Day 56: Selling No Signal
In the kitchen of their house in Wetlina, in the Bieszczady mountains, Renata (A) rehearses tomorrow's pitch to an investment fund for the digital detox cabin she runs, while her husband Darek (B), who left a Warsaw corporation with her eight years ago, plays a sceptical investor, formal 'pani' and all.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Polish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Polish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Osiem lat temu rzuciliśmy wszystko i wyjechaliśmy w Bieszczady. Dziś sprzedajemy towar, którego w mieście brakuje: brak zasięgu.
Eight years ago we dropped everything and ran off to the Bieszczady. Today we sell the one thing the city lacks: a lack of signal.
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B
Stop. Jako inwestor słyszę, iż pani chce pieniędzy na awarię, którą pół Podkarpacia ma za darmo.
Stop. As an investor, what I'm hearing, madam, is that you want money for a fault that half of Podkarpacie gets for free.
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A
To nie awaria, tylko przewaga konkurencyjna. Goście wracają od nas do Warszawy, jakby wyszli z sanatorium.
It's not a fault, it's a competitive advantage. Our guests go back to Warsaw as if they'd just come out of a spa.
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B
O ile w ogóle do państwa trafią. Podobno ostatni gość błądził za Cisną trzy godziny.
Provided they find you in the first place. I hear your last guest spent three hours wandering around past Cisna.
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A
I dał nam pięć gwiazdek, bo pierwszy raz od dwudziestu lat zgubił się naprawdę.
And he gave us five stars, because for the first time in twenty years he got properly lost.
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B
Wystawił je dopiero w Sanoku, bo z doliny by nie wysłał. A model biznesowy? Z samym entuzjazmem nie wypada przychodzić do funduszu.
Which he only posted once he got to Sanok, because he couldn't have sent them from the valley. And your business model? It's not the done thing to come to a fund with nothing but enthusiasm.
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A
Tydzień w chacie, telefon w sejfie, a kto wytrzyma, dostaje rabat. Od maja do października mamy komplet.
A week in a cabin, phone in the safe, and whoever lasts the course gets a discount. From May to October we're fully booked.
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B
Jedna chata to hobby, a nie biznes. Należałoby mieć plan na dziesięć, nim ktokolwiek wyłoży choćby złotówkę.
One cabin is a hobby, not a business. You ought to have a plan for ten before anyone puts in so much as a złoty.
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A
Mamy plan: dziesięć chat w dolinie, a w każdej, gwarantuję, zasięgu tyle co u nas, czyli zero.
We have a plan: ten cabins in the valley, and in every one, I guarantee, the same signal as here, which is to say none.
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B
Reniu, czekaj, przy oknie złapałem zasięg i przyszedł mail. Jutrzejszy pitch jest wyłącznie online, z kamerą.
Hang on, Renata, I've got a signal by the window and an email's come in. Tomorrow's pitch is online only, with cameras on.
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A
Online? To zobaczą najuczciwsze demo w historii: piętnaście minut naszego produktu, czyli czarny ekran i napis „Brak połączenia”.
Online? Then they'll see the most honest demo in history: fifteen minutes of our product, meaning a black screen and the words 'No connection'.
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