugbyman support many services, Audio Description being one of he played for Wales . more agressive. in Wales. His death has affected them. All terrestrial Digital TV stations in Britain were Mervyn was positioned in During the match Wales vs many people. He will stay in the obliged to provide audio-described programmes. the third row,in the center (num- France everybody in the Millennium heart of many Welshmen & women. S4C started transmitting a few audio-described pro- ber 8), from 1969 to 1976. He Stadium observed a oneminute grammes around 1998-1999. Today, about 10% of played 88 matches and scored 15 silence to pay tribute to him. We will Elodie & Mathilde S4C's programmes are audio-described. tries. He was named «Captain» of remember that Mervyn Davies was

How did you start working with Is there any other thing done audio-description ? Was it your first job ? in the media for the disabled ? In 1996, S4C (Sianel 4 cymru - The Welsh Fourth We also have Sign Language and The Queen, Art and Image Channel) were making preparations for digital subtitles for the deaf . broadcasting. A requirement of the Broadcasting Act Pour célébrer les 60 ans du Attitudes to Queen Elizabeth II in 1996 was provide "audio-description" programmes. Are such services for disabled found exclusively règne de Elizabeth II, le Wales are diverse and deeply roo- Until this point I had never heard of Audio in the public sector or are they provided «National Portrait Gallery» a ted in Welsh political history. From Description. I attended an "Audio Description on private channels too ? organisé une exposition en son celebration to protests, this exhibi- Course" in Bristol during the autumn of 1996 where Sky TV provide these services also. Recently, many honneur... tion takes a look at the relationship I learnt my trade. I now have a company called other channels provides some audio-description An exhibition of 60 of the most between the Queen and Wales "GairiGlust" (a literal translation is "a word in the programmes. Subtitles are very common. striking and resonant images of over the last 60 years. Special ear"), and I have small team working for me. In Wales, there are more disabled people in Elizabeth II has been organized interviews about the Queen's rela- Audio-Describing was not my first job. the streets, public buildings, museums, than in by the National Portrait Gallery. tionship with Wales will also be In 1982, after completing a drama course at the France because in Wales these places are better During her reign, the Queen has shown. The exhibition highlights Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in , adapted to them. There are long established chari- inspired, for example, Cecil important events from the Queen’s my first professional job was a presenter in a TV ties in Britain who work very hard at providing Beaton, Annie Leibovitz, Lucian relationship with the press to the programme called "Ffalabalam". It was a pro- various services. Various acts of Parliament have Freud and Andy Warhol. The exhi- death of Diana, Princess of Wales. gramme for children of pre-school age. Following also been signed concerning discrimination, the bition shows the different percep- The exhibition includes official and this, I did some theatre work with "Cwmni Bara latest being " The Equality Act 2010" . tions of royalty, during a reign that unofficial portraits. Caws", and a variety of other TV work, including car- has engaged the attention of mil- toons, entertainment programmes and dramas. Tifenn & Colette Camille, Gabrielle and Camille lions of people. Lightness of being -Chris Levine- A few symbols of Wales SEE YOU IN STARBUCKS COFFEE ! Starbucks : un endroit où on aime Created in Seattle, Washington This is the relaxing place where Il existe de nombreux symboles au Pays de On the background of the flag, the two colours of se retrouver pour boire une déli- USA, it opened for the first time in people want to go to work, to Galles. Le plus ancien est sûrement le dragon Wales are represented. That is to say white and cieuse boisson chaude entre amis! 1971 thanks to Jerry Baldwin, Zev meet friends, or after a hard shop- rouge, qui est aussi représenté sur le drapeau green for the leek, which is also an important Siegel and Gordon Bowker. The ping day to relax. officiel, ou du poireau, autre emblème du Pays emblem for the . However these When we went to Cardiff, Starbucks name inspired from Moby Dick evo- de Galles. Le drapeau de St-David fait aussi colours could also represent the House of Tudor. Of A true paradise coffee outlet caught our atten- qued the romance of high seas office de drapeau gallois. Lors du premier mai course what strikes the for the greedy ! tion. We were curious, so and seafaring traditions. où est célébré la St-David, les Gallois portent à most is the Red Dragon. we entered in this cof- They opened the first Starbucks's main asset is