Planning a Reusable Crate Trial
Logistics adviser (speaking English) and Business owner (speaking Swahili) talk through “Planning a Reusable Crate Trial”. You interpret both ways — English into Swahili, and Swahili into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Kiswahili
Your turn: interpret it aloud in the other language.
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Full transcript with model answers
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Let’s plan your reusable crate trial here in Albion Park. What would you like to test, and what dates and quantities are you considering?
Model answer and marking points
Tutapanga jaribio lako la makreti yanayotumika tena hapa Albion Park. Ungependa kujaribu nini, na unafikiria tarehe na idadi gani?
What an examiner checks here:
- plan reusable crate trial
- location: Albion Park
- question: what would you like to test
- question: what dates and quantities are you considering
Easy to miss: Both parts are questions (what to test; dates and quantities), so don't turn them into statements or drop one.
Nina makreti ishirini na manne yenye namba, na ningependa kuwashirikisha wateja watano kuanzia tarehe moja hadi tarehe kumi na nane Desemba. Nataka kuona kama yanarudi kwa wakati na kama wateja wanayatunza.
Model answer and marking points
I have 24 numbered crates, and I'd like to involve five customers from 1 to 18 December. I want to see whether the crates come back on time and whether customers look after them.
What an examiner checks here:
- 24 crates
- crates are numbered
- five customers
- dates: 1 to 18 December
- wants to check on-time return and whether customers take care of them
Easy to miss: "Ishirini na manne" is 24, not 20 or 40, and the date range runs from 1 to 18 December.
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Interpret it aloud now →For that December trial, record each crate’s number, customer, delivery date and expected collection date. This will help you identify overdue returns and follow up.
Model answer and marking points
Kwa jaribio hilo la Desemba, andika namba ya kila kreti, mteja, tarehe ya kupelekewa na tarehe inayotarajiwa ya kuchukuliwa. Hii itakusaidia kutambua makreti yaliyochelewa kurudi na kuyafuatilia.
What an examiner checks here:
- for the December trial
- record crate number, customer, delivery date
- record expected collection date
- purpose: identify overdue returns
- purpose: follow up
Easy to miss: The expected collection date is a separate item from the delivery date; keep all four fields.
Naweza kuandika taarifa hizo kwenye simu? Pia nataka kutofautisha kreti lililopotea na lile lililorudi likiwa limeharibika.
Model answer and marking points
Can I write that information on my phone? I also want to tell apart a crate that's gone missing from one that came back damaged.
What an examiner checks here:
- question: can I record the information on my phone
- wants to distinguish missing crate
- from crate returned damaged
Easy to miss: The first sentence is a question; also keep the missing versus damaged distinction.
Yes, you can update a shared spreadsheet on your phone. Use separate columns for collected, damaged and missing crates, so damaged returns aren’t marked missing.
Model answer and marking points
Ndiyo, unaweza kusasisha lahajedwali la pamoja kwenye simu yako. Tumia safu tofauti za makreti yaliyochukuliwa, yaliyoharibika na yaliyopotea, ili makreti yaliyorudi yakiwa yameharibika yasiandikwe kuwa yamepotea.
What an examiner checks here:
- yes, can use phone
- shared spreadsheet
- separate columns: collected, damaged, missing
- so damaged returns aren't marked missing
Easy to miss: Keep the negative purpose: damaged returns must not be marked as missing.
Hilo linafaa. Baadhi ya wateja huacha makreti nje baada ya kutoa bidhaa. Ningependa maelekezo mafupi ya kuwaambia wayaweke wapi na wafanye nini wakiona uharibifu.
Model answer and marking points
That works. Some customers leave the crates outside after taking out the goods. I'd like short instructions to tell them where to put the crates and what to do if they see damage.
What an examiner checks here:
- agrees, that's suitable
- some customers leave crates outside after unpacking goods
- wants short instructions
- where to put the crates
- what to do if they see damage
Easy to miss: Only some customers (not all) leave crates outside, and the instructions cover two things: where to put them and what to do about damage.
Give each customer a short instruction card: empty the crate, keep it dry and have it ready for collection. Ask them to report any damage.
Model answer and marking points
Mpe kila mteja kadi fupi ya maelekezo: wamwage vitu vyote kwenye kreti, walihifadhi likiwa kavu na walitayarishe kwa ajili ya kuchukuliwa. Waombe waripoti uharibifu wowote.
What an examiner checks here:
- short instruction card for each customer
- empty the crate
- keep it dry
- have it ready for collection
- report any damage
Easy to miss: "Keep it dry" is easily dropped; also the damage reporting is a request to customers.
Nitafanya hivyo. Lakini baadhi ya wateja hufunga maduka mapema. Wasipokuwepo wakati wa kuchukua makreti, wayatunze hadi safari inayofuata au wayapeleke wenyewe?
Model answer and marking points
I'll do that. But some customers close their shops early. If they're not there when the crates are collected, should they keep them until the next trip or take them back themselves?
What an examiner checks here:
- will do that
- some customers close shops early
- if absent at collection time
- question: keep crates until next trip
- question: or return them themselves
Easy to miss: This is a question with two options, so don't present it as a statement or lose the alternative.
They should keep the crates until your next collection, rather than return them themselves. Ask them to contact your business so you can arrange another time.
Model answer and marking points
Wanapaswa kuyatunza makreti hadi utakapokuja kuyachukua tena, badala ya kuyarudisha wenyewe. Waombe wawasiliane na biashara yako ili mpange wakati mwingine.
What an examiner checks here:
- keep crates until your next collection
- not return them themselves
- contact your business
- to arrange another time
Easy to miss: They should keep the crates and not return them themselves; reversing this changes the instruction.
Sawa, nitaweka namba ya biashara kwenye kadi. Nitawajulisha wale wateja watano kuhusu mpango huo kabla hatujaanza. Tutajuaje kama jaribio limefanikiwa?
Model answer and marking points
Okay, I'll put the business number on the card. I'll let the five customers know about the plan before we start. How will we know if the trial has been successful?
What an examiner checks here:
- will put business number on the card
- will inform the five customers about the plan
- before starting
- question: how will we know if the trial succeeded
Easy to miss: The last sentence is a question about measuring success, not a statement.
Compare returns, collection problems and customer feedback at the end. Before starting, photograph each crate’s condition as a baseline, so you can identify any damage during the trial.
Model answer and marking points
Mwishoni linganisha makreti yaliyorudishwa, matatizo ya uchukuaji na maoni ya wateja. Kabla ya kuanza, piga picha ya hali ya kila kreti kama msingi wa kulinganisha, ili uweze kutambua uharibifu wowote uliotokea wakati wa jaribio.
What an examiner checks here:
- at the end compare returns
- compare collection problems
- compare customer feedback
- before starting photograph each crate's condition as baseline
- to identify damage during the trial
Easy to miss: The comparison happens at the end, while the photographs are taken before starting.
Sawa, nitapiga picha za makreti yote kwanza ili tuwe na kumbukumbu ya hali yake kabla ya jaribio. Nitawaeleza wateja mpango mzima kabla hatujaanza tarehe moja Desemba. Asante kwa msaada wako.
Model answer and marking points
Okay, I'll take photos of all the crates first so we have a record of their condition before the trial. I'll explain the whole plan to the customers before we start on 1 December. Thank you for your help.
What an examiner checks here:
- photograph all crates first
- record of condition before trial
- explain whole plan to customers before starting
- start date: 1 December
- thanks for help
Easy to miss: The start date is 1 December, and the explanation to customers comes before the start.
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