Day 106: Toast to a Closing Chinese Restaurant

Dialogue

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   C 아이고, 이게 누구예요? 태민이랑 소희 아니에요? 오늘이 마지막 날인 건 어떻게 알고 왔어요?

   Aigo, ige nuguyeyo? Taeminirang Sohui anieyo? Oneuri majimak narin geon eotteoke algo wasseoyo?

   Oh my, who's this? Isn't it Taemin and Sohee? How did you know it was the last night?

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   A 사장님, 인터넷에 기사가 났어요. '차이나타운 삼십 년 중국집, 문을 닫다.' 보자마자 소희랑 휴가 냈어요.

   Sajangnim, inteonese gisaga nasseoyo. 'Chainataun samsip nyeon junggukjip, muneul datda.' Bojamaja Sohuirang hyuga naesseoyo.

   Boss, it was in the news online. 'Thirty-year-old Chinatown restaurant closes its doors.' The moment we saw it, Sohee and I took the day off.

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   B 사장님은 한결같으시네요. 저 벽에 걸린 액자도 그대로고요. 여기 다시 오니까 감회가 새로워요.

   Sajangnimeun hangyeolgateusineyo. Jeo byeoge geollin aekjado geudaerogoyo. Yeogi dasi onikka gamhoega saerowoyo.

   Boss, you haven't changed a bit. And the frame on that wall is just the same. Being back here brings it all back.

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   C 우리 아버지가 가게를 처음 열 때 직접 쓰신 거예요. '이 집 짜장면은 인생의 맛이라.' 삼십 년 동안 저 자리에 걸려 있었죠.

   Uri abeojiga gagereul cheoeum yeol ttae jikjeop sseusin geoyeyo. 'I jip jjajangmyeoneun insaengui masira.' Samsip nyeon dongan jeo jarie geollyeo isseotjyo.

   My father wrote that himself when he first opened the place. 'The jajangmyeon of this house is the taste of life.' It's hung in that spot for thirty years.

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   A 아르바이트 첫날에 제가 저거 보고 '인생의 맛이 왜 이렇게 짜요?' 해서 사장님한테 혼났잖아요.

   Areubaiteu cheonnare jega jeogeo bogo 'insaengui masi wae ireoke jjayo?' Haeseo sajangnimhante honnatjanayo.

   On my first day as a part-timer, I looked at that and asked, 'Why is the taste of life so salty?' and you told me off.

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   C 혼낸 게 아니라 웃다가 국자를 떨어뜨린 거예요. 그날 소희는 짬뽕을 손님 바지에 쏟았고요. 둘 다 대단한 신입이었어요.

   Honnaen ge anira utdaga gukjareul tteoreotteurin geoyeyo. Geunal Sohuineun jjamppongeul sonnim bajie ssodatgoyo. Dul da daedanhan sinibieosseoyo.

   I didn't tell you off, I laughed so hard I dropped the ladle. And that same day, Sohee spilled jjamppong on a customer's trousers. You were quite a pair of new hires.

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   B 그건 비밀로 해 주시기로 하셨잖아요! 그때 사장님이 손님한테 세탁비 드리고 탕수육까지 서비스로 주셨죠.

   Geugeon bimillo hae jusigiro hasyeotjanayo! Geuttae sajangnimi sonnimhante setakbi deurigo tangsuyukkkaji seobiseuro jusyeotjyo.

   You promised to keep that a secret! That time you paid the customer's dry-cleaning bill and gave them sweet and sour pork on the house.

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   A 그러고 나서 너 마감하고 울고 있어서, 내가 남은 짜장에 밥 두 공기 비벼서 같이 먹었잖아. 그게 우리 첫 데이트였지.

   Geureogo naseo neo magamhago ulgo isseoseo, naega nameun jjajange bap du gonggi bibyeoseo gachi meogeotjana. Geuge uri cheot deiteuyeotji.

   And after closing you were crying, so I mixed two bowls of rice with the leftover black bean sauce and we ate together. That was our first date.

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   B 데이트는 무슨. 너 그때 긴장해서 단무지만 허겁지겁 집어 먹었어.

