Day 94: Five Missing Years of Work
At the pension office in Volgograd, a man about to retire has been asked to come in and see a clerk about his work record.
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Dialogue
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A
Добрый день, мне сказали прийти лично: что-то не так со стажем.
Good afternoon, I was told to come in person: something's wrong with my work record.
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B
Да, Виктор Павлович, присаживайтесь. С девяносто первого по девяносто пятый год стаж у вас не учтён.
Yes, Viktor Pavlovich, please take a seat. Your service from 1991 to 1995 hasn't been counted.
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A
Как это не учтён? Я все пять лет на тракторном от звонка до звонка отработал.
What do you mean, not counted? I worked every single day of those five years at the tractor plant.
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B
Запись в трудовой есть, но печать смазанная, а завод давно ликвидирован. Для системы вас в эти годы как бы не было.
The entry in your work book is there, but the stamp is smudged, and the plant was wound up long ago. As far as the system is concerned, you didn't exist in those years.
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A
Так меня тогда и для бухгалтерии не было: зарплату полгода запчастями выдавали.
Well, I didn't exist for the accounts department back then either: for six months they paid our wages in spare parts.
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B
Знаю, у меня отец там же работал. Ничего, документы закрытых заводов обычно передают в городской архив.
I know, my father worked there too. Don't worry, the records of closed plants are usually handed over to the city archive.
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A
И мне теперь по архивам бегать? Я, знаете, в шестьдесят один год в следопыты не нанимался.
So now I have to go running round archives? At sixty-one, you know, I didn't sign up to play detective.
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B
Бегать не придётся: запрос мы направим сами, архивная справка придёт в течение месяца.
You won't have to run anywhere: we'll send the request ourselves, and the archive certificate will arrive within a month.
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A
Ну, месяц-другой я подожду. Только пенсию, пожалуйста, деньгами: запчастей у меня с тех времён ещё полгаража.
Well, I can wait a month or two. Only the pension in money, please: I've still got half a garage of spare parts from those days.
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