Day 39: The Fish Inspector's Night Visit
At night on a channel of the Volga near Astrakhan, a fish inspector pulls up beside the boat of two friends who are out fishing.
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Dialogue
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A
Добрый вечер, рыбнадзор, инспектор Кравцов. Предъявите, пожалуйста, документы на лодку и путёвки.
Good evening, fisheries inspection, Inspector Kravtsov. Please produce the documents for the boat and your fishing permits.
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B
Лёха, посвети человеку... Вот, пожалуйста: судовой билет, путёвки, всё оформлено на базе.
Lyokha, shine a light for the man... Here you are: the boat registration, the permits, all issued at the fishing base.
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A
Так, документы в порядке. Теперь, согласно правилам, покажите улов: что в садке, что в ведре.
Right, the documents are in order. Now, in accordance with the rules, show me your catch: what's in the keepnet and what's in the bucket.
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C
Улов у нас скромный, товарищ инспектор, рыба сегодня, видать, на совещании. Два сазана и пара судачков.
It's a modest catch, Inspector, the fish seem to be in a meeting tonight. Two carp and a couple of little zander.
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A
Сазаны нормальные. А вот этого судака давайте-ка измерим... Тридцать шесть сантиметров. До нормы не дотягивает.
The carp are fine. But let's measure this zander... Thirty-six centimetres. It's under the limit.
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B
Ты же говорил, что мерил его! Я своими глазами видел, как ты линейку прикладывал.
You told me you'd measured it! I saw you hold the ruler to it with my own eyes.
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C
Мерил, но он тогда, видимо, вытянулся от гордости. А сейчас от волнения сжался.
I did, but back then it must have been stretching with pride. Now it's shrunk from nerves.
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A
Шутки шутками, а за маломерного судака положен штраф, и ущерб по таксе тоже придётся возместить.
Joking aside, an undersized zander means a fine, and you'll have to pay for the damage at the official rate as well.
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B
Понимаем, виноваты. А если мы его прямо сейчас при вас отпустим? Он же живой ещё, хвостом бьёт.
We understand, our fault. What if we let it go right now, in front of you? It's still alive, it's flapping its tail.
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A
Раз живой, отпускайте, при мне. Протокол на первый раз составлять не буду, но фамилии ваши я себе записал.
If it's alive, let it go, in front of me. As it's the first time I won't write you up, but I've made a note of your names.
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C
Плыви, судачок, подрастай. Через год приходи, мерить будем по-честному, уже при свидетелях.
Off you swim, little zander, go and grow. Come back in a year and we'll measure you honestly, with witnesses this time.
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