   Deiteuneun museun. Neo geuttae ginjanghaeseo danmujiman heogeopjigeop jibeo meogeosseo.

   Date, my foot. You were so nervous you just kept wolfing down the pickled radish.

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    C 그걸 제가 주방에서 다 보고 있었어요. 둘이 사귄다는 소식 듣고 아내한테 그랬죠. 저 액자가 또 한 건 했다고요.

    Geugeol jega jubangeseo da bogo isseosseoyo. Duri sagwindaneun sosik deutgo anaehante geuraetjyo. Jeo aekjaga tto han geon haetdagoyo.

    I was watching the whole thing from the kitchen. When I heard you two were going out, I told my wife: that frame's done it again.

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    A 사장님, 요즘도 민수 형은 가끔 들르던가요? 주방에서 같이 일하던 형이요. 저희는 연락이 끊겨서요.

    Sajangnim, yojeumdo Minsu hyeongeun gakkeum deulleudeongayo? Jubangeseo gachi ilhadeon hyeongiyo. Jeohuineun yeollagi kkeunkyeoseoyo.

    Boss, does Minsu still drop by sometimes? The guy who worked in the kitchen with us. We lost touch with him.

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    C 민수는 부산에서 자기 가게를 열어서 번창하고 있어요. 가게 이름에 우리 집 이름을 한 글자 넣었대요.

    Minsuneun Busaneseo jagi gagereul yeoreoseo beonchanghago isseoyo. Gage ireume uri jip ireumeul han geulja neoeotdaeyo.

    Minsu opened his own place in Busan, and it's doing very well. He says he put one character of our name into his restaurant's name.

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    B 와, 그럼 이 집 손맛이 완전히 없어지는 건 아니네요. 사장님, 가게는 왜 닫으시는 거예요? 여쭤봐도 될까요?

    Wa, geureom i jip sonmasi wanjeonhi eopseojineun geon anineyo. Sajangnim, gageneun wae dadeusineun geoyeyo? Yeojjwobwado doelkkayo?

    Wow, so the flavours of this place aren't disappearing completely. Boss, why are you closing? May I ask?

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    C 건물이 팔려서 철거된대요. 저도 예순이 넘었고요. 삼십 년을 버텼으니 이제 좀 쉬라는 뜻인가 보다 했죠.

    Geonmuri pallyeoseo cheolgeodoendaeyo. Jeodo yesuni neomeotgoyo. Samsip nyeoneul beotyeosseuni ije jom swiraneun tteusinga boda haetjyo.

    The building's been sold and it's being torn down. And I'm past sixty. We kept going for thirty years, so I took it as a sign to rest.

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    A 사장님, 오늘 마지막 건배사는 사장님이 해 주세요. 저희가 고량주 한 병 시킬게요.

    Sajangnim, oneul majimak geonbaesaneun sajangnimi hae juseyo. Jeohuiga goryangju han byeong sikilgeyo.

    Boss, please make the last toast tonight. We'll order a bottle of kaoliang.

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    C 건배사요? 이런 건 잘 못하는데요. 좋아요, 다들 잔 드세요. 삼십 년 동안 이 가게는 짜장면만 판 게 아니었어요.

    Geonbaesayo? Ireon geon jal motaneundeyo. Joayo, dadeul jan deuseyo. Samsip nyeon dongan i gageneun jjajangmyeonman pan ge anieosseoyo.

    A toast? I'm no good at these... All right, everyone raise your glasses. For thirty years, this place didn't just sell jajangmyeon.

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    A 맞아요. 저희한테는 첫 직장이기도 했죠.

    Majayo. Jeohuihanteneun cheot jikjangigido haetjyo.

    That's right. For us, it was our first job too.

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    C 첫 월급 탄 날 부모님을 모시고 온 청년도 있었고, 시험에 떨어지고 혼자 짬뽕을 먹던 학생도 있었죠.

    Cheot wolgeup tan nal bumonimeul mosigo on cheongnyeondo isseotgo, siheome tteoreojigo honja jjamppongeul meokdeon haksaengdo isseotjyo.