the diver- leur torse une jonquille, fleur nationale du pays, Another symbol is the flag fee shop. shop in Europe in the sity of tastes. From simple chocolate ou bien un poireau ! of Saint David, who is the UK in 1998, now there to the nutty and caramel tastes, the patron saint of Wales, which Students, adults, are 15 000 other cream, the high number of different The Red Dragon also cal- was used in Crusader’s old people, with shops in 50 countries! coffee that they offer : expresso led Y Ddraig Goch in crest. Therefore on Saint friends or with family In Cardiff there' are no roast, coffee verona, French roast, Welsh, is a main symbol David's day (each 1 March) the Welsh wear both a leek : everybody goes to fewer than 13 season's coffee … for the people of Wales. It and a daffodil flower. According to legend, Saint David Starbucks. For a cho- Starbucks when in is said that the Red ordered the Welsh soldiers, during a battle taking place colate or a coffee, there's France there are only 4 : in Camille Le Sant, Charlie Rozec Dragon was originally in a leek field, to wear a leek on their helmet in order to something for all tastes ! , Lille, Lyon and Toulouse. and Mathilde Vaillant used as a banner for Celt leaders on battlefields, identify themselves. Concerning the daffodil, it became such as King Arthur. Moreover its oldest recorded the national flower probably because of a similarity bet- use to symbolize Wales is dated 820. That is the ween the leek and this flower. Indeed in welsh the leek is reason why some considers the welsh flag as one of called cenhinen, while the daffodil is named cenhinen the most ancient flag in the world. Even though it bedr (Peter's leek). In the heart of the Welsh food was made official in 1959. Virginia Ozkalp Big Pit : the National Coal Museum Nous nous sommes rendues à Tesco, grand Une descente à la mine. supermarché de Cardiff, pour nous rendre compte des différences culinaires entre le Pays This museum was a working coal what life was like for the thousands de Galles et la France. mine from 1860 to 1980.It is now a of men who worked at the coal face. place where you can discover what There's also an exibition about the During our pleasure trip, we found that Wales had its the miner’s life was like Big Pit offers history of coal, we are told why there own local products. So, we found new foodstuffs such the unique experience of going is coal in that part of the United as peanut butter and the Tintern Cheese (typically underground to learn about coalmi- Kingdom, when did the exploitation Welsh cheese). We discovered donuts with different ning. The visit underground lasts started until the period of conflits bet- However the mine part was quite tastes that we had never tried before. There were lots about an hour, walking trough the ween the miners and the liberalist good, defenitly interesting to disco- of icings like strawberry or chocolate, and meringue pie galeries going 90 meters under- governement. This visit of this part of ver how harsh were the working too. The food diversity had made us discover new fla- ground with a real miner and see the museum was a little bit long ... conditions of the miners We’ve found him Gwenolé Kerdreux vours and shows us another aspect of Welsh culture. We had to ask Welsh people a few people who he was. So after looking questions about themselves. Then, for Gareth for about 30 minutes, we we had to find Gareth to hand back finally asked an old lady. She said that our questionnaires. But who and he, well it, was a statue and that where was he? Mr Le Pemp said to was a famous rugby «help us» that he was one of his col- player that was «steel» alive! leagues. So everybody thought that And that it was right behind us, but he was a Welsh friend of Mr Le Pemp because we were doing our shop- In the same way, some of the foodstuffs are typi- or a Welsh teacher, at least someone ping or finishing our questionnaires, cally British. However there is the same selection alive! But as we asked people we didn't look at that old, pointless of products in France. We will have a wider choice (because of course it would have statue... Then we saw Mr Le Pemp of sandwich bread, more beer than wine from been too easy to find someone and we handed back our question- France. Finally, British supermarkets are the same famous!), we were a little bit lost naires. Finally we took a picture of as those of France with the exception of quite a because only old persons knew our group in front of the statue of few local products that make a difference. where he was and of course it was Gareth Edwards. Eva Ratovondrahona, Julie Le Gall, easiest for us to go and ask young Malo, Laura, Steven. Chloé Sandmeyer Preparation What do they think about us ? In a large bowl mix the butter into the flour, add the Welsh cakemixed spice and recipesalt. Stir sugar, dried fruits , the Petite enquête sur l’image