Day 182: A Question from the Floor
On the main stage of a start-up conference, the host (A) puts a question from the audience to an investor from a venture capital fund (B), who is sitting next to a young founder (C).
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
Mamy pytanie z sali do naszej inwestorki. Co najszybciej zniech臋ca pani膮 do inwestowania?
We have a question from the floor for our investor. What's the quickest way to put you off investing?
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B
Obiecywanie gruszek na wierzbie. Milion u偶ytkownik贸w w pierwszym roku to nie optymizm, tylko fantazja.
Pie-in-the-sky promises. A million users in the first year isn't optimism, it's fantasy.
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C
A ja trzy lata temu, na tej samej konferencji, obieca艂am pani p贸艂 miliona u偶ytkownik贸w.
Well, three years ago, at this very conference, I promised you half a million users.
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B
Pami臋tam i nie uwa偶am odmowy za pomy艂k臋. Z tego, co wiem, p贸艂 miliona pani nie ma.
I remember, and I don't think saying no was a mistake. As far as I know, you haven't got half a million.
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C
Rzeczywi艣cie, nie mam. Mam dwa miliony, tylko 偶e pieni膮dze da艂 nam inny fundusz.
That's true, I haven't. I've got two million, only it was another fund that gave us the money.
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A
Prosz臋 pa艅stwa, odmowa to jeszcze nie koniec szukania pieni臋dzy. A co na to nasza inwestorka?
Ladies and gentlemen, a no isn't the end of the search for money. And what does our investor say to that?
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B
Cofam to, co powiedzia艂am. Najwyra藕niej gruszki na wierzbie czasem jednak rosn膮.
I take back what I said. Apparently pie in the sky does sometimes turn out to be real.
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