Day 60: Moot Court on Floor Noise
In a law school seminar room, Minjae (A) and Sora (B), two students in the same study group, argue a mock floor-noise lawsuit, while their professor, Professor Choi (C), acts as judge.
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Dialogue
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C μ§κΈλΆν° λͺ¨μμ¬νμ μμνκ² μ΅λλ€. μ΄λ² μ¬κ±΄μ μΈ΅κ°μμμΌλ‘ μΈν μν΄ λ°°μ μμ‘μ΄μμ. μκ³ μΈ‘λΆν° μ£Όμ₯μ κ·Όκ±°λ₯Ό λ§μν΄ λ³΄μΈμ.
Jigeumbuteo mouijaepaneul sijakagetseumnida. Ibeon sageoneun cheunggansoeumeuro inhan sonhae baesang sosongieyo. Wongo cheukbuteo jujangui geungeoreul malsseumhae boseyo.
We'll now begin the moot court. This case is a lawsuit for damages caused by floor noise. Counsel for the plaintiff, begin with the grounds for your claim.
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A λ€, μ¬νμ₯λ. μκ³ λ μ§λ μΌ λ κ° λ°€λ§λ€ μμ§μμ λ€λ €μ€λ λ°μ리μ κ°κ΅¬ λλ μ리 λλ¬Έμ μ μ μ΄λ£¨μ§ λͺ»νμ΅λλ€.
Ne, jaepanjangnim. Wongoneun jinan il nyeongan bammada witjibeseo deullyeooneun balsoriwa gagu kkeuneun sori ttaemune jameul iruji motaetseumnida.
Yes, Your Honour. For the past year, the plaintiff has been unable to sleep because of footsteps and furniture being dragged in the flat upstairs every night.
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C κ·Έ μμμ΄ μ°Έμ μ μλ νλλ₯Ό λμλ€λ μ¦κ±°κ° μλμ?
Geu soeumi chameul su inneun handoreul neomeotdaneun jeunggeoga innayo?
Do you have evidence that the noise went beyond what can reasonably be tolerated?
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A μκ³ κ° μ§μ μμ±ν μμ μΌμ§κ° μμ΅λλ€. λ μ§μ μκ°, μ리μ μ’ λ₯κΉμ§ λΉ μ§μμ΄ μ ν μμ΅λλ€.
Wongoga jikjeop jakseonghan soeum iljiga itseumnida. Naljjawa sigan, soriui jongnyukkaji ppajimeopsi jeokyeo itseumnida.
We have a noise log written by the plaintiff himself. The dates, the times, even the types of sound are all recorded.
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B μ΄μ μμ΅λλ€. μκ³ νΌμ μ΄ μΌμ§λ‘λ μλ¦¬κ° μΌλ§λ μ»Έλμ§ μ μ μμ΅λλ€. νΌν΄λ₯Ό κ³Όμ₯νμ κ°λ₯μ±λ μκ³ μ.
Iui itseumnida. Wongo honja sseun iljironeun soriga eolmana keonneunji al su eopseumnida. Pihaereul gwajanghaesseul ganeungseongdo itgoyo.
Objection. A log written by the plaintiff alone can't show how loud the noise was. He may also have exaggerated the harm.
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A μΌ, μμνμλ§μ μ΄μλΆν° νλ? λ μμ§ μ²« μ¦κ±°λ λ€ μ€λͺ λͺ» νμ΄.
Ya, sijakajamaja iuibuteo hanya? Na ajik cheot jeunggeodo da seolmyeong mot haesseo.
Hey, you're objecting the second we start? I haven't even finished explaining my first piece of evidence.
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B λ²μ μ μλ μ΄λ° κ±°μΌ. μ¬νμ₯λ, νΌκ³ λ μμ΄λ μκ³ μ§μμ λ μ¬λ¦