Day 103: My Photo on Your Menu
In a restaurant in Sochi, a photographer looks at the menu and asks to speak to the owner.
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Dialogue
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Простите, вы хозяин? Хочу сделать комплимент вашему меню: обложка, по-моему, просто великолепная.
Excuse me, are you the owner? I'd like to compliment you on your menu: the cover, I think, is simply superb.
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B
Спасибо, стараемся! Закат над морем, чайки, прямо душа радуется, правда?
Thank you, we do our best! A sunset over the sea, seagulls, it really gladdens the heart, doesn't it?
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Правда. Только моя радуется особенно: это мой снимок, сделанный три года назад у Морского вокзала.
It does. Mine especially: that's my photograph, taken three years ago by the Sea Terminal.
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B
Ваш? Вот ведь неловко вышло... Меню мне племянник делал, сказал, что картинку в интернете нашёл.
Yours? How awkward... My nephew made the menu for me, he said he found the picture on the internet.
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В интернете много чего можно найти. Тем не менее авторское право никто не отменял, а разрешения у вас, насколько я понимаю, нет.
You can find all sorts of things on the internet. Nevertheless, copyright hasn't been abolished, and as far as I understand, you don't have permission.
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B
Нет, конечно. Давайте решим по-хорошему, без судов: сколько стоит эта ваша лицензия?
No, of course not. Let's settle this amicably, without the courts: how much is this licence of yours?
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A
Обычно за коммерческое использование я беру пятнадцать тысяч. Впрочем, снимок у вас смотрится отлично, так что сделаю скидку.
For commercial use I usually charge fifteen thousand. Then again, the photo looks great on your menu, so I'll give you a discount.
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B
Договорились, и ужин за счёт заведения, с вином. Только одно условие: на обложке напишем ваше имя, крупно.
Deal, and dinner is on the house, with wine. Just one condition: we'll put your name on the cover, in big letters.
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Условие принимается. Правда, теперь все будут думать, что я здесь снимаю за еду.
Condition accepted. Although now everyone will think I take photos here in exchange for food.
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