Intervija

The interview

Your goalI can introduce myself fully and answer questions about my work, my languages and my past.

Sāra

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The capital: big, loud, grey. The interviewer wants to know everything: who you are, where you are from, which languages you speak, what you can do, why you came to the town, when you can start. On the train back, you read flat ads: thirty square metres, €900 a month.

Monday, ten o'clock. The capital is big, loud and grey. A glass office on the eighth floor.
Sāra
Labdien. Es esmu Sāra Fernandesa. Apsēdieties, lūdzu.
Good day. I am Sāra Fernandesa. Please sit down.
Sāra
Es esmu spāniete, bet te dzīvoju jau desmit gadus. Runāsim latviski.
I'm Spanish, but I've lived here for ten years now. So we'll speak Latvian.
Sāra
Pastāstiet par sevi. No kurienes jūs esat? Ko jūs darāt?
Tell me about yourself. Where are you from? What do you do?
Mani sauc Lukas Becker. Es esmu vācietis no Hamburgas. Man ir trīsdesmit gadi.
I'm Lukas Becker. I'm German, from Hamburg. I'm thirty.
Mani sauc Lena Becker. Es esmu vāciete no Hamburgas. Man ir trīsdesmit gadi.
I'm Lena Becker. I'm German, from Hamburg. I'm thirty.
Es esmu inženieris. Strādāju mēbeļu uzņēmumā mazā pilsētā pie upes.
I'm an engineer. I work at a furniture company, in a small town by the river.
Es esmu inženiere. Strādāju mēbeļu uzņēmumā mazā pilsētā pie upes.
I'm an engineer. I work at a furniture company, in a small town by the river.
Sāra
Kādās valodās jūs runājat?
Which languages do you speak?
Vāciski, angliski un mazliet latviski.
German, English and a little Latvian.
Vāciski, angliski un mazliet latviski.
German, English and a little Latvian.
Sāra
Ne mazliet. Jūs runājat labi.
Not a little. You speak well.
Sāra
Ko jūs protat darīt?
And what can you do?
Es protu projektēt mēbeles. Un varu pieskatīt kaķi.
I can design furniture. And I can look after a cat.
Es protu projektēt mēbeles. Un varu pieskatīt kaķi.
I can design furniture. And I can look after a cat.
She laughs.
Sāra
Kaķi?
A cat?
Tas ir garš stāsts.
It's a long story.
Tas ir garš stāsts.
It's a long story.
Sāra
Kāpēc jūs atbraucāt uz to mazo pilsētu?
Why did you come to that little town?
Darba dēļ. Bet tagad... Cilvēku dēļ.
For the job. But now... for the people.
Darba dēļ. Bet tagad... Cilvēku dēļ.
For the job. But now... for the people.
Sāra
Kad jūs varat sākt?
When will you be able to start?
Mans pārbaudes laiks beidzas trīsdesmitajā jūnijā.
My trial period ends on the thirtieth of June.
Mans pārbaudes laiks beidzas trīsdesmitajā jūnijā.
My trial period ends on the thirtieth of June.
She stands up and holds out her hand.
Sāra
Lieliski. Darbs ir jūsu. Vai varat sākt pirmajā jūlijā?
Excellent. The job is yours. Can you start on the first of July?
Tik ātri? Man jāpadomā.
So soon? I need to think about it.
Tik ātri? Man jāpadomā.
So soon? I need to think about it.
Sāra
Protams. Es gaidīšu jūsu atbildi līdz piektdienai.
Of course. I'll wait for your answer until Friday.
Outside the office, a grey cat sits on a wall. It is not Muris.
Muris? Nē... Tas nav Muris.
Muris? No... Not Muris.
Muris? Nē... Tas nav Muris.
Muris? No... Not Muris.
On the train back, you read flat ads on your phone.
Dzīvoklis centrā. Trīsdesmit kvadrātmetri. Deviņi simti eiro mēnesī.
Flat in the centre. Thirty square metres. Nine hundred euros a month.
Dzīvoklis centrā. Trīsdesmit kvadrātmetri. Deviņi simti eiro mēnesī.
Flat in the centre. Thirty square metres. Nine hundred euros a month.
Deviņi simti! Un bez kaķa.
Nine hundred! And without a cat.
Deviņi simti! Un bez kaķa.
Nine hundred! And without a cat.