Day 34: Never Crashed, Never Painted
In a car park in Krasnoyarsk, a man selling his used car shows it to a buyer, who has brought along his friend, an experienced mechanic.
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Dialogue
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A
Машина как новая, сразу говорю: не бита, не крашена, один хозяин, пылинки с неё сдувал.
The car's as good as new, I'll tell you straight away: never crashed, never repainted, one owner, I wouldn't let a speck of dust settle on it.
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B
А пробег реальный? В объявлении у вас девяносто тысяч.
And is the mileage genuine? Your ad says ninety thousand.
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A
Девяносто родных, ни на километр больше. Я на ней только на дачу по выходным и ездил.
Ninety thousand genuine kilometres, not one more. I only ever drove it to the dacha at weekends.
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C
Саш, подержи-ка фонарик... Так, капот сто двадцать микрон, крыша сто десять, а левое крыло, гляди-ка, четыреста.
Sasha, hold the torch for me... Right, bonnet a hundred and twenty microns, roof a hundred and ten, and the left wing, look at that, four hundred.
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B
Четыреста? Это у вас заводская краска такая толстая, на сибирские морозы рассчитанная?
Four hundred? Is that extra-thick factory paint of yours designed for Siberian frosts?
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A
Ну, крыло подкрашивали слегка, царапинку во дворе поймал. Разве ж это покраска?
Well, the wing got a little touch-up, I picked up a scratch in the yard. You can hardly call that a respray.
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C
Царапинка, судя по толщиномеру, была размером с дверь. И дверь, кстати, тоже не родная: зазоры гуляют.
Judging by the paint gauge, that scratch was the size of a door. And the door isn't original either, by the way: the gaps are uneven.
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A
Мужики, ну вы же понимаете: Сибирь, гололёд, без мелких приключений тут никто не ездит.
Come on, lads, you understand: Siberia, black ice, nobody round here drives without the odd little adventure.
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C
Понимаем. Только резинки на педалях до дыр стёрты, руль лоснится, а на табло девяносто тысяч. Для дачи по выходным прямо рекорд.
We understand. Only the pedal rubbers are worn through, the steering wheel is shiny, and the dashboard says ninety thousand. Quite a record for weekend trips to the dacha.
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A
Ладно, ваша взяла, торг уместен. Сброшу пятьдесят тысяч, но только если забираете сегодня.
All right, you win, the price is negotiable. I'll knock off fifty thousand, but only if you take it today.
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B
Пятьдесят за крыло, а за дверь и за скрученный пробег? Давайте сто пятьдесят, и пылинки можете больше не сдувать.
Fifty for the wing, and what about the door and the wound-back mileage? Let's say a hundred and fifty, and you can stop blowing the dust off it.
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