de la France et des Français. lemon, then the beaten egg. If necessary you can During our free times, as we were Do you know stereotypes about Si vous voulez réaliser une recette typiquement incorporate milk. wondering while wandering, what French people ? galloise, préparez votre dictionnaire ! On a floured board, extend the dough to approxima- Niels tely 0.5 cm.Cut the dough with a glass to form discs. Welsh people think about French : A man who is wearing the Preparation time : 15 minutes Bake the Welsh cake on a hot griddle for approxima- people, we walked down in the famous beret and holds a french Cooking time : 6 minutes main street and met an old man bread. tely 3 minutes per side turning once, until golden (Niels) who smiled to us. Judith : Rude and stressed peo- Ingredients : brown on both sides. To After interviewing him, we asked a ple... finish, if you want, you can 22-year-old woman (Judith) and Dina : Nothing, sorry (she offered 225 g self rising flour dust your welsh cake with finally a very strange woman with What do you know about France ? us her beautiful smile). 100 g butter sugar while still hot. decayed teeth (Dina). For you, in Niels : I love the good French cui- 1 teaspoon of mixed spice exclusivity; these are their answers. sine, the Eiffel tower and Notre 75g of sugar Then you can enjoy ! dame de Paris (with a lovely 75g of dried fruit accent) a pinch of salt Manon Uguen Judith : Above all fashion, and rind of half a lemon, grated Manon Labous handsome men. 1 egg beaten Maewenn Vergne Dina : Euh.. Nothing.. a little milk to blend if necessary Krystel Jeffroy Do you know some French celebrities ? Niels :Oh ! I'm a big fan of Johnny Have you ever been in France ? Hallyday (and then he sang «allu- Niels : In Paris, when I was mez le feu»). Seriously, I also Rugby's roots young. know Napoleon, a great man. Judith : In Normandy, on landing Le rugby a de nombreuses ori- began running with the ball in the Nations Tournament. Judith : Jean Dujardin, because beaches. gines, comme l'haspartum pen- hands, during a game of Football, in They won the tournament defeated he recently won an Oscar, and Dina : No, never, and I won't ! dant l'Antiquité. Le rugby violation of the rules. Ireland (23-21), Scotland (27-13), David Guetta. moderne a été inventé par Nowadays, in Wales, Rugby is the England (19-12), Italy (24-3) and Dina : Oh euh... Nobody (and then Morane Lever, Alice Kervran, William Webb Ellis, alors qu'il most popular sport and this is the to finish France (16-9). she laughed and at this moment, we Elora Paya violait les règles du football en national sport. This country They have accomplished their discovered her decayed teeth..) s'emparant du ballon à la main makes champions like Neil eleventh grand slam ! durant un match. Jenkins, , James Jules Dourneau Rugby's myth is probably coming Hook. In 2012 Welsh rugby team Glen Kassis from the Antiquity. In Egypt, in was the favourite for the Six Yohan Leprince Rome, there used to be ball When we arrived in Cardiff, we had known as Cardiff Bay and it has been games which can be considered the opportunity to visit Cardiff Bay. transformed by the Cardiff Barrage as the deep roots of Rugby. Tiger Bay, now known as Cardiff Bay, that blocks the Rivers Taff ans the Ely Romans played a game, the has- is Wales’s oldest multi-ethnic com- to create a massive fresh-water lake. partum, with a ball which was a munity. Sailors and workers from The construction of the dam and the goatskin full of rags, straw... over 50 countries settled here. lake infrastructure started in 1994 The players, divided into two Its most famous former residents are and ended in 1999. camps, had to catch the goatskin, former rugby star Billy Boston and The in Cardiff and carry it in the opposite side. singer , who where Bay was opened in November 2004 The Roman legions introduced both born in Cardiff Bay. just 33 months after construction had this game in Great Britain during The 1960s saw the destruction of begun. It is a massive structure faced the conquest. large areas of the Bay. with metal, glass and Welsh slate. In France, during the Middle Ages, The 1970s and 80s saw a new arrival The Pierhead, another important used to be the “Soule's game”, of refugees from confllicts around the building on Cardiff Bay, is a public mostly practised in Normandy. This world and the 90s saw the birth of the space providing visitors with the ans- game had no precise rules, so it renewal of the area as a leisure and wers to their questions about the buil- was extremely violent. business centre and the founding of ding’s history from 1897, when Coal The legend of Rugby came from the Middle school of Rugby (in the United the National Assembly for Wales. was King, to the present day. Kickers of the Welsh national team Today, the Cardiff docklands area is Laélien Kingdom), day of November, 1823 when a student, William