Day 134: Grandma Rehearses for a TV Panel

Dialogue

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   A 할머니, 제가 사회자 할게요. 실제 방송처럼 대답은 한 번에 삼십 초예요. 제가 휴대폰으로 시간 잴 거예요.

   Halmeoni, jega sahoeja halgeyo. Silje bangsongcheoreom daedabeun han beone samsip choyeyo. Jega hyudaeponeuro sigan jael geoyeyo.

   Grandma, I'll be the host. Just like on the real show, each answer is thirty seconds. I'll time you on my phone.

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   B 삼십 초? 할미 인생이 칠십팔 년인데 삼십 초에 뭘 말하라는 거냐. 그래, 해 봐라.

   Samsip cho? Halmi insaengi chilsippal nyeoninde samsip choe mwol malharaneun geonya. Geurae, hae bwara.

   Thirty seconds? Grandma's lived seventy-eight years, and she's supposed to say something in thirty seconds? All right, go ahead.

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   A 시민 패널 김옥자 님, 지하철 경로 무임승차 제도에 대해 어떻게 생각하십니까?

   Simin paeneol gimokja nim, jihacheol gyeongno muimseungcha jedoe daehae eotteoke saenggakasimnikka?

   Citizen panellist Kim Okja, what are your views on free subway rides for senior citizens?

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   B 흠흠, 내 생각은 이렇소. 이 제도는 지켜야 하오. 노인들은 밖에 나다녀야 활력이 생기고, 집에만 있으면 몸도 마음도 병드는 법이오.

   Heumheum, nae saenggageun ireoso. I jedoneun jikyeoya hao. Noindeureun bakke nadanyeoya hwallyeogi saenggigo, jibeman isseumyeon momdo maeumdo byeongdeuneun beobio.

   Ahem. Here is my view. This system must be kept. The elderly need to get out and about to stay lively; stay shut up at home, and both body and mind fall ill.

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   A 할머니, 왜 갑자기 말투가 그래요? 옛날 텔레비전에 나오는 국회의원 같아요.

   Halmeoni, wae gapjagi maltuga geuraeyo? Yennal tellebijeone naoneun gukhoeuiwon gatayo.

   Grandma, why are you suddenly talking like that? You sound like a politician on old TV.

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   B 텔레비전에 나가면 원래 이렇게 하는 거다. 할미 젊을 때 높은 양반들은 다 이렇게 점잖게 말했어. 그래야 사람들이 귀를 기울이지.

   Tellebijeone nagamyeon wollae ireoke haneun geoda. Halmi jeolmeul ttae nopeun yangbandeureun da ireoke jeomjanke malhaesseo. Geuraeya saramdeuri gwireul giuriji.

   That's how you talk on TV. When your grandma was young, all the bigwigs spoke in this dignified way. That's how you get people to listen.

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   A 알았어요. 그럼 다음 질문이요. 고령화 때문에 지하철 회사 적자가 점점 커진다는데, 그래도 무료로 해야 합니까?

   Arasseoyo. Geureom daeum jilmuniyo. Goryeonghwa ttaemune jihacheol hoesa jeokjaga jeomjeom keojindaneunde, geuraedo muryoro haeya hamnikka?

   Okay. Next question. They say the subway company is losing more and more money because the population is ageing. Should it still be free?

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   B 그거 참 어려운 질문이구먼. 내가 처음 지하철을 탄 게 칠십사 년인데, 그해 여름에 1호선이 개통해서 온 동네가 구경을 갔지. 그때 할미는 버스 안내양이었는데, 하루는 말이야...

   Geugeo cham eoryeoun jilmunigumeon. Naega cheoeum jihacheoreul tan ge chilsipsa nyeoninde, geuhae yeoreume 1hoseoni gaetonghaeseo on dongnega gugyeongeul gatji. Geuttae halmineun beoseu annaeyangieonneunde, haruneun mariya...

   Now that's a hard one. I first rode the subway in '74 - Line 1 opened that summer, and the whole neighbourhood went to have a look. Back then your grandma was a bus conductor, and one day, you see...

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   A 할머니, 삼십 초 지났어요! 아직 질문에 대답 안 하셨어요.

   Halmeoni, samsip cho jinasseoyo! Ajik jilmune daedap an hasyeosseoyo.

   Grandma, thirty seconds are up! You haven't answered the question yet.

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    B 벌써? 안내양 얘기는 이제 막 시작했는데. 이 텔레비전이라는 게 참 야박하구만.

    Beolsseo? Annaeyang yaegineun ije mak sijakaenneunde. I tellebijeoniraneun ge cham yabakaguman.

    Already? I'd only just started on my bus conductor days. This television business is awfully stingy.

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    A 방송에서는 옛날 얘기 말고 적자 얘기를 하셔야 돼요. 요점만 딱 한 문장으로 말씀해 보세요.

    Bangsongeseoneun yennal yaegi malgo jeokja yaegireul hasyeoya dwaeyo. Yojeomman ttak han munjangeuro malsseumhae boseyo.

    On the show you have to talk about the deficit, not the old days. Just give the main point, in one sentence.

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    B 적자는 걱정이오. 그래도 노인이 밖에 다녀야 병원비가 줄어드니, 나라 재정 전체로 보면 따져 볼 일이오. 됐냐?

    Jeokjaneun geokjeongio. Geuraedo noini bakke danyeoya byeongwonbiga jureodeuni, nara jaejeong jeonchero bomyeon ttajyeo bol irio. Dwaennya?

    The deficit is a worry, I grant you. But when old folks get out and about, medical bills go down, so for the nation's finances as a whole, it needs weighing up. How's that?

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    A 와, 할머니 말씀 잘하시는구만요! 할아버지가 칭찬하실 때 꼭 이렇게 하셨잖아요.

