Day 83: No Gloves, No Line
On the production floor of a sardine canning factory in Navotas, Janna (A), the newly hired safety officer, tells the line supervisor, Lauro (B), what she has just done on his line.
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.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
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A
Sir Lauro, pinahinto ko po ang Line 2. May dalawa pong walang guwantes.
Sir Lauro, I've stopped Line 2. Two of the workers have no gloves on.
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B
Limang libong lata ang quota natin ngayon! Sino ang mananagot kapag kinulang tayo?
Our quota today is five thousand cans! Who's going to answer for it if we fall short?
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A
Bawal po 'yon, at puwede silang masugatan. Dahil dito, puwede pong ipasara ng inspector ang buong linya.
That's against the rules, and they could get hurt. Because of that, an inspector could shut down the whole line.
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B
Sampung taon na silang ganyan. Wala pang nasusugatan.
They've been working like that for ten years. Nobody's been hurt yet.
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A
Bukod pa rito, pagkain po ang ginagawa natin, hindi lang lata.
Besides, it's food we're making here, not just cans.
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B
Bahala ka na. Pero ikaw ang magpapaliwanag sa plant manager.
Suit yourself. But you're the one explaining it to the plant manager.
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A
Ako na po ang bahala. Parating na po ang guwantes.
Leave that to me. The gloves are on their way.
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