Day 122: Interview for Plant Quality Manager
At a medical devices factory in Tijuana, Susana (A), who has applied to be quality manager, is interviewed by the plant director, Rodolfo (B).
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
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Buenas tardes, ingeniero. Gracias por recibirme; su asistente me advirtió que no hace entrevistas de trámite.
Good afternoon. Thank you for seeing me; your assistant warned me that you don't do routine interviews.
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B
Y no le mintió. Si tuviese que detener la línea un viernes a medianoche, con un embarque urgente para Estados Unidos, ¿lo haría?
And that was no lie. If you had to stop the line at midnight on a Friday, with an urgent shipment for the United States, would you do it?
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A
Ya lo hice. En mi planta anterior, en Mexicali, encontramos fallas en el sellado de los empaques estériles y paré la línea a las once.
I already have. At my last plant, in Mexicali, we found faults in the seals on the sterile packaging, and I stopped the line at eleven.
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B
¿Y si se hubiese equivocado? En esta industria, un embarque perdido puede costarle el puesto a cualquiera.
And what if you'd been wrong? In this industry, a lost shipment can cost anyone their job.
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A
Lo peor habría sido perder un turno. Un retiro del mercado, en cambio, cuesta millones y pone en riesgo a los pacientes.
The worst that could have happened was losing a shift. A recall, on the other hand, costs millions and puts patients at risk.
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B
Supongamos que la contratamos. ¿Qué habrá logrado usted dentro de seis meses, en números concretos?
Let's suppose we hire you. What will you have achieved six months from now, in hard numbers?
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A
Para marzo habré implementado la inspección automática del sellado, y antes de la próxima auditoría habremos reducido los defectos a la mitad.
By March I'll have rolled out automatic seal inspection, and before the next audit we'll have halved the defects.
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B
Ayer llamé a su antiguo jefe: dice que aquel viernes usted le arruinó el fin de semana y le salvó la certificación.
Yesterday I called your old boss: he says that on that Friday you ruined his weekend and saved the plant's certification.
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A
Entonces ya se habrá dado cuenta de que no exageraba. ¿Me permite ahora hacerle yo algunas preguntas sobre su planta?
Then you'll have realized I wasn't exaggerating. May I now ask you a few questions about your plant?
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