Day 13: A Headline for the Bakers
In the newsroom of a city newspaper in Nizhny Novgorod, the editor, Viktor Semyonovich, and a young reporter, Gleb, need a headline for a story about a local bakery that has won a national prize.
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Dialogue
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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Глеб, номер сдаём через час, а пекарня на первой полосе до сих пор без заголовка. Выкладывай, что придумал.
Gleb, the issue goes to press in an hour, and the bakery on the front page still has no headline. Out with it, what have you come up with?
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B
Есть вариант, Виктор Семёнович: «Хлеб всему голова». Коротко и сразу понятно, о чём речь.
I've got one, Viktor Semyonovich: 'Bread Is the Staff of Life.' Short, and you know at once what it's about.
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Понятно и сразу скучно. Этим заголовком, мой юный друг, пользуются с тех пор, как Гутенберг изобрёл печатный станок.
Clear, and instantly boring. That headline, my young friend, has been in use since Gutenberg invented the printing press.
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B
Тогда «Нижегородское тесто поднялось до всероссийских высот»? Они же первое место в стране взяли.
Then 'Nizhny Novgorod Dough Rises to National Heights'? They did take first place in the country.
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Длинно и пресно, как диетический хлебец. Ещё один такой перл, и посажу тебя на хлеб и воду.
Long and bland, like a diet crispbread. One more gem like that and I'll put you on bread and water.
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B
Погодите, пекарня-то у них называется «Колобок». Может, от этого и оттолкнёмся?
Wait, their bakery's called Kolobok. Maybe we can take it from there?
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Вот, уже пахнет свежей выпечкой. Ну-ка, напомни старику, от кого там в сказке Колобок ушёл?
Now that smells like fresh baking. Come on, remind an old man: who did Kolobok run away from in the fairy tale?
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От бабушки ушёл, от дедушки ушёл... Стойте: «Колобок ушёл от всех конкурентов»!
He ran away from Grandma, he ran away from Grandpa... Wait: 'Kolobok Ran Away from All Its Rivals'!
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Вот это другое дело: и каламбур, и сказка, и суть. Отдавай в вёрстку, только «конкурентов» убери, пусть читатель сам додумает.
Now that's more like it: a pun, a fairy tale and the gist all at once. Send it to layout, only drop 'rivals', let the reader work it out.
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Сделаю. Только лису из конца сказки, Виктор Семёнович, мы, надеюсь, упоминать не будем?
Will do. Only I hope, Viktor Semyonovich, we won't be mentioning the fox from the end of the tale?
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