Day 43: A Pool Filled from the Well
At a dacha partnership near Zvenigorod in a dry July, the elderly chairman comes to see a member who is filling an inflatable pool from the shared well.
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Dialogue
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A
Добрый день. Вынужден вам напомнить, что колодец является общим имуществом товарищества.
Good afternoon. I'm obliged to remind you that the well is the common property of the partnership.
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B
Здравствуйте, Аркадий Семёнович. Так я же ничего не ворую, просто детям бассейн набираю.
Hello, Arkady Semyonovich. But I'm not stealing anything, I'm just filling a pool for the kids.
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A
Бассейн на три куба, а у Зайцевых с утра вёдра пустые.
A three-cubic-metre pool, while the Zaitsevs have had empty buckets since this morning.
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B
Да бросьте, тут воды на всех хватит. И потом, где в уставе написано, что бассейны нельзя?
Oh, come off it, there's enough water here for everyone. And anyway, where does the charter say pools aren't allowed?
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A
Прямо не написано. Тем не менее, согласно уставу, в засуху вода идёт только на питьё и полив.
It doesn't say so in so many words. Nevertheless, according to the charter, in a drought the water is only for drinking and watering.
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B
Ну вы прямо как прокурор, Аркадий Семёнович. Дети же в жару изнывают, а до речки далеко.
You're a regular prosecutor, Arkady Semyonovich. The kids are wilting in this heat, and the river's a long way off.
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A
Понимаю. Давайте так: набирайте по ночам, понемногу, а днём вода людям. Впрочем, внуков моих тоже пустите поплескаться.
I understand. Let's do this: fill it at night, a little at a time, and in the daytime the water's for people. Mind you, let my grandchildren have a splash too.
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B
Договорились! Для ваших внуков у нас всегда место найдётся, согласно уставу.
Deal! There'll always be room for your grandchildren, in accordance with the charter.
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