Day 145: A Camera Pointed at My Garden
In a dacha village near Tver, a man has called the local police officer about his neighbour's new security camera, and the neighbour joins them at the fence.
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Dialogue
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A
Товарищ лейтенант, я уже писал заявление: сосед повесил камеру, и она смотрит прямо на мой участок.
Lieutenant, I've already filed a complaint: my neighbour has put up a camera, and it's pointing straight at my plot.
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B
Заявление ваше я читал, Виктор Семёнович, потому и приехал. Сосед утверждает, что камера снимает только его машину.
I've read your complaint, Viktor Semyonovich, that's why I came. Your neighbour claims the camera only films his car.
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C
Именно так. У меня в прошлом месяце колёса сняли, вот я и повесил камеру над воротами.
That's right. Last month someone took the wheels off my car, so I put a camera up over the gate.
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A
Над воротами, а угол такой, что у неё как на ладони и моя теплица, и баня, и я сам, простите, после бани.
Over the gate, but at such an angle that it can see everything: my greenhouse, my bathhouse, and me myself, excuse me, after the bathhouse.
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B
Давайте по порядку. Снимать свой участок человек вправе, а вот снимать частную жизнь соседа без его согласия закон не разрешает.
Let's take this step by step. A person has the right to film his own plot, but the law doesn't allow filming a neighbour's private life without his consent.
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C
Так я же не со зла! Откуда мне было знать, что у неё такой обзор?
But I didn't mean any harm! How was I to know it could see that much?
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B
Верю. Тем не менее, пока камера смотрит в чужой двор, это нарушение неприкосновенности частной жизни, так что просто поверните её.
I believe you. Nevertheless, as long as the camera looks into someone else's garden, it's an invasion of privacy, so just turn it.
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C
Да без проблем, поверну хоть сейчас. Виктор Семёнович, вы уж извините, я правда не подумал.
No problem, I'll turn it right now. Viktor Semyonovich, I do apologise, I really didn't think.
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A
Ладно, бывает, заявление заберу. А машину вашу я и так покараулю, получше всякой камеры.
All right, it happens, I'll withdraw the complaint. And I'll keep watch over your car anyway, better than any camera.
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