Day 83 of 150

Day 83: Release It or Cook It?

On a remote taiga river in the Sayan mountains, two friends who flew in by helicopter land their first big grayling.

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Dialogue

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  1. A

    Вот это хариус, Серёга, давай подсак! Грамм семьсот, не меньше, такого я ещё не ловил.

    Now that's a grayling, Seryoga, get the landing net! Seven hundred grams at least, I've never caught one like it.

  2. B

    Красавец! Вот и ужин: я всю неделю об ухе мечтал, пока мы вертолёт ждали.

    What a beauty! There's dinner: I've been dreaming of fish soup all week while we were waiting for the helicopter.

  3. A

    Какая уха? Мы же договорились: всё, что крупнее сорока сантиметров, отпускаем, таковы правила клуба.

    What fish soup? We agreed: anything over forty centimetres goes back, those are the club's rules.

  4. B

    Правила пишут те, кто в городе сидит. Мы триста километров сюда на вертолёте летели, и что, без ухи?

    Rules are written by people sitting in the city. We flew three hundred kilometres here by helicopter, and what, no fish soup?

  5. A

    Тем более. Такой хариус лет восемь растёт, а съедим мы его за десять минут, как браконьеры какие-то.

    All the more reason. A grayling like this takes eight years to grow, and we'd eat it in ten minutes, like a couple of poachers.

  6. B

    Ну хорошо, пусть даже восемь лет. Но из одной мелюзги уха выйдет ни рыба ни мясо, сам знаешь.

    All right, even if it's eight years. But fish soup made from tiddlers will be neither fish nor fowl, you know that.

  7. A

    Предлагаю компромисс: этого отпускаем, а уху варим при условии, что до вечера наловишь штук пять помельче.

    Here's a compromise: we let this one go, and we make fish soup on condition that you catch five or so smaller ones by evening.

  8. B

    Пять штук? Да тут на каждый заброс клюёт, я к обеду десяток натаскаю.

    Five? They're biting on every cast here, I'll haul in ten by lunchtime.

  9. A

    Ну-ну, посмотрим. Погоди... у меня опять клюёт, и, кажется, снова здоровенный!

    We'll see about that. Wait... I've got another bite, and it feels like another big one!

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