Day 70: A Quarter of Every Bar
In their kitchen in Suwałki, Nikodem (B), nine, pitches his first startup to his mother, Aneta (A), a bank credit analyst who has agreed to play the investor.
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
No to słucham, panie prezesie. Tylko ostrzegam: nie dam ani grosza, dopóki nie zobaczę wszystkiego czarno na białym.
Right, I'm listening, Mr Chairman. But I'm warning you: I won't put in a penny until I've seen everything in black and white.
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B
Mój startup to kanał „Słodki Recenzent”. Codziennie testuję nowe słodycze, a ludzie klikają łapkę w górę.
My startup's a channel called 'The Sweet Reviewer'. Every day I test new sweets, and people click thumbs up.
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A
Przejrzawszy twój biznesplan, widzę w kosztach jedną pozycję: pięćdziesiąt złotych tygodniowo na „materiały badawcze”.
Having looked through your business plan, I see one item under costs: fifty złoty a week for 'research materials'.
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B
Bo recenzja musi być uczciwa. Jak nie spróbuję, to skłamię, a sama mówisz, że kłamać nie wolno.
Because a review has to be honest. If I don't taste them, I'll be lying, and you're always saying yourself that lying's wrong.
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A
Mocny argument. A z czego zwrócisz inwestorce kapitał, o ile masz taki zamiar?
Strong argument. And where's the money to pay back your investor's capital going to come from, assuming you intend to?
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B
Z monetyzacji, czyli jak masz dużo widzów, to dostajesz monety. A jak będę sławny, Wedel zapłaci mi czekoladą.
From monetisation, that's when you've got loads of viewers and you get coins. And when I'm famous, Wedel will pay me in chocolate.
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A
Czyli koszty w czekoladzie i przychody w czekoladzie. Same gruszki na wierzbie. Ilu masz subskrybentów?
So costs in chocolate and revenue in chocolate. Pie in the sky, the lot of it. And how many subscribers have you got?
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B
Trzech: babcię, dziadka i panią Lodzię z parteru. Byłoby czterech, ale ty ciągle nie kliknęłaś, chociaż obiecałaś.
Three: Grandma, Grandad and Mrs Lodzia from the ground floor. It'd be four, but you still haven't clicked, even though you promised.
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A
Oszacowawszy ryzyko, wchodzę w to za połowę udziałów, czyli połowę każdego batonika. I raz w tygodniu recenzujesz warzywa.
Having assessed the risk, I'm in, for half the shares, meaning half of every chocolate bar. And once a week you review vegetables.
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B
Połowa to za dużo, dam ci ćwiartkę. Z warzyw tylko marchewka, bo brokułów nikt nie obejrzy, nawet babcia.
Half's too much, I'll give you a quarter. And for vegetables, only carrots, because nobody's going to watch broccoli, not even Grandma.
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A
Umowa stoi. Klikam, i to z konta niejakiej „Tajnej Inwestorki”, która od tygodnia każe ci w komentarzach myć zęby.
Deal. I'm clicking now, and from the account of a certain 'Secret Investor', who's been telling you in the comments to brush your teeth for a week.
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