Day 129: Exhibit A: The Holiday Diary
At home in Tarnobrzeg, the evening after a package holiday in Turkey, Żaneta (A) is writing a complaint to the tour operator with her husband Ariel (B), while their nine-year-old daughter Lilka (C) listens in.
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
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A
Piszę reklamację do biura podróży. W umowie był widok na morze, a za oknem przez dwa tygodnie trwała przebudowa sąsiedniego hotelu.
I'm writing a complaint to the tour operator. The contract promised a sea view, and for two weeks the hotel next door was being rebuilt right outside our window.
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B
Napisz, że w związku z niezgodnością z umową żądamy obniżenia ceny. Tylko nie wiem, skąd weźmiemy dowód, że zgłosiliśmy to niezwłocznie.
Write that, as the holiday didn't conform to the contract, we demand a price reduction. The only thing is, I don't know where we'll get proof that we reported it straight away.
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C
Mamo, a mój pamiętnik z wakacji? Codziennie w nim pisałam, co się działo.
Mum, what about my holiday diary? I wrote down what happened in it every day.
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A
Kochanie, pamiętnik dziewięciolatki to raczej wątpliwy dowód w sporze z biurem podróży. Ale pokaż, co tam masz.
Sweetheart, a nine-year-old's diary is rather dubious evidence in a dispute with a tour operator. But show me what you've got.
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C
Tu, dzień trzeci: „Tata poszedł do pani rezydentki i powiedział, że przy takim huku nie da się spać”.
Here, day three: 'Daddy went to the rep lady and said nobody can sleep with all that banging.'
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B
Wobec tego mamy datę i świadka, a rezydentka reprezentuje organizatora na miejscu. Córeczko, jesteś genialna!
In that case we've got a date and a witness, and the rep acts for the tour operator on the spot. Darling, you're a genius!
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A
Czekaj, dzień piąty: „Tata mówi, że to najlepsze wakacje w życiu i że nie chce wracać do domu”.
Wait, day five: 'Daddy says this is the best holiday ever and he doesn't want to go home.'
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C
Bo wtedy był bufet z lodami. To może wyrwiemy tę kartkę?
That's because there was an ice cream buffet that day. So shall we tear that page out?
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B
Nic nie wyrywamy, dowodów się nie fałszuje. Napiszemy po prostu, że lody były zgodne z umową, a przebudowa nie.
We're not tearing anything out; you don't tamper with evidence. We'll just write that the ice cream was in line with the contract, and the building work wasn't.
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