Day 55: A Street with Three Names
In Nizhny Novgorod, a young courier phones an elderly customer because he cannot find his street on the map.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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Dialogue
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A
Здравствуйте, я курьер, везу вам посылку, а улицы Челюскинцев на карте нет и в помине.
Hello, I'm the courier with your parcel, but there's no sign of Chelyuskintsev Street on the map.
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B
Ох, опять я по старой памяти! Её же переименовали, когда вас ещё и в проекте не было.
Oh dear, I've done it again out of old habit! It was renamed before you were even a twinkle in your father's eye.
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A
А как она теперь называется? Я тут уже полчаса между пятиэтажками плутаю.
So what's it called now? I've been wandering lost among these five-storey blocks for half an hour.
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B
Старокузнечная. А до того как была названа в честь челюскинцев, звалась попросту Кузнечной.
Starokuznechnaya. And before it was named after the Chelyuskin crew, it was just called Kuznechnaya.
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A
Вижу, нашёл. А почему не просто Кузнечная, раз историческое название вернули?
I see it, found it. But why not just Kuznechnaya, if they brought back the historical name?
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B
Так пока наша числилась улицей Челюскинцев, в новом микрорайоне проложили свою Кузнечную, а двух Кузнечных в городе не положено.
Because while ours was down as Chelyuskintsev Street, they laid out their own Kuznechnaya in a new estate, and you can't have two Kuznechnayas in one city.
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A
Выходит, три названия за век. Город и то был переименован всего дважды.
So, three names in a century. Even the city was only renamed twice.
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B
А я вот как был горьковчанином, так и остался. Поднимайтесь, четвёртый этаж, чайник уже ставлю.
Well, I was a Gorky man and a Gorky man I've stayed. Come on up, fourth floor, I'm putting the kettle on.
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