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[kittydesade]

Диалоги

1. Может быть, пойдём в кафе?
-- Кэрен, ты уже обедала?
Karen, have you had lunch already?
-- Нет, но уже страшно хочу есть.
No, but I'm terribly hungry.
-- Мы с Анной думали пойти в кафе «Минутка» Не хочешь пойти с нами?
Anna and I thought about going to the cafe Minutka. Do you want to come with us?
-- В «Минутку» Но я сльшала, что попасть туда просто невозможно.
To Minutka? But I heard it's impossible to simply get in there.
-- Вечером попасть трудно, а днём можно. Я думаю, что сейчас мы точно попадём.
It's difficult to get in in the evenings, but during the day it's possible. I think today we can get in for sure.
-- Хорошо, пошли.
All right, let's go.

2. Что вы будете заказывать?
-- Что вы будете заказывать?
What would you like to order?
-- А что вы нам посоветуете взять?
What do you advise us to [take]have?
-- На первое я вас посоветую борщ взять украинский. Или суп с рыбой.
For the first course I recommend Ukrainian borscht. Or fish soup. (Really?)
-- Хорошо. Суп с рыбой – две порции.
Excellent. Fish soup - two portions.
-- А на второе? Есть лангет. Есть цыплята табака.
And the main course? There is fried steak. There is tobacco chicken (yes, really).
-- Принесите два лангета.
We'll take two [main dishes.]
-- А пить что вы будете? Есть лимонад, минеральная вода.
And what would you like to drink? There is lemonade, mineral water.
-- Два лимонада, пожалуйста.
Two lemonades, please.
-- Мороженое будете?
Would you like ice cream?
-- Да.
Yes.
-- А я возьму кофе с молоком.
I will have coffee with milk.

3. Рассчитайте нас!
-- Девушка! Дайте, пожалуйста, счёт!
Excuse me, miss! The check, please.
-- Значит так: суп с рыбой, лангет с пюре...
Let's see... fish soup, entree with mashed potatoes. (Dammit, now I'm hungry.)
-- Минуточку! С каким пюре? Никакого пюре не было!
Just a minute! With what potatoes? There were no potatoes!
-- Ой, извините. Вы правы. Так... дальше...
Oh, excuse me. You're right. Here... Next...
-- А дальше у нас были два лимонада, одно мороженое, один кофе с молоком.
And next we have two lemonades, one ice cream, one coffee with milk.
-- Так. С вас 487 (четыреста восемьдесят семь) рублей.
There. That's 487 rubles.
-- Четыреста восемьдесят семь? Вот. Получите, пожалуйста.
487? There. Take it, please. [Which is a funny thing in English where the cultural attitudes are different, but that seems to be it.]



Oof. Just, generally oof. I should have gone to bed when I meant to and not when I actually did.

On the plus side, the bulk of the filing actually got done yesterday? And today, in my spare time, there will be writing and cleaning up of my desk and probably a lot of time spent out front doing the Japanese that I've, um. Neglected. >.> In favor of doing Martine in the mornings through lunch. Which. That's a schedule thing that needs to be fixed. On the other hand, as much writing as I'm getting done at work, maybe I should just allocate that half hour in the latter part of lunch to Japanese and trust that I'll get my scene for the day done later. Hmm. Decisions.

Most of this should really go on the comm, and I need to make that post today, and do my tags. Moo. Don't want to go to work. It's cold out there.