Day 62: Three Hours or Nothing
At a gate at Wroc艂aw airport, where a technical fault has held up the flight to Alicante, Dagmara (A), a young actuary, asks Edyta (B), a smartly dressed stranger, what she has been signing with the other passengers.
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.
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A
Przepraszam, co pani podpisuje z tymi lud藕mi? Najpierw rodzina z trojgiem dzieci, teraz pa艅stwo spod okna.
Excuse me, what is it you're signing with these people? First the family with three children, now the couple by the window.
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B
Skupuj臋 roszczenia. Przy op贸藕nieniu od trzech godzin wzwy偶 nale偶y si臋 czterysta euro na g艂ow臋, a ja p艂ac臋 od r臋ki.
I buy up claims. For a delay of three hours or more you're owed four hundred euros a head, and I pay on the spot.
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A
A ile pani p艂aci za takie czterysta euro? Pytam z zawodowej ciekawo艣ci: jestem aktuariuszk膮.
And how much do you pay for that four hundred euros? I'm asking out of professional curiosity: I'm an actuary.
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B
Sto pi臋膰dziesi膮t. Linie p艂ac膮 艣rednio po roku, a co trzecia sprawa i tak l膮duje w s膮dzie.
A hundred and fifty. On average the airlines pay up after a year, and one case in three ends up in court anyway.
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A
Przecie偶 usterka to nie si艂a wy偶sza, TSUE przes膮dzi艂 to lata temu. To nie dyskonto, tylko rozb贸j w bia艂y dzie艅.
But a technical fault isn't force majeure, the EU Court of Justice settled that years ago. That's not a discount, it's daylight robbery.
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B
Rozb贸j to mocne s艂owo. Posiedziawszy par臋 godzin na lotnisku, ludzie sami prosz膮, 偶ebym to od nich odkupi艂a.
Robbery is a strong word. Once they've sat around the airport for a few hours, people come and ask me to buy it off them.
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A
Pa艅stwo spod okna, oboje po osiemdziesi膮tce, pewnie tak. Ja chc臋 dwie艣cie osiemdziesi膮t, przelewem, zanim wejdziemy na pok艂ad.
The couple by the window, both over eighty, probably do. I want two hundred and eighty, by bank transfer, before we board.
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B
Dwie艣cie pi臋膰dziesi膮t i ani eurocenta wi臋cej. Prosz臋 tu podpisa膰 cesj臋, a przelew natychmiastowy zlec臋 od razu.
Two hundred and fifty, and not a cent more. Sign the assignment here, please, and I'll send an instant transfer straight away.
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A
Podpisane. O, samolot zast臋pczy ju偶 jest, wi臋c wed艂ug moich wylicze艅 wyl膮dujemy dwie godziny i pi臋膰dziesi膮t minut po czasie.
Signed. Oh, look, the replacement plane's here, so by my calculations we'll land two hours and fifty minutes late.
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B
Poni偶ej trzech godzin? To ca艂y m贸j dzisiejszy portfel do kosza! Pani to policzy艂a, zanim za偶膮da艂a przelewu!
Under three hours? Then my whole portfolio for today goes in the bin! You worked that out before you demanded the transfer!
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A
Wycena ryzyka to m贸j zaw贸d. Ale liczy si臋 otwarcie drzwi, a nie l膮dowanie, wi臋c 偶ycz臋 pani d艂ugiego ko艂owania.
Pricing risk is my job. But what counts is when the doors open, not the landing, so I wish you a nice long taxi to the gate.
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