Day 48: Is It Still Grandpa's Bicycle

Dialogue

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   B 서연아, 이리 와 봐. 짠! 할아버지 자전거, 드디어 다 고쳤어. 두 달 걸렸다.

   Seoyeona, iri wa bwa. Jjan! Harabeoji jajeongeo, deudieo da gochyeosseo. Du dal geollyeotda.

   Seoyeon, come here. Ta-da! Grandpa's bicycle - I've finally finished fixing it. Took me two months.

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   A 와, 이게 그 녹슨 자전거라고? 완전 새것 같은데. 도대체 뭘 얼마나 바꾼 거야?

   Wa, ige geu nokseun jajeongeorago? Wanjeon saegeot gateunde. Dodaeche mwol eolmana bakkun geoya?

   Wow, this is that rusty old bike? It looks brand new. What on earth did you change?

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   B 바꾼 걸 물어보면 안 되지. 안 바꾼 걸 물어봐야지. 안장, 체인, 바퀴, 브레이크까지 싹 다 교체했거든.

   Bakkun geol mureobomyeon an doeji. An bakkun geol mureobwayaji. Anjang, chein, bakwi, beureikeukkaji ssak da gyochehaetgeodeun.

   You shouldn't ask what I changed. Ask what I didn't. Seat, chain, wheels, even the brakes - I replaced the lot.

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   A 그럼 프레임은? 할아버지가 맨날 닦으시던 그 파란 프레임은 그대로지?

   Geureom peureimeun? Harabeojiga maennal dakkeusideon geu paran peureimeun geudaeroji?

   What about the frame, then? That blue frame Grandpa used to polish every day is still the original, right?

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   B 그게... 녹이 너무 심해서 구멍이 나 있더라고. 결국 똑같은 모델을 중고로 구해서 갈아 끼웠어.

   Geuge... nogi neomu simhaeseo gumeongi na itdeorago. Gyeolguk ttokgateun modereul junggoro guhaeseo gara kkiwosseo.

   About that... the rust was so bad there were holes in it. In the end I found the same model secondhand and swapped it in.

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   A 잠깐만. 부품을 하나도 안 남기고 다 바꿨으면, 이게 아직 할아버지 자전거가 맞아?

   Jamkkanman. Bupumeul hanado an namgigo da bakkwosseumyeon, ige ajik harabeoji jajeongeoga maja?

   Hang on. If you changed every single part, is this still Grandpa's bike?

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   B 당연하지. 할아버지 자전거를 고친 거니까 할아버지 자전거지. 그게 무슨 소리야?

   Dangyeonhaji. Harabeoji jajeongeoreul gochin geonikka harabeoji jajeongeoji. Geuge museun soriya?

   Of course it is. I fixed Grandpa's bike, so it's Grandpa's bike. What kind of question is that?

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   A 수업 때 배운 테세우스의 배 얘기랑 똑같네. 판자를 하나씩 전부 갈아 끼운 배가 과연 원래 그 배냐는 거.

   Sueop ttae baeun Teseuseuui bae yaegirang ttokganne. Panjareul hanassik jeonbu gara kkiun baega gwayeon wollae geu baenyaneun geo.

   This is just like the Ship of Theseus we learned about in class. If you replace every plank one by one, is it really still the same ship?

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   B 또 철학 수업 들은 티 내네. 넌 사사건건 따지더라. 배는 배고, 이건 할아버지 자전거야. 끝.

   Tto cheolhak sueop deureun ti naene. Neon sasageongeon ttajideora. Baeneun baego, igeon harabeoji jajeongeoya. Kkeut.

   There you go showing off your philosophy class again. You question every little thing. A ship's a ship, and this is Grandpa's bike. End of story.

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    A 논리가 그게 뭐야. 그럼 오빠가 떼어 낸 옛날 부품들은 다 어디 있는데?

    Nolliga geuge mwoya. Geureom oppaga tteeo naen yennal bupumdeureun da eodi inneunde?

    What kind of logic is that? Then where are all the old parts you took off?

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    B 창고에 상자째 고스란히 있지. 녹슨 체인 한 줄까지 버리기 아까워서 전부 모아 놨어.

    Changgoe sangjajjae goseuranhi itji. Nokseun chein han julkkaji beorigi akkawoseo jeonbu moa nwasseo.

    They're all in a box in the storage room, just as they were. I couldn't bear to throw anything away, so I kept it all, down to the last rusty chain.

