Day 11 of 125

Day 11: Snoring in Compartment Five

In the morning on the night train from Moscow to Kazan, two strangers who shared a compartment start talking, and the train attendant brings the tea.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Доброе утро. Не хочу показаться невежливым, но вы всю ночь храпели так, что ложка в стакане звенела.

    Good morning. I don't want to seem rude, but you snored all night so loudly the spoon rang in the glass.

  2. B

    Это я-то храпел? При всём уважении, я глаз не сомкнул как раз из-за вас: у вас там целый оркестр играл.

    Me, snoring? With all due respect, I didn't sleep a wink precisely because of you: you had a whole orchestra playing over there.

  3. A

    Позвольте, я сплю тихо, мне жена это двадцать лет подтверждает. А вы на каждом перегоне брали новую ноту.

    Excuse me, I sleep quietly, my wife has confirmed it for twenty years. Whereas you hit a new note on every stretch of the line.

  4. B

    Жена ваша, возможно, просто из вежливости молчит. А мне даже беруши не помогли.

    Your wife may simply keep quiet out of politeness. Even earplugs didn't help me.

  5. C

    Доброе утро, ваш чай. Подстаканники прошу вернуть до Казани: они у нас, в отличие от пассажиров, на балансе.

    Good morning, your tea. Please return the glass holders before Kazan: unlike passengers, they're on our inventory.

  6. A

    Спасибо. Вы же проводник, ночью по вагону ходили: рассудите, кто из нас храпел?

    Thank you. You're the attendant, you were walking through the carriage at night: settle it for us, which of us was snoring?

  7. C

    Врать не стану, храпели вы оба. По очереди, как на вахте: один затихнет, другой подхватит.

    I won't lie to you, you both snored. Taking turns, like on a shift: as soon as one went quiet, the other picked up.

  8. A

    Дуэтом, значит... Ну что ж, предлагаю мировую: печенье к чаю с меня.

    A duet, then... Well, I propose a truce: the biscuits for the tea are on me.

  9. B

    Мировую принимаю. Только как же мы оба храпели, если оба всю ночь глаз не сомкнули?

    Truce accepted. Only how could we both have snored if neither of us slept a wink all night?

  10. C

    Это, уважаемые, загадка каждого купе. А беруши, кстати, у меня продаются, по сто рублей пара.

    That, gentlemen, is the mystery of every compartment. And by the way, I sell earplugs: a hundred roubles a pair.

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