Day 44: Too Windy for the Crane
On a building site in Perm in November, a young crane operator radios his foreman about the last panel of the day.
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Dialogue
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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A
Сергей Иванович, последняя панель осталась. Поднимаю?
Sergei Ivanovich, there's one panel left. Shall I lift it?
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B
Стоп. Ветер пятнадцать метров в секунду, работу прекращаем.
Stop. The wind is fifteen meters per second, we're stopping work.
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A
Я её за пять минут поставлю, груз же закреплён!
I'll set it in five minutes, the load is secured!
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B
На таком ветру поднятая панель как парус, ты же знаешь. Закрутит, и всё.
In this wind a lifted panel is like a sail, you know that. It'll start spinning, and that's it.
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A
А срок? Вы же сами говорили: в пятницу сдаём этаж.
And the deadline? You said yourself we hand over the floor on Friday.
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B
Поскольку отвечаю здесь я, то и решаю я. Никакой срок не стоит упавшей панели.
Since I'm the one responsible here, I'm the one who decides. No deadline is worth a fallen panel.
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