    Wa, halmeoni malsseum jalhasineungumanyo! Harabeojiga chingchanhasil ttae kkok ireoke hasyeotjanayo.

    Wow, you've got a way with words, Grandma! That's exactly how Grandpa used to praise people.

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    B 요 녀석, 할아버지 흉내는 잘 내는구나. 그래, 너희 할아버지가 딱 그렇게 말했지.

    Yo nyeoseok, harabeoji hyungnaeneun jal naeneunguna. Geurae, neohui harabeojiga ttak geureoke malhaetji.

    You little rascal, you do a good impression of your grandpa. Yes, that's exactly how he used to talk.

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    A 다음 질문입니다. 나이 기준을 칠십 세로 올리자는 의견도 있는데, 어떻게 생각하십니까?

    Daeum jilmunimnida. Nai gijuneul chilsip sero ollijaneun uigyeondo inneunde, eotteoke saenggakasimnikka?

    Next question. Some people suggest raising the age limit to seventy. What do you think?

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    B 칠십이라. 요즘 육십오 세는 청춘이니 일리가 있소. 다만 한꺼번에 올리지 말고 조금씩 올려야 하오. 갑자기 바꾸면 억울한 사람이 생기니까.

    Chilsibira. Yojeum yuksibo seneun cheongchunini illiga itso. Daman hankkeobeone olliji malgo jogeumssik ollyeoya hao. Gapjagi bakkumyeon eogulhan sarami saengginikka.

    Seventy, eh. These days sixty-five is still young, so there's something to that. But it should go up little by little, not all at once. Change it suddenly and some people get a raw deal.

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    A 할머니는 일흔여덟 살이라 나이를 올려도 상관없잖아요. 그런데 왜 그렇게까지 고민하세요?

    Halmeonineun ilheunyeodeol sarira naireul ollyeodo sanggwaneopjanayo. Geureonde wae geureokekkaji gominhaseyo?

    You're seventy-eight, so raising the age doesn't affect you. So why think so hard about it?

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    B 내 것만 챙기면 그게 무슨 시민 패널이냐. 곧 예순다섯 되는 사람들 생각도 해야 하고, 너희들이 나중에 짊어질 세금도 생각해야지. 이 할미도 그 정도 셈은 할 줄 안다.

    Nae geonman chaenggimyeon geuge museun simin paeneorinya. Got yesundaseot doeneun saramdeul saenggakdo haeya hago, neohuideuri najunge jilmeojil segeumdo saenggakaeyaji. I halmido geu jeongdo semeun hal jul anda.

    If I only looked out for myself, what kind of citizen panellist would I be? I have to think about the people turning sixty-five soon, and about the taxes you kids will have to shoulder later. Your grandma can do that much arithmetic.

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    A 우와, 이건 진짜 멋있어요. 방송에서 꼭 이 말씀 하세요. 이번엔 이십오 초 걸렸어요.

    Uwa, igeon jinjja meosisseoyo. Bangsongeseo kkok i malsseum haseyo. Ibeonen isibo cho geollyeosseoyo.

    Wow, that's really cool. Make sure you say that on the show. That one took twenty-five seconds.

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    B 그렇소? 할미 실력이 이제 좀 늘었구만. 마지막 질문 해 봐라.

    Geureoso? Halmi sillyeogi ije jom neureotguman. Majimak jilmun hae bwara.

    Is that so? Looks like your grandma's getting better at this. Ask the last question.

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    A 마지막 질문입니다. 시청자 여러분께 한 말씀 해 주십시오.

    Majimak jilmunimnida. Sicheongja yeoreobunkke han malsseum hae jusipsio.

    Final question. Please say a word to our viewers.

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    B 시청자 여러분, 지하철은 노인만 타는 게 아니오. 서로 조금씩 양보하면 다 같이 탈 수 있소. 그리고 우리 손자 시우가 이 방송 준비를 도와줬소.

    Sicheongja yeoreobun, jihacheoreun noinman taneun ge anio. Seoro jogeumssik yangbohamyeon da gachi tal su itso. Geurigo uri sonja Siuga i bangsong junbireul dowajwotso.

    Viewers, the subway isn't only for the old. If we each give way a little, we can all ride together. And my grandson Siu helped me prepare for this show.

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    A 할머니! 방송에서 제 이름 말씀하시면 안 돼요. 그건 규칙 위반이에요.

    Halmeoni! Bangsongeseo je ireum malsseumhasimyeon an dwaeyo. Geugeon gyuchik wibanieyo.

    Grandma! You can't say my name on the show. That's against the rules.

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    B 규칙은 무슨. 삼십 초 안에 끝냈으면 된 거지. 몇 초 걸렸냐?

    Gyuchigeun museun. Samsip cho ane kkeunnaesseumyeon doen geoji. Myeot cho geollyeonnya?

    Rules, schmules. I finished inside thirty seconds, that's what counts. How long did that take?

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    A 삼십이 초요. 이 초 넘으셨어요. 근데 제 이름이 나와서 이번만 봐 드릴게요.

    Samsibi choyo. I cho neomeusyeosseoyo. Geunde je ireumi nawaseo ibeonman bwa deurilgeyo.

    Thirty-two seconds. Two seconds over. But since my name was in it, I'll let it slide just this once.

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    B 허허, 우리 시우가 할미를 봐주는구만. 방송 끝나면 우리 둘이 짜장면 먹으러 가자.

    Heoheo, uri Siuga halmireul bwajuneunguman. Bangsong kkeunnamyeon uri duri jjajangmyeon meogeureo gaja.

    Ha ha, my Siu is letting his grandma off. When the show's over, you and I will go out for jajangmyeon.

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