Day 17: Filling In the Donor Card
At the breakfast table in Koblenz, Johanna (B), a medical student, puts an organ donor card in front of her father Frank (A).
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 German word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native German, 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.
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A
Ein Organspendeausweis zwischen Brötchen und Marmelade? Du bist wirklich hartnäckig.
An organ donor card between the rolls and the jam? You really are persistent.
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B
Muss ich auch, du drückst dich ja seit Jahren davor, dich festzulegen.
I have to be, you've been dodging a decision for years.
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A
Ich habe ja nichts dagegen, dass meine Organe jemandem helfen. Aber im Ernstfall sollt ihr das entscheiden.
I've nothing against my organs helping someone. But if it ever comes to it, you lot should decide.
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B
Genau das will ich uns ersparen: überforderte Angehörige, die an deinem Bett rätseln, was du gewollt hättest.
That's exactly what I want to spare us: overwhelmed relatives at your bedside, trying to guess what you would have wanted.
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A
Und wenn die Ärzte dann weniger um mich kämpfen, bloß weil ein ausgefüllter Ausweis in meinem Portemonnaie steckt?
And what if the doctors don't fight as hard for me, just because there's a filled-in card in my wallet?
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B
Keine Sorge, um dein Leben wird genauso gekämpft. Und den Hirntod müssen zwei Fachärzte unabhängig voneinander feststellen.
Don't worry, they fight for your life just as hard. And brain death has to be confirmed by two specialists independently of each other.
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A
Na gut, dann kreuze ich an, dass eine bestimmte Person entscheiden soll: du, Frau Doktor.
All right, then I'll tick the box saying a named person should decide: you, Doctor.
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