Requesting a Gradual Return After Parental Leave
HR adviser (speaking English) and Employee (speaking Russian) talk through “Requesting a Gradual Return After Parental Leave”. You interpret both ways — English into Russian, and Russian into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Русский
Your turn: interpret it aloud in the other language.
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Let's work through your return request here at our Wetherill Park office. What starting date and weekly schedule would you like us to consider?
Model answer and marking points
Давайте разберём ваше заявление о выходе на работу здесь, в нашем офисе в Уэтерилл-Парке. Какую дату выхода и какой недельный график вы хотели бы предложить нам на рассмотрение?
What an examiner checks here:
- Return request discussed at the Wetherill Park office
- question: preferred starting date
- question: preferred weekly schedule
Easy to miss: Both the starting date and the weekly schedule are questions, not agreed arrangements.
Я хотела бы выйти с седьмого декабря и первые четыре недели работать три дня в неделю. Мне нужно постепенно привыкнуть к работе и новому режиму с ребёнком.
Model answer and marking points
I'd like to return on the seventh of December and work three days a week for the first four weeks. I need to gradually get used to working again and to a new routine with my child.
What an examiner checks here:
- Return on 7 December
- Three working days per week
- Arrangement for the first four weeks
- Gradual adjustment to work
- New routine with her child
Easy to miss: Keep three days per week separate from the four-week initial period.
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Interpret it aloud now →We can put that proposal in writing for your manager to review. Which three days would suit you, and would your usual hours be manageable?
Model answer and marking points
Мы можем изложить это предложение письменно, чтобы ваш руководитель его рассмотрел. Какие три дня вам подошли бы и смогли бы вы работать в свои обычные часы?
What an examiner checks here:
- Proposal can be put in writing
- Manager to review the proposal
- question: which three days would suit her
- question: whether usual working hours would be manageable
Easy to miss: The manager will review the proposal; approval has not been given.
Мне подошли бы понедельник, среда и пятница. В эти дни я могу работать по обычному графику. Но сразу возвращаться на полную неделю я пока не готова.
Model answer and marking points
Monday, Wednesday and Friday would suit me. I can work my usual hours on those days. But I'm not ready to go back to a full working week straight away.
What an examiner checks here:
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Usual working hours on those days
- Not ready for a full working week immediately
Easy to miss: She can work her usual daily hours but is not ready for a full working week.
Please include those days and hours, plus your preferred arrangement afterwards. We will discuss staffing needs before deciding; preparing this request does not mean approval.
Model answer and marking points
Пожалуйста, укажите эти дни и часы, а также желаемый график после этого периода. Прежде чем принять решение, мы обсудим потребности в персонале. Подготовка этого заявления не означает его одобрения.
What an examiner checks here:
- Include proposed days and hours
- Include preferred arrangement after the initial period
- Staffing needs discussed before a decision
- Preparing the request does not mean approval
Easy to miss: Do not lose the explicit warning that preparing the request does not mean approval.
Да, я поняла. Я бы хотела ближе к концу этих четырёх недель обсудить, как всё идёт, а потом уже решить, получится ли увеличить количество рабочих дней.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, I understand. I'd like to discuss how things are going towards the end of those four weeks, and then decide whether it would be possible to increase the number of days I work.
What an examiner checks here:
- Acknowledges understanding
- Discussion towards the end of the four weeks
- Review how things are going
- Decide afterwards whether working days can increase
Easy to miss: Increasing the number of working days is a possibility to consider later, not a commitment.
You can propose a review near the end of the four weeks. What would help you settle back into your duties during that initial period?
Model answer and marking points
Вы можете предложить пересмотреть график ближе к концу этих четырёх недель. Что помогло бы вам снова освоиться со своими обязанностями в этот начальный период?
What an examiner checks here:
- Can propose a review
- Review near the end of the four weeks
- question: what would help her settle back into her duties during the initial period
Easy to miss: The review is near the end of the four weeks, not after another four weeks.
Мне бы помогло небольшое обучение по обновлённой программе. Пока я была в отпуске, её поменяли. И хотелось бы заранее понять, какие задачи будут самыми срочными.
Model answer and marking points
Some training on the updated software would help me. It was changed while I was on leave. I'd also like to know in advance which tasks will be the most urgent.
What an examiner checks here:
- Some training on the updated software would help
- Software changed while she was on leave
- Wants advance information about the most urgent tasks
Easy to miss: The software has already changed during her leave; the change is not still planned.
We can discuss a refresher and task priorities at a planning meeting. Would Wednesday at ten in the morning or Thursday at two in the afternoon suit you?
Model answer and marking points
На встрече по планированию мы можем обсудить обучение для обновления знаний и приоритетность задач. Вам подошла бы среда в десять утра или четверг в два часа дня?
What an examiner checks here:
- Refresher training can be discussed at a planning meeting
- Task priorities can be discussed at that meeting
- question: Wednesday at 10 am or Thursday at 2 pm
Easy to miss: Keep Wednesday at 10 am and Thursday at 2 pm as two alternative meeting times.
В четверг в два часа дня мне удобно. Я подготовлю черновик заявления. Можно принести его на встречу, чтобы мы вместе проверили формулировки?
Model answer and marking points
Thursday at two in the afternoon suits me. I'll prepare a draft request. Can I bring it to the meeting so we can check the wording together?
What an examiner checks here:
- Thursday at 2 pm suits her
- Will prepare a draft request
- question: may she bring the draft to the meeting
- Purpose is to check the wording together
Easy to miss: She asks to check the draft's wording together, not to have it approved at the meeting.
Yes, bring your draft request and any questions. After the meeting, we will confirm the decision in writing, including any changes agreed with you.
Model answer and marking points
Да, принесите черновик заявления и все вопросы, которые у вас есть. После встречи мы письменно подтвердим решение, включая все изменения, согласованные с вами.
What an examiner checks here:
- Bring the draft request
- Bring any questions
- Decision confirmed in writing after the meeting
- Written confirmation includes any changes agreed with her
Easy to miss: Written confirmation concerns the decision and agreed changes, not necessarily approval.
Хорошо, так и сделаю. В заявлении укажу дату выхода, дни и часы работы, а также предложу обсудить график ближе к концу первых четырёх недель.
Model answer and marking points
All right, I'll do that. In the request, I'll include my return date, working days and hours, and propose discussing the schedule towards the end of the first four weeks.
What an examiner checks here:
- Agrees to do that
- Request will include return date
- Request will include working days and hours
- Will propose discussing the schedule
- Discussion towards the end of the first four weeks
Easy to miss: She proposes a discussion near the end of the initial four weeks, not an automatic increase in working days.
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