Intermediate - The Life of a Programmer (C2132)

A: 啊,你怎么睡在这里?吓了我一跳。
ǎ, nǐ zěnme shuì zài zhèlǐ? xià le wǒ yī tiào.
Oh, why are you sleeping here? You scared me.
B: 不好意思。昨晚加班加到半夜,懒得回去了,就在公司将就一下。
bùhǎoyìsi. zuówǎn jiābān jiā dào bànyè, lǎnde huíqu le, jiù zài gōngsī jiāngjiù yīxià.
I'm sorry. Last night I worked overtime until after midnight and I was too tired to go home, so I just made do with the office.
A: 辛苦辛苦。怎么这么忙?
xīnkǔ xīnkǔ. zěnme zhème máng?
You're working so hard. Why are you so busy?
B: 产品下周就要上线,这周搞测试,还有些bug要修。
chǎnpǐn xiàzhōu jiùyào shàngxiàn, zhè zhōu gǎo cèshì, hái yǒu xiē bug yào xiū.
A product goes online next week. This week we're running tests and there are still a few bugs that need fixing.
A: 那你再睡一会儿吧,才八点半。
nà nǐ zài shuì yīhuǐr ba, cái bā diǎn bàn.
Then you sleep a bit more. It's only 8:30.
B: 哦,我也要起来了。
ò, wǒ yě yào qǐlái le.
Oh, then I need to get up.
A: 还要编程序吗?
hái yào biān chéngxù ma?
Do you still need to edit the program?
B: 不是。调试一下。
bùshì. tiáoshì yīxià.
No. I just need to tweak it a bit.
A: 是不是呆会儿开会,要跟老板汇报啊?
shì bu shì dāihuǐr kāihuì, yào gēn lǎobǎn huìbào a?
Don't you have a meeting in a bit and you'll need to report to the boss?
B: 呵呵,算是吧。
hēhē, suàn shì ba.
Haha. Something like that.
A: 你这样一晚上不回家,你老婆不会不高兴吗?
nǐ zhèyàng yī wǎnshang bù huíjiā, nǐ lǎopó bùhuì bù gāoxìng ma?
You've gone a whole night without going home. Won't your wife be unhappy?
B: 我是单身,没人管我。
wǒ shì dānshēn, méi rén guǎn wǒ.
I'm single. No one will mind.
A: 这样啊。嗯,那你先忙,不打扰了。
zhèyàng a. ng4, nà nǐ xiān máng, bù dǎrǎo le.
I see. Well, then you get to it. I won't disturb you.
B: 好。哎,对了,你也是新来的吧?
hǎo. āi, duìle, nǐ yě shì xīn lái de ba?
Okay. Hey, right, you're also new here right?

Key Vocabulary

xià to scare
吓一跳 xiàyītiào to startle
加班 jiābān to work overtime
懒得 lǎnde to not feel like doing something
将就 jiāngjiù to have to make do with
上线 shàngxiàn online
gǎo to do
测试 cèshì test
xiū to repair
cái only
biān to edit
程序 chéngxù program
调试 tiáoshì to adjust, tweak
呆会儿 dāihuǐr to hang around for a bit
汇报 huìbào to report back
算是 suàn shì to be considered
单身 dānshēn single
guǎn to take care of
打扰 dǎrǎo to disturb
新来的 xīn lái de newcomer

Supplementary Vocabulary

程序员 chéngxùyuán programmer
lǎn lazy
gǎi to change, alter
编程 biānchéng to program (a computer)
调整 tiáozhěng to adjust
代码 dàimǎ code

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