Day 84: The Desk by the Window
After their office moves to a new building in Moscow, two designers both lay claim to the only desk by the window.
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Dialogue
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A
Игорь, стол у окна я ещё до переезда застолбил, и монитор мой туда поставили.
Igor, I called dibs on the desk by the window before the move, and they put my monitor there.
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B
А я его аккуратно переставил. Мне с моей близорукостью свет нужнее, чем тебе.
And I moved it, carefully. With my short sight I need the light more than you do.
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A
Очень благородно с твоей стороны. Только ты весь год на сквозняки жаловался, а тут к окну потянуло?
Very noble of you. Only you complained about draughts all year, and now you're suddenly drawn to the window?
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B
Сквозняк переживу. А сидеть у двери, как стажёр, после двенадцати лет в компании я не намерен.
I'll survive a draught. But I don't intend to sit by the door like an intern after twelve years with the company.
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A
Вот оно что, уязвлённое самолюбие. Значит, дело не в свете, а в том, кого тут больше ценят?
So that's it, wounded pride. So it's not about the light, it's about who's valued more around here?
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B
А хоть бы и так. Тебе и новый проект, и премия, и окно, а мне место у кулера?
And what if it is? You get the new project, the bonus and the window, and I get a spot by the water cooler?
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A
Проект мне дали, потому что ты сам отказался. А без твоих советов я бы его завалил, если честно.
They gave me the project because you turned it down yourself. And to be honest, without your advice I'd have messed it up.
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B
Серьёзно? Мог бы и раньше сказать, а то я уж решил, что меня списали со счетов.
Seriously? You could have said so earlier, I'd already decided I'd been written off.
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A
Предлагаю по-честному: у окна по очереди, по неделе. Первую, так и быть, уступаю старшему товарищу.
Let's be fair about it: we take turns at the window, a week each. I'll let my senior colleague have the first one, just this once.
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