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%% The LaTeX Companion, 2ed (second printing August 2004)
%%
%% Example 3-5-11 on page 182.
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%% Copyright (C) 2004 Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens,
%%    Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley
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%% of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3
%% of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%% See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
\addtolength\textwidth{-10pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{parallel,lineno}
\linenumbers \modulolinenumbers[2]
\setlength\linenumbersep{1pt}
\newcommand\LR[2]{\ParallelLText{#1}%
                  \ParallelRText{#2}\ParallelPar}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{Parallel}{.45\linewidth}{}
\raggedright   \setlength\leftskip{10pt}
               \setlength\parindent{-\leftskip}
\LR{I just go online and download an update.}{Ich
  geh mal eben auf den Strich und lade mir ein
  Auffrisch herunter.}  \LR{This laptop is missing
 several interfaces.} {Dieser Scho\ss\-spitze
 fehlt so manches Zwi\-schen\-ge\-sicht.}
\LR{Microsoft Office on floppy disks.}{Kleinweich
  B\"uro auf Schlabberscheiben.}
\end{Parallel}
\end{document}