Day 102: Nephew Reviews Uncle's Rejected Paper

Dialogue

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   A 도윤아, 삼촌 부탁 하나만 들어줄래? 이거 삼촌 논문 요약인데, 한번 읽어 보고 솔직하게 말해 줘.

   Doyuna, samchon butak hanaman deureojullae? Igeo samchon nonmun yoyaginde, hanbeon ilgeo bogo soljikage malhae jwo.

   Doyoon, will you do me a favour? This is the summary of my paper. Read it and tell me honestly what you think.

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   B 논문이요? 저 사학년인데요. 삼촌 논문을 제가 어떻게 읽어요?

   Nonmuniyo? Jeo sahangnyeonindeyo. Samchon nonmuneul jega eotteoke ilgeoyo?

   A paper? I'm in fourth grade. How am I supposed to read your paper?

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   A 그러니까 너한테 부탁하는 거야. 학술지에서 방금 거절당했거든. 논문 좀 낼라치면 꼭 퇴짜야. 벌써 세 번째야.

   Geureonikka neohante butakaneun geoya. Haksuljieseo banggeum geojeoldanghaetgeodeun. Nonmun jom naellachimyeon kkok toejjaya. Beolsseo se beonjjaeya.

   That's exactly why I'm asking you. A journal's just rejected it. Every time I try to publish something, it gets knocked back. That's the third time now.

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   B 퇴짜가 뭐예요? 아, 떨어졌다는 거죠? 알겠어요. 대신 다 읽으면 아이스크림 사 주세요.

   Toejjaga mwoyeyo? A, tteoreojyeotdaneun geojyo? Algesseoyo. Daesin da ilgeumyeon aiseukeurim sa juseyo.

   What does 'knocked back' mean? Oh, you mean it got turned down? Okay. But if I read the whole thing, you have to buy me ice cream.

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   A 좋아, 두 개 사 줄게. 모르는 단어가 나와도 그냥 끝까지 읽어 봐.

   Joa, du gae sa julge. Moreuneun daneoga nawado geunyang kkeutkkaji ilgeo bwa.

   Deal, I'll buy you two. Even if you hit words you don't know, just read to the end.

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   B '초파리의 일주기 리듬 조절 유전자 발현 양상과 수면 항상성의 상관관계에 관한 고찰...' 삼촌, 이거 한국말 맞아요?

   'Chopariui iljugi rideum jojeol yujeonja balhyeon yangsanggwa sumyeon hangsangseongui sanggwangwangyee gwanhan gochal...' samchon, igeo hangungmal majayo?

   'A study of the correlation between expression patterns of circadian rhythm regulatory genes in Drosophila and sleep homeostasis...' Uncle, is this even Korean?

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   A 한국말 맞아. 원래 논문은 다 그렇게 써. 끝까지 읽으라니까.

   Hangungmal maja. Wollae nonmuneun da geureoke sseo. Kkeutkkaji ilgeuranikka.

   It's Korean. That's how all papers are written. I told you, read to the end.

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   B 다 읽었어요. 근데 제가 아는 말이라고는 '그리고'밖에 없어요. 그것도 두 번 나와요.

   Da ilgeosseoyo. Geunde jega aneun mariragoneun 'geurigo'bakke eopseoyo. Geugeotdo du beon nawayo.

   Done. But the only word I know is 'and.' And it's only in there twice.

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   A 하하, '그리고'밖에 없어? 그럼 이 논문이 무슨 내용인 것 같아? 대충이라도.

   Haha, 'geurigo'bakke eopseo? Geureom i nonmuni museun naeyongin geot gata? Daechungirado.

   Ha ha, only 'and'? Then what do you think the paper's about? Even roughly.

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    B 음... 초파리가 뭔가를 조절하는데 그게 잠이랑 관계가 있다는 거요? 근데 그래서 뭐가 중요한지는 모르겠어요.

    Eum... chopariga mwongareul jojeolhaneunde geuge jamirang gwangyega itdaneun geoyo? Geunde geuraeseo mwoga jungyohanjineun moreugesseoyo.

    Um... fruit flies control something, and it's got to do with sleep? But I don't get why that matters.

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    A 심사위원이 쓴 거랑 똑같네. '연구의 중요성이 모호하다.' 초등학생한테 똑같은 혹평을 받을 줄이야.

    Simsawiwoni sseun georang ttokganne. 'Yeonguui jungyoseongi mohohada.' Chodeunghaksaenghante ttokgateun hokpyeongeul badeul juriya.

    That's exactly what the reviewer wrote. 'The significance of the research is unclear.' Who knew I'd get the same harsh review from a fourth grader.

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    B 제가 심사위원이랑 똑같아요? 그럼 저도 심사비 받아야 하는 거 아니에요?

    Jega simsawiwonirang ttokgatayo? Geureom jeodo simsabi badaya haneun geo anieyo?

    I'm the same as the reviewer? Then shouldn't I get a reviewer's fee too?

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    A 심사위원들은 원래 돈 안 받아. 네 심사비는 아이스크림이고. 그럼 거꾸로 해 보자. 삼촌이 말로 설명하면, 너는 어디서부터 모르겠는지 말해 줘.

    Simsawiwondeureun wollae don an bada. Ne simsabineun aiseukeurimigo. Geureom geokkuro hae boja. Samchoni mallo seolmyeonghamyeon, neoneun eodiseobuteo moreugenneunji malhae jwo.

