Read the excerpt from "Civil Peace” by Chinua Achebe. "Na tief-man and him people," came the cool reply. "Make you hopen de door
." Which is the best translation of the dialect in the excerpt? “The thief and his people,” came the cool reply. “Open the door.” “The thief’s man and his friends,” came the cool reply. “He opened the door.” “The thief and his people,” came the cool reply. “They opened the door.” “The thief’s friends,” came the cool reply. “We opened the door.”
Answer: the correct traslation is “The thief’s man and his friends,” came the cool reply.“He opened the door.”
Explanation: In "Civil Peace" by Chinua Achebe, Jonathan Iwegbu has survived the Nigerian Civil War along with his wife and three of his four children, and consequently considers himself “extraordinarily lucky”. Jonathan works hard after the war, using his bicycle to begin a taxi service and opening a bar for soldiers.
