Day 59: Whose Fault Is the Delay?
In a factory office in Perm, the head of production calls in an engineer over a delayed order.
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Dialogue
Audio for this lesson is coming soon. For now, read the dialogue and its translation.
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A
Мартынов, объясни мне, почему заказ для Челябинска до сих пор не отгружен? Срок был вчера!
Martynov, explain to me why the Chelyabinsk order still hasn't been shipped. The deadline was yesterday!
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B
Валерий Николаевич, при всём уважении, задержка не на моём участке. Можно я покажу переписку?
Valery Nikolaevich, with all due respect, the delay isn't in my section. May I show you the correspondence?
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A
Мне не переписка нужна, а продукция. За сборку отвечаешь ты, значит, ты и виноват.
I don't need correspondence, I need products. You're in charge of assembly, so you're the one to blame.
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B
Как я писал ещё в понедельник, снабжение задерживает комплектующие. Они и пришли-то только в среду.
As I wrote back on Monday, procurement was holding up the parts. They didn't even arrive until Wednesday.
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A
В понедельник? Что-то я такого письма не помню.
On Monday? I don't recall any such email.
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B
Вот оно, в копии вы и начальник снабжения. И во вторник я напоминал, и в среду утром звонил.
Here it is, you and the head of procurement are copied in. And I sent a reminder on Tuesday, and phoned on Wednesday morning.
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Так... Вижу. Беру свои слова обратно, Мартынов, зря я на тебя набросился.
Right... I see. I take my words back, Martynov, I shouldn't have gone for you like that.
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B
Бывает, Валерий Николаевич. А если ребят со сборки на субботу выведете, к понедельнику всё отгрузим.
It happens, Valery Nikolaevich. And if you get the assembly team in on Saturday, we'll have everything shipped by Monday.
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