Day 52: Who Hosts Mum's Seventieth?
In a café in Yaroslavl, two brothers meet to decide who will host their mother's seventieth birthday.
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Dialogue
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A
Значит, так: юбилей у меня. Квартира большая, вся родня поместится, и маме до меня две остановки.
Right, here's the plan: the party's at my place. The flat is big, all the relatives will fit, and Mum is just two stops away.
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B
Опять ты за своё. На шестидесятилетие ты тоже всё взял на себя, а посуду до ночи мыл я.
Here you go again. For her sixtieth you took charge of everything too, and I was the one washing dishes till midnight.
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A
А кто пришёл к шапочному разбору? Вот тебе посуда и досталась.
And who turned up when it was all over? That's why the dishes were left to you.
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B
Ладно, не будем ворошить прошлое. Давай о меню: я бы заказал всё в ресторане, чтобы никто не стоял у плиты.
Fine, let's not dig up the past. Let's talk about the menu: I'd order everything from a restaurant, so nobody has to stand at the stove.
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A
Из ресторана? Мама скажет, что это деньги на ветер, и правильно скажет. Какой юбилей без домашнего застолья?
From a restaurant? Mum will say it's money down the drain, and she'll be right. What's a big birthday without a home-cooked feast?
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B
Холодец она всё равно сварит сама. А гости? Только, умоляю, без твоего кума с баяном.
She'll make the aspic herself anyway. And the guests? Just, I beg you, not your kid's godfather with his accordion.
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A
Кто бы говорил! Кум маме как родной, а ты зачем-то зовёшь всю её бывшую бухгалтерию, это же человек двадцать.
Look who's talking! He's like family to Mum, and you, for some reason, are inviting her whole old accounts department, that's about twenty people.
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B
Затем, что она с ними тридцать лет проработала. Погоди, у тебя телефон пискнул. Мама?
Because she worked with them for thirty years. Hold on, your phone just beeped. Is that Mum?
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A
Она. Слушай: «Мальчики, я знаю, что вы сидите в кафе и делите мой юбилей. Праздную у себя».
It is. Listen: 'Boys, I know you're sitting in a café carving up my birthday. I'm celebrating at home.'
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B
Откуда она всё знает? Ну, не томи, там наверняка есть что-то и для нас.
How does she know everything? Come on, don't keep me in suspense, there's bound to be something for us too.
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A
«От вас требуется одно: прийти вовремя и не спорить при гостях. Андрюша, тебя это особенно касается». Ну спасибо, мама, удружила.
'All I need from you is to arrive on time and not argue in front of the guests. Andryusha, that goes for you especially.' Well, thanks a lot, Mum, some favour.
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