    There was the young man who brought his parents here on his first payday, and the student who ate jjamppong alone after failing an exam.

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    B 그리고 짬뽕 쏟고 울던 아르바이트생도요.

    Geurigo jjamppong ssotgo uldeon areubaiteusaengdoyo.

    And the part-timer who spilled jjamppong and cried.

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    C 맞아요. 그 아르바이트생이 오늘 자기를 위로해 준 사람이랑 같이 왔네요. 가게는 사라져도 그런 기억은 남겠지요. 그러니 슬퍼하지 말고 아버지 말씀대로 합시다. '인생의 맛이라!' 건배!

    Majayo. Geu areubaiteusaengi oneul jagireul wirohae jun saramirang gachi wanneyo. Gageneun sarajyeodo geureon gieogeun namgetjiyo. Geureoni seulpeohaji malgo abeoji malsseumdaero hapsida. 'Insaengui masira!' Geonbae!

    That's right. And tonight that part-timer came back with the one who comforted her. The restaurant may disappear, but memories like that will stay. So let's not be sad, and let's do as my father said. 'The taste of life!' Cheers!

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    A 건배! 사장님, 저희도 드릴 말씀이 있어요. 소희야, 네가 말해.

    Geonbae! Sajangnim, jeohuido deuril malsseumi isseoyo. Sohuiya, nega malhae.

    Cheers! Boss, we have something to tell you too. Sohee, you say it.

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    B 저희 내년 봄에 결혼해요. 그래서 부탁드리고 싶은 게 있어요. 결혼식 날 저 액자를 식장 입구에 걸어도 될까요?

    Jeohui naenyeon bome gyeolhonhaeyo. Geuraeseo butakdeurigo sipeun ge isseoyo. Gyeolhonsik nal jeo aekjareul sikjang ipgue georeodo doelkkayo?

    We're getting married next spring. So there's something we'd like to ask. Could we hang that frame at the entrance of the wedding hall on the day?

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    C 저 액자를요? 여기서 만나서 결혼한다고 찾아온 건 두 사람이 처음이에요. 걸어도 되는 게 아니라, 아예 가져가요.

    Jeo aekjareuryo? Yeogiseo mannaseo gyeolhonhandago chajaon geon du sarami cheoeumieyo. Georeodo doeneun ge anira, aye gajyeogayo.

    That frame? You two are the first people who met here to come and tell me you're getting married. Don't just hang it, take it with you for good.

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    A 네? 아버님이 쓰신 걸 저희가 어떻게 가져가요. 그건 사장님이 간직하셔야지요.

    Ne? Abeonimi sseusin geol jeohuiga eotteoke gajyeogayo. Geugeon sajangnimi ganjikasyeoyajiyo.

    What? How could we take something your father wrote? You should keep that.

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    C 가게가 없어지면 저 액자도 창고에서 먼지만 뒤집어쓸 거예요. 아버지도 인생의 맛을 아는 사람들 집에 걸리는 걸 더 좋아하실 거고요. 대신 집들이 때 짜장면은 제가 만들러 갈게요.

    Gagega eopseojimyeon jeo aekjado changgoeseo meonjiman dwijibeosseul geoyeyo. Abeojido insaengui maseul aneun saramdeul jibe geollineun geol deo joahasil geogoyo. Daesin jipdeuri ttae jjajangmyeoneun jega mandeulleo galgeyo.

    Once the restaurant's gone, it'll just gather dust in a storeroom. My father would rather it hung in the home of people who know the taste of life. But I'll come and make the jajangmyeon at your housewarming.

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    B 사장님... 오늘 들은 말 중에 제일 좋은 말이에요. 아쉬운 마음으로 왔는데, 선물까지 받고 가네요.

    Sajangnim... oneul deureun mal junge jeil joeun marieyo. Aswiun maeumeuro wanneunde, seonmulkkaji batgo ganeyo.

    Boss... that's the nicest thing anyone's said tonight. We came here feeling sad, and we're leaving with a gift.

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