Day 51: A Washing Machine and the Law
In an appliance store in Lipetsk, a customer brings back a washing machine that broke down after a week and talks to the store manager.
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Dialogue
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A
Добрый день. Неделю назад купил у вас стиральную машину, а позавчера она встала посреди стирки.
Good afternoon. I bought a washing machine from you a week ago, and the day before yesterday it died in the middle of a wash.
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B
Сочувствую, бывает. Мы с радостью оформим гарантийный ремонт: сервисный центр всё посмотрит и устранит неисправность.
I'm sorry to hear it, these things happen. We'll gladly arrange a warranty repair: the service centre will look it over and fix the fault.
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A
Спасибо, ремонт мне не нужен. Вот письменная претензия: прошу вернуть деньги.
Thank you, but I don't need a repair. Here is my written claim: I'm asking for a refund.
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B
Боюсь, всё не так просто. Сначала мы обязаны провести экспертизу, а это, увы, до сорока пяти дней.
I'm afraid it's not that simple. First we're required to carry out an expert examination, and that, alas, takes up to forty-five days.
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A
Давайте по порядку. Стиральная машина относится к технически сложным товарам, и в первые пятнадцать дней я вправе вернуть её при любом недостатке, даже несущественном.
Let's take it step by step. A washing machine counts as a technically complex product, and within the first fifteen days I'm entitled to return it for any defect, even a minor one.
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B
Но мы ведь не знаем, чья это вина. Может, вы перегрузили барабан или засыпали не тот порошок.
But we don't know whose fault it is. Maybe you overloaded the drum or used the wrong powder.
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A
Вполне возможно, для этого закон и предусматривает проверку качества. Проводится она, впрочем, за ваш счёт, при мне и не дольше десяти дней.
Quite possibly, that's exactly what the law's quality check is for. It's done, mind you, at your expense, with me present, and within ten days.
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B
Я вас услышал. Тем не менее по регламенту нашей сети любой возврат согласует директор, а он сегодня на выезде.
I hear you. Nevertheless, under our chain's rules every refund has to be approved by the director, and he's out today.
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A
Регламент вашей сети, при всём уважении, закону не указ. Отметьте на моём экземпляре, что претензия принята сегодня: срок пошёл.
With all due respect, your chain's rules don't override the law. Please note on my copy that the claim was accepted today: the clock is ticking.
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B
Хорошо, сейчас позвоню директору... Простите, а вы, случайно, не юрист?
All right, I'll call the director now... Excuse me, but are you a lawyer, by any chance?
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A
Нет, теплотехник. Просто, пока ваша машина стояла мёртвым грузом, я по вечерам читал не инструкцию, а закон.
No, a heating engineer. It's just that while your machine sat there like dead weight, I spent my evenings reading not its manual, but the law.
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