Day 128: A Boat That Fits No Category
At the small boats registration office in Kirov, a man who built his own boat in his garage comes to register it with a young inspector and his supervisor.
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Dialogue
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A
Добрый день. Хочу зарегистрировать лодку, построил её сам, в гараже, три года на неё ушло.
Good afternoon. I'd like to register a boat, I built it myself, in my garage, it took me three years.
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B
Так, посмотрим. Длина шесть метров, корпус фанерный, а двигатель... это что, от мотоцикла «Урал»?
Right, let's see. Six metres long, plywood hull, and the engine... what's this, from a Ural motorbike?
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A
От него, родимого. Переделал под водяное охлаждение, работает как часы, на Вятке всех обгоняю.
That's the one, bless it. I converted it to water cooling, it runs like clockwork, I overtake everyone on the Vyatka.
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B
Боюсь, ваше судно не подпадает ни под одну категорию. Лодки с мотоциклетным двигателем наша классификация не предусматривает.
I'm afraid your vessel does not fall under any category. Our classification makes no provision for boats with motorcycle engines.
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A
То есть лодка есть, плавает, а по документам её как бы нет? Ну да, без бумажки ты букашка.
So the boat exists, it floats, but on paper it sort of doesn't? Right: without a piece of paper you're just a bug.
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B
Не я эти правила придумал. Впрочем, можно оформить её как самодельное судно, но тогда нужна экспертиза, а это месяца три, не меньше.
I didn't make these rules. Then again, we could register it as a home-built vessel, but that needs an expert assessment, and that's three months at least.
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C
Погодите, Игорь, не пугайте человека. У меня в шкафу ещё с восемьдесят седьмого года лежит бланк для судов «иной конструкции».
Hold on, Igor, don't scare the man. I've had a form in my cupboard since 1987 for vessels "of other design".
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B
Виктор Андреевич, так его же сто лет как отменили. Или нет?
Viktor Andreyevich, but that was abolished ages ago. Or wasn't it?
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C
Отменить его, представьте, забыли, а значит, он действует. Заполняйте в установленном порядке, товарищ корабел: бумажка, как видите, иногда и букашку выручает.
They forgot to abolish it, would you believe, which means it's still valid. Fill it in in the established manner, comrade shipbuilder: sometimes, as you see, a piece of paper saves the bug too.
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