Day 138: Three Hundred Years of Our Village
In a village near Vologda, the head of the village, an old local historian and a young DJ meet as the committee for the village's three-hundredth anniversary.
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Dialogue
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Итак, на повестке один вопрос: через два месяца трёхсотлетие деревни, а смета, скажу сразу, скромнее некуда.
Right, there's one item on the agenda: the village turns three hundred in two months, and the budget, I'll say straight away, couldn't be more modest.
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B
Юбилей, достойный нашей истории, требует исторического представления: основание деревни, первые поселенцы, ярмарка.
An anniversary worthy of our history demands a historical pageant: the founding of the village, the first settlers, a fair.
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C
Иван Кузьмич, не в обиду вам будет сказано, на ярмарку придут одни пенсионеры. Молодёжи нужна дискотека, нормальный звук и свет.
Ivan Kuzmich, no offence meant, but only pensioners will come to a fair. Young people need a disco, proper sound and lights.
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A
Звук, свет, костюмы... У нас, мужики, в смете сорок тысяч рублей, из них половина уйдёт на уборку после праздника.
Sound, lights, costumes... Guys, we've got forty thousand roubles in the budget, and half of that will go on cleaning up after the party.
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B
Семён, в тысяча семьсот двадцать шестом году деревню основали безо всякой сметы, ибо дух важнее денег.
Semyon, in seventeen twenty-six the village was founded without any budget at all, for the spirit matters more than money.
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C
Слушайте, а если совместить? Костюмы ваши, Иван Кузьмич, а я сделаю из старинных песен ремиксы, колонки у меня свои.
Listen, what if we combine them? The costumes are yours, Ivan Kuzmich, and I'll make remixes of the old songs, I've got my own speakers.
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B
Ремиксы из старинных песен? Хм... Впрочем, наш хор давно жалуется, что его никто не слушает, кроме нас самих.
Remixes of old songs? Hmm... Mind you, our choir has long been complaining that nobody but us ever listens to it.
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A
Так, записываю в программу мероприятия: исторические костюмы, выступление хора, вечером дискотека с ремиксами. Колонки, как я понимаю, бесплатно?
Right, I'm putting it in the programme of events: historical costumes, a performance by the choir, a disco with remixes in the evening. The speakers are free, I take it?
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C
Бесплатно, при условии, что Иван Кузьмич сам откроет вечер. Представляете, триста лет истории под бас?
Free, on condition that Ivan Kuzmich opens the evening himself. Can you imagine, three hundred years of history over a bass line?
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