Webb Ellis, training in Millenium stadium on March 8th. Yo ung wild and free One week in a welsh family ! L'après-midi du mercredi 7 Mars, nous nous sommes rendus dans le magnifique parc naturel des Brecon Beacons pour y effectuer une Une semaine au Pays de Galles ; c'est aussi une semaine d'hé- formidable mais intense randonnée. bergement dans une famille galloise... Malgré le fait qu'ils nous Let’s walk together on the Brecon Beacons ! étaient inconnus, la plupart des élèves se sont bien entendus avec leurs hôtes. Afin de faire plus ample connaissance avec One afternoon in the natural park of Brecon Beacons. eux, nous les avons interrogés a propos de l'accueil d'étudiants On wednesday, March 7 we went to the beautiful park of Brecon Beacons to dans leur logement. hike. The weather that day was rainy, windy and cold. It was an extreme hiking and so, a few of us arrived to the top of the mountain. The hiking allowed us to Most of the families have done this job for about 10 or 20 years. They suffer together, to make new friends and create bonds of friendship. do this activity to collect more money at the end of the month to over- Good humor was also a good way to a successfully climbing to the top. We liste- come their financial difficulties. Moreover, some of them do it because ned to music for motivation (Tomorrowland mix, LMFAO, California Gurls...). they like children and their own children have left the family house, so At the top, the landscape was beautiful and very wild, we loved it, it was awesome ! it's not a problem for them to take care of students. The students are Satisfaction was great when we finished this hiking ! from all around the world (some Japanese, Polish, Italian, Spanish Nathan Guyader and, of course, French students !) The hosts have,usually, another job Pierre-Yves Pronost or they are retired. Students who are accomodated in the families, are between 11 and 20 years old.

We were all afraid being in a strange family, of bad food, on breakfast typically English, eventually the family was very nice and kind. Our houses were typically Welsh, both outside and inside. For exam- A French touch in Cple, carpet ardiffon the stairs and everywhere in the house. They spend lot of time watching TV, when we arrive, when we eat, when we get up, A Cardiff, il y a un célèbre restaurant de cuisine française, le Café Rouge. when we fall asleep… In fact all the time we were in the house their Nous avons rencontré le manager de celui-ci afin de lui poser quelques TV was turned on. Moreover their food attitude is different from our. questions sur les spécialités de leur chaîne... Indeed they eat a lot at breakfast and less on lunch which is very dif- The French touch ferent, in France it's the opposite... For the dinner we ate very fatty During our trip in Cardiff, we wanted to know how theWelsh cook our French spe- meals (3 days on 4 we have eaten french chips...) cialities. So we went to the «Café rouge» in Cardiff center. This one is member of a famous chain of stores. The first restaurant opened in South-West London in Nolwenn Bescond, Liza Kerberenes 1989. There are over 115 «Café Rouge» through the today. Anna Le Roux, Gaelle Marchadour The manager of this restaurant at Dewi Sant agreed to answer our questions. restaurant a French atmosphere thanks to the old Paris like decoration and the The tools of charming famous butter «President». French food is very popular all around the world and specially in the United The manager has already come to France, in Paris and Marseille. Kingdom. That's why a big businessman decided to open this chain of stores. He's now able to speak a little bit of French and that gives a charming French According to the manager, at lunch the most asked meals are «Croque mon- touch to the restaurant. sieur» and «Croque madame» and at dinner «Boeuf bourguignon». Aurore Bescond, Anne-Sophie Le Moullec Customers appreciate not only French meals but also French culture and in a Johanne Gueguen, Carolyne Nedelec

bergs. And if it didn't get you, yellow fever or typhus The copper road would. The daring sailors who braved this journey call temselves the Cape Horners. They brought cop- Au début du 19ème siècle est devenu le per ore from Chile to Swansea, then became the premier port d'importation de cuivre au monde. first port imported copper on the world. Even the La vie sur la route maritime passant par le shortest journey lasted at least one year. To fight Horn était un moment très difficile pour les against boredom, sailors learned some craft to keep marins qui amenaient le cuivre du Chili. busy during the long journey. Thanks to the imports there were a lot of copper industries in Swansea. In the early 19th century, the most feared sea pas- sage was Cape Horn. It was a journey through vio- Maryne Maurice, Axelle Bozec, lent storms, huge waves, thick fogs, and floating ice- Pauline Copy, Doriane Manach