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Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 17 lines

¿Qué nos dejan hacer y qué no? What do they let us do, and what don't they?

Comic · 17 panels

Panel 1 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Good morning, everyone. After the vacation we're starting with something new: as of today, the team has an artificial intelligence assistant.”
  1. Nuria

    Buenos días a todos. Después de las vacaciones empezamos con una novedad: desde hoy el equipo tiene un asistente de inteligencia artificial.

    Good morning, everyone. After the vacation we're starting with something new: as of today, the team has an artificial intelligence assistant.

Panel 2 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Finally! AI generates texts, illustrations and even slogans in a minute.”
  1. Hugo

    ¡Por fin! La IA genera textos, ilustraciones y hasta eslóganes en un minuto.

    Finally! AI generates texts, illustrations and even slogans in a minute.

Panel 3 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Yeah, yeah. But what do they let us do, and what don't they? I don't want to make a mistake on the first day.”
  1. Óscar

    Ya, ya. Pero ¿qué nos dejan hacer y qué no? No quiero equivocarme el primer día.

    Yeah, yeah. But what do they let us do, and what don't they? I don't want to make a mistake on the first day.

Panel 4 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Ana, who's read all the terms, will explain that to you (to several people).”
  1. Nuria

    Eso os lo explica Ana, que se ha leído todas las condiciones.

    Ana, who's read all the terms, will explain that to you (to several people).

Panel 5 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “It's simple. The company lets us use it for drafts, translations and ideas, but it doesn't allow us to upload client data.”
  1. Ana

    Es sencillo. La empresa nos deja usarla para borradores, traducciones e ideas, pero no permite que subamos datos de clientes.

    It's simple. The company lets us use it for drafts, translations and ideas, but it doesn't allow us to upload client data.

Panel 6 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Not even the client's name? It's hard to work like that.”
  1. Óscar

    ¿Ni siquiera el nombre del cliente? Así es difícil trabajar.

    Not even the client's name? It's hard to work like that.

Panel 7 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Not the name, not the email, not the figures. Data protection requires us to be very careful.”
  1. Ana

    Ni el nombre, ni el correo, ni las cifras. La protección de datos nos obliga a tener mucho cuidado.

    Not the name, not the email, not the figures. Data protection requires us to be very careful.

Panel 8 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Then I'll put "Client A" and that's it. Anonymous data can be used, right?”
  1. Hugo

    Entonces pongo «Cliente A» y listo. Los datos anónimos sí se pueden usar, ¿no?

    Then I'll put "Client A" and that's it. Anonymous data can be used, right?

Panel 9 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Yes, but truly anonymous: no names, no phone numbers and nothing that could identify anyone.”
  1. Ana

    Sí, pero anónimos de verdad: sin nombres, sin teléfonos y sin nada que permita reconocer a nadie.

    Yes, but truly anonymous: no names, no phone numbers and nothing that could identify anyone.

Panel 10 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “I'll add one rule: results aren't accepted blindly. AI sometimes makes up data and sources.”
  1. Sonia

    Yo añado una regla: los resultados no se aceptan a ciegas. La IA a veces se inventa datos y fuentes.

    I'll add one rule: results aren't accepted blindly. AI sometimes makes up data and sources.

Panel 11 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “That's what worries me. In the long run, won't it be more work to check everything than to write it by hand?”
  1. Óscar

    Eso es lo que me preocupa. A la larga, ¿no será más trabajo revisarlo todo que escribirlo a mano?

    That's what worries me. In the long run, won't it be more work to check everything than to write it by hand?

Panel 12 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Sometimes, yes. But we want to automate the repetitive tasks, and the time we save will go to creativity.”
  1. Nuria

    A veces sí. Pero queremos automatizar las tareas repetitivas, y el tiempo que ganemos será para la creatividad.

    Sometimes, yes. But we want to automate the repetitive tasks, and the time we save will go to creativity.

Panel 13 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “A serious question: isn't this going to replace the designers? I've just started.”
  1. Hugo

    Una pregunta en serio: ¿esto no va a sustituir a los diseñadores? Yo acabo de empezar.

    A serious question: isn't this going to replace the designers? I've just started.

Panel 14 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Nobody's going to lose their job because of a tool. A robot doesn't know what a client wants.”
  1. Nuria

    Nadie va a perder su puesto de trabajo por una herramienta. Un robot no sabe lo que quiere un cliente.

    Nobody's going to lose their job because of a tool. A robot doesn't know what a client wants.

Panel 15 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “One more thing: the account belongs to the company, and access is personal. Don't share the password or let others use it (to several people).”
  1. Ana

    Una cosa más: la cuenta es de la empresa y el acceso es personal. No compartáis la contraseña ni dejéis que otros la usen.

    One more thing: the account belongs to the company, and access is personal. Don't share the password or let others use it (to several people).

Panel 16 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “And I'll keep checking the data by hand. AI helps, but the responsibility is ours.”
  1. Sonia

    Y yo seguiré revisando los datos a mano. La IA ayuda, pero la responsabilidad es nuestra.

    And I'll keep checking the data by hand. AI helps, but the responsibility is ours.

Panel 17 of 17 for “What do they let us do, and what don't they?”: “Perfect. Today we'll try it on a real case, and tomorrow we'll see how it went.”
  1. Nuria

    Perfecto. Hoy probamos con un caso real y mañana vemos qué tal ha ido.

    Perfect. Today we'll try it on a real case, and tomorrow we'll see how it went.

Grammar for this text

Allowing, forbidding and making (more in the unit's grammar).

  • ¿qué nos dejan hacer…?, nos deja usarla — dejar + person + infinitive: "what do they let us do", "lets us use it". The la in usarla is la IA; it's attached to the infinitive.
  • no permite que subamos — the same idea with que: after permitir que the verb is in the subjunctive (subamos, not subimos). It's used when it matters who exactly does the action.
  • nos obliga a tener — obligar always takes a before the infinitive: "requires us to be", "makes us".
  • ni dejéis que otros la usen — a negative command to several people (vosotros: no compartáis… ni dejéis…) plus dejar que + subjunctive: "and don't let others use it".
  • nada que permita reconocer — "nothing that could identify": no such thing exists yet, so the subjunctive (unit 3).

Set phrases: a ciegas — blindly, without checking; a mano — by hand; a la larga — in the long run. ¿No será más trabajo…? — the future tense as a doubt ("won't it end up being more work…?", unit 2). Eso os lo explica Ana — "Ana will explain that to you": two pronouns in a row, os (to you) before lo (that).

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