Day 98: Young Boss, Old Hand
At a transport company in Lipetsk, a new young manager comes to talk to the most experienced dispatcher about switching to new software.
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- Read the situation under the title.
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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
Анатолий Сергеевич, минутка есть? Хочу обсудить переход на новую программу для диспетчеров.
Anatoly Sergeyevich, have you got a minute? I'd like to discuss moving the dispatchers to the new software.
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B
Для вас хоть две. Я двадцать лет веду маршруты в тетрадке, и ни одна фура не потерялась.
For you, even two. I've been keeping the routes in a notebook for twenty years, and not a single lorry has gone missing.
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A
Ваш опыт никто не оспаривает. Но систему внедряют во всех филиалах, решение спустили сверху.
Nobody's questioning your experience. But the system is being brought in at every branch, the decision came down from the top.
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B
Внедряйте. Только знает ли ваша программа, что под Задонском по пятницам пробки, а Петрович в гололёд за руль не сядет?
Bring it in, then. But does your software know that there are traffic jams near Zadonsk on Fridays, and that Petrovich won't get behind the wheel when there's ice?
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A
Не знает, в этом-то и дело. Предлагаю так: месяц вы работаете в ней, а вечерами учите меня тому, чего она не знает.
It doesn't, and that's exactly the point. Here's my suggestion: for a month you work in it, and in the evenings you teach me what it doesn't know.
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B
Хитро. Выходит, я и программу освою, и себе преемника подготовлю?
Clever. So I'll learn the software and train my own successor into the bargain?
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A
Замену вам не найти, а вот в ученики к вам пойду с удовольствием.
Nobody could replace you, but I'd gladly become your apprentice.
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B
Ну, раз в ученики... Куда ж я денусь, по рукам, Кирилл. Только тетрадку я пока не выбрасываю, уж извините.
Well, if you're signing up as my apprentice... What choice do I have, it's a deal, Kirill. Only I'm not throwing my notebook away just yet, if you don't mind.
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