Day 5: Whose Mug Is It Anyway?
On his first morning in an open-plan office in Moscow, a new analyst makes himself tea in the kitchen and meets a colleague from his team.
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Dialogue
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A
Доброе утро, не подскажете, где тут сахар? Я новенький, аналитик, первый день.
Good morning, could you tell me where the sugar is? I'm new, an analyst, it's my first day.
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B
Сахар в шкафчике, и давай сразу на ты, у нас в опенспейсе так принято. А кружку ты, извини, взял не ту.
Sugar's in the cupboard, and let's drop the formalities straight away, that's how it is in our open space. But you've taken the wrong mug, sorry.
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A
Давай... А что с ней не так? Обычная кружка с котиком, я думал, общая.
Sure... What's wrong with it? An ordinary mug with a kitten, I thought it was for everyone.
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B
Это кружка Людмилы Петровны, нашего главбуха. Упаси бог её тронуть, это у нас святое.
That's Lyudmila Petrovna's mug, our chief accountant's. God forbid anyone touches it, it's sacred here.
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A
Серьёзно? Я уже пакетик в неё опустил... Может, сполоснуть и сделать вид, что ничего не было?
Seriously? I've already put a teabag in it... Maybe give it a rinse and pretend nothing happened?
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B
Споласкивай, только живо: у неё в десять созвон, а потом она сразу за чаем. И запомни пару негласных правил.
Rinse it, but be quick: she's got a call at ten, and then she comes straight for her tea. And learn a couple of unwritten rules.
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A
Слушаю внимательно, как на инструктаже по технике безопасности.
I'm all ears, like at a safety briefing.
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B
Окно открывает только Игорь Семёнович, он у нас главный по сквознякам. А в пятницу после четырёх о дедлайнах ни-ни.
Only Igor Semyonovich opens the window, he's our chief of draughts. And on Fridays after four, deadlines are strictly off limits.
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A
Понял: окно не трогать, про дедлайны молчать, кружку главбуха беречь как зеницу ока. А твоя-то какая?
Got it: don't touch the window, keep quiet about deadlines, guard the chief accountant's mug like the apple of my eye. And which one's yours?
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B
Моя? Та самая, с котиком, в которую ты пакетик опустил. У главбуха синяя, а мою давно никто не мыл.
Mine? That very one, with the kitten, the one you put your teabag in. The chief accountant's is the blue one, and nobody's washed mine in ages.
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