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    A 거 봐! 그 부품들을 다시 조립하면 그게 진짜 할아버지 자전거 아니야? 그럼 할아버지 자전거가 두 대가 되는 거잖아.

    Geo bwa! Geu bupumdeureul dasi joripamyeon geuge jinjja harabeoji jajeongeo aniya? Geureom harabeoji jajeongeoga du daega doeneun geojana.

    See! If you put those parts back together, wouldn't that be Grandpa's real bike? Then Grandpa would have two bikes.

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    B 그 고철 덩어리가 굴러가기나 하겠냐? 굴러가지도 않는 걸 자전거라고 할 수 있어?

    Geu gocheol deongeoriga gulleogagina hagennya? Gulleogajido anneun geol jajeongeorago hal su isseo?

    As if that pile of scrap would even roll. Can you call something a bike if it doesn't even move?

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    A 오, 그러니까 오빠 말은 기능이 같으면 같은 물건이라는 거네? 그럼 아무 자전거나 다 할아버지 자전거겠네.

    O, geureonikka oppa mareun gineungi gateumyeon gateun mulgeoniraneun geone? Geureom amu jajeongeona da harabeoji jajeongeogenne.

    Oh, so you're saying that if it works the same, it's the same thing? Then any old bike would be Grandpa's bike.

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    B 그건 아니지! 할아버지 말투를 빌리면, 내가 이걸 못 버리는 까닭이 있거들랑. 할아버지가 이걸로 매일 아침 약수터에 가셨잖아. 그래서 애착이 가는 거야.

    Geugeon aniji! Harabeoji maltureul billimyeon, naega igeol mot beorineun kkadalgi itgeodeullang. Harabeojiga igeollo maeil achim yaksuteoe gasyeotjana. Geuraeseo aechagi ganeun geoya.

    That's not it! To borrow Grandpa's way of putting it: there's a reason I can't part with it, I'll have you know. Grandpa rode this to the mountain spring every morning. That's why I'm attached to it.

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    A 그럼 결국 자전거가 아니라 추억이 할아버지 거라는 얘기네. 정체성이 부품이 아니라 기억에 있다는 거지?

    Geureom gyeolguk jajeongeoga anira chueogi harabeoji georaneun yaegine. Jeongcheseongi bupumi anira gieoge itdaneun geoji?

    So in the end, it's not the bike that's Grandpa's, it's the memories. You're saying its identity isn't in the parts but in what we remember?

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    B 음... 그런가? 곰곰이 생각해 보니 맞는 말 같은데, 네가 그렇게 정리하니까 내가 이긴 건지 진 건지 헷갈리네.

    Eum... geureonga? Gomgomi saenggakae boni manneun mal gateunde, nega geureoke jeongnihanikka naega igin geonji jin geonji hetgalline.

    Hmm... is it? Thinking it over, that sounds right, but when you sum it up like that, I can't tell whether I won or lost.

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    A 오빠가 진 거야. 자, 이제 철학 얘기일랑 그만하고 한 바퀴 타 보자.

    Oppaga jin geoya. Ja, ije cheolhak yaegiillang geumanhago han bakwi ta boja.

    You lost. Right, enough of the philosophy talk. Let's take it for a spin.

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    B 안 돼, 첫 번째는 내가 탈 거야. 두 달 동안 손에 기름 묻혀 가며 고친 게 누군데.

    An dwae, cheot beonjjaeneun naega tal geoya. Du dal dongan sone gireum muchyeo gamyeo gochin ge nugunde.

    No way, I'm riding it first. Who spent two months getting grease all over his hands fixing it?

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    A 알았어. 그 대신 할아버지처럼 벨 두 번 울리고 출발해. 그래야 진짜 할아버지 자전거지.

    Arasseo. Geu daesin harabeojicheoreom bel du beon ulligo chulbalhae. Geuraeya jinjja harabeoji jajeongeoji.

    Fine. But ring the bell twice before you set off, like Grandpa did. That's what makes it Grandpa's bike for real.

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    B 좋아, 그건 인정. 따르릉 따르릉, 서연아, 비켜라! 할아버지 자전거 나가신다!

    Joa, geugeon injeong. Ttareureung ttareureung, Seoyeona, bikyeora! Harabeoji jajeongeo nagasinda!

    Okay, I'll give you that. Ring-ring! Out of the way, Seoyeon! Grandpa's bike, coming through!

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