Day 130: The Chairman Hands Over the Keys
In the office of a dacha cooperative near Zvenigorod, Arkady Semyonovich, chairman for thirty years, hands over to his young successor, with the treasurer looking on.
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Dialogue
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A
Ну вот, Олег Викторович, передаю дела: ключи от правления, печать и тридцать лет моей жизни в этих папках.
Well then, Oleg Viktorovich, I'm handing over: the keys to the office, the stamp, and thirty years of my life in these folders.
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B
Аркадий Семёнович, я, признаться, думал, что всё давно в компьютере, а тут целый стеллаж.
Arkady Semyonovich, I must admit I thought it had all been on the computer for years, and here's a whole shelf.
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A
Компьютер, голубчик, может и подвести, а бумага под роспись надёжнее. Вот, скажем, «Водопровод»: две тысячи шестой год, прокладывали всем товариществом.
A computer, my dear fellow, can let you down, but paper with signatures is more reliable. Take "Water Supply": two thousand and six, the whole cooperative laid it together.
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C
Всем товариществом и со скандалом, Аркадий Семёнович. Вы же тогда с Горбуновым из-за трубы чуть не подрались.
The whole cooperative, and with a row, Arkady Semyonovich. You and Gorbunov almost came to blows over the pipe back then.
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A
Было дело, Коля, было. Впрочем, Горбунов потом первым пришёл мириться, с пирогом и новой трубой.
That's true, Kolya, it happened. Mind you, Gorbunov was the first to come and make peace afterwards, with a pie and a new pipe.
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B
А вот эта папка, самая толстая, с надписью «Разное»: что в ней, тоже водопровод?
And this folder here, the thickest one, labelled "Miscellaneous": what's in it, more water supply?
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A
Это, Олег Викторович, самое главное: споры о заборах, собаках и чужих яблонях. Открывать её будете чаще других, ибо председатели меняются, а заборы остаются.
That, Oleg Viktorovich, is the most important one: disputes about fences, dogs and other people's apple trees. You'll open it more than any other, for chairmen come and go, but fences stay.
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C
Так что готовьтесь: у Горбунова, между прочим, опять новый забор, и соседи ещё вчера написали жалобу.
So get ready: Gorbunov, by the way, has a new fence again, and the neighbours wrote a complaint only yesterday.
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B
Кажется, я только сейчас понял, на что подписался. Давайте акт приёма-передачи, пока я не передумал.
I think I've only just realised what I've signed up for. Let's have the handover certificate before I change my mind.
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