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🇷🇺 Russian · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Notary

A notary's office, Sam's translations on the counter: next, what have you got, a translation of my passport and diploma, the translation must be official, from the bureau on the Arbat, the copy must be complete, the cover too, young man, sign here, must I come back, no, nine hundred roubles.

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THE STORY

A notary's office in Moscow on a weekday morning, a queue on chairs along the wall, Sam at the counter with a folder of translations. Sam is polite with the notary, and the notary with him, in his gruff way.

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Следующий! Что у вас?SLYE-du-yu-shchi! SHTO u VAS?Next! What have you got?
Перевод паспорта и диплома.pe-re-VOT PAS-par-ta i dip-LO-ma.A translation of my passport and my diploma.
должен бытьDOL-zhen BYTmust be, the he form
Перевод должен быть официальный.pe-re-VOT DOL-zhen BYT a-fi-tsi-AL-ny.The translation must be official.
Да, из бюро на Арбате.DA, iz byu-RO na ar-BA-tye.Yes, from the bureau on the Arbat.
всё должно бытьVSYO dalzh-NO BYTmust be, the it form, for everything
Копия должна быть полная. И обложка.KO-pi-ya dalzh-NA BYT POL-na-ya. i ab-LOZH-ka.The copy must be complete. The cover too.
Обложка тоже?ab-LOZH-ka TO-zhe?The cover too?
Тоже, молодой человек. Распишитесь здесь.TO-zhe, ma-la-DOY chi-la-VYEK. ras-pi-SHEE-tyes ZDYES.The cover too, young man. Sign here.
Я должен прийти ещё раз?ya DOL-zhen priy-TEE ye-SHCHO RAS?Must I come back?

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