    Reviewers don't actually get paid. Your fee is the ice cream. Let's try it the other way round. I'll explain it out loud, and you tell me where you get lost.

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    B 좋아요. 대신 어려운 말 쓰시면 제가 손 들게요.

    Joayo. Daesin eoryeoun mal sseusimyeon jega son deulgeyo.

    Okay. But if you use hard words, I'm putting my hand up.

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    A 초파리도 사람처럼 밤에 자. 그런데 어떤 유전자가 고장 난 초파리는 잠을 적게 자고, 그런 초파리는 기억력이 나빠져.

    Choparido saramcheoreom bame ja. Geureonde eotteon yujeonjaga gojang nan choparineun jameul jeokge jago, geureon choparineun gieongnyeogi nappajyeo.

    Fruit flies sleep at night, just like people. But flies with a certain broken gene sleep less, and those flies get worse at remembering things.

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    B 오, 그건 알겠어요. 잠을 못 자면 까먹는 거네요. 저도 늦게 자면 다음 날 수학 시험 다 틀려요.

    O, geugeon algesseoyo. Jameul mot jamyeon kkameongneun geoneyo. Jeodo neutge jamyeon daeum nal suhak siheom da teullyeoyo.

    Oh, that I get. If you don't sleep, you forget. When I go to bed late, I get everything wrong on my maths test the next day too.

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    A 바로 그거야! 그 한 문장을 서두에 썼어야 했는데. 도윤아, 선생님은 네 수학 시험 보고 뭐라시던?

    Baro geugeoya! Geu han munjangeul seodue sseosseoya haenneunde. Doyuna, seonsaengnimeun ne suhak siheom bogo mworasideon?

    That's it exactly! I should have put that one sentence right at the start. Doyoon, what did your teacher say when she saw your maths test?

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    B '도윤이는 아는데 급해서 틀리는 거야'라고 하셨어요. 삼촌 논문도 아는데 급하게 쓴 거 아니에요?

    'Doyunineun aneunde geupaeseo teullineun geoya'rago hasyeosseoyo. Samchon nonmundo aneunde geupage sseun geo anieyo?

    She said, 'Doyoon knows it; he just gets it wrong because he rushes.' Maybe you knew it too, but wrote your paper in a rush?

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    A 급하게 쓴 건 아닌데, 아는 사람들만 생각하고 썼지. 매일 보는 사람이라고는 연구실 초파리 전문가들뿐이니까.

    Geupage sseun geon aninde, aneun saramdeulman saenggakago sseotji. Maeil boneun saramiragoneun yeongusil chopari jeonmungadeulppuninikka.

    I didn't rush it, but I wrote it with only the experts in mind. The only people I see every day are the fruit fly specialists in my lab.

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    B 그럼 이번엔 저 같은 사람도 알아듣게 써요. 제가 알아들으면 심사위원들도 알아듣겠죠.

    Geureom ibeonen jeo gateun saramdo aradeutge sseoyo. Jega aradeureumyeon simsawiwondeuldo aradeutgetjyo.

    Then this time, write it so someone like me gets it. If I can understand it, the reviewers will too.

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    A 명료한 기준이다. 첫 문장은 '잠을 못 자면 초파리도 까먹는다'로 하자. 어때, 심사위원님?

    Myeongnyohan gijunida. Cheot munjangeun 'jameul mot jamyeon choparido kkameongneunda'ro haja. Eottae, simsawiwonnim?

    That's a clear standard. Let's make the first sentence 'Fruit flies forget things too when they don't sleep.' What do you think, Mr Reviewer?

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    B 훨씬 좋아요. 근데 초파리는 뭘 까먹어요? 숙제는 없잖아요.

    Hwolssin joayo. Geunde choparineun mwol kkameogeoyo? Sukjeneun eopjanayo.

    Much better. But what do fruit flies forget? They don't have homework.

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    A 좋은 냄새가 나는 길이랑 나쁜 냄새가 나는 길을 가르쳐 주면, 잠을 못 잔 초파리는 다음 날 그걸 헷갈려. 그게 이 논문의 요점이야.

    Joeun naemsaega naneun girirang nappeun naemsaega naneun gireul gareuchyeo jumyeon, jameul mot jan choparineun daeum nal geugeol hetgallyeo. Geuge i nonmunui yojeomiya.

    If you teach them one path that smells good and one that smells bad, the flies that didn't sleep mix them up the next day. That's the whole point of the paper.

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    B 그걸 처음부터 그렇게 쓰지 그랬어요. 삼촌, 다음 논문에 제 이름도 넣어 주세요. 제가 심사위원이었잖아요.

    Geugeol cheoeumbuteo geureoke sseuji geuraesseoyo. Samchon, daeum nonmune je ireumdo neoeo juseyo. Jega simsawiwonieotjanayo.

    Why didn't you just write it like that from the start? Uncle, put my name in your next paper too. I was your reviewer.

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    A 이름은 감사의 글에 넣어 줄게. '날카로운 심사를 해 준 조카 도윤에게.' 논문이 게재되면 아이스크림 하나 더다. 가자.

    Ireumeun gamsaui geure neoeo julge. 'Nalkaroun simsareul hae jun joka Doyunege.' Nonmuni gejaedoemyeon aiseukeurim hana deoda. Gaja.

    I'll put your name in the acknowledgements. 'To my nephew Doyoon, for his sharp review.' And if the paper gets published, that's one more ice cream. Come on, let's go.

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