Day 118: No Need to Answer at Midnight
At a fintech startup in Guadalajara, a week before its app goes live, Edith (A), the department head, talks with Mayra (B), a new colleague.
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 Spanish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
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A
Mayra, vi que estuviste contestando mensajes de clientes a medianoche. ¿Todo bien?
Mayra, I saw you were answering messages from clients at midnight. Is everything all right?
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B
SÃ, Edith. Me dio pena dejarlos esperando, con el lanzamiento de la app tan cerca.
Yes, Edith. I felt bad leaving them waiting, with the app launch so close.
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A
Contestas como si fueras la única de guardia, y hay todo un equipo para eso.
You answer as if you were the only one on call, and there's a whole team for that.
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B
Perdón, nadie me explicó quién atiende qué en la noche.
Sorry, nobody explained to me who handles what at night.
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A
En caso de que haya una falla, le llega la alerta al equipo de guardia.
If there's ever an outage, the alert goes to the on-call team.
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B
¿Y los clientes que escriben de madrugada? ¿No cree que se van a enojar?
And the clients who write in the middle of the night? Don't you think they'll get annoyed?
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A
El chatbot les contesta. Y tú a dormir, a no ser que te llame yo.
The chatbot answers them. And you get some sleep, unless it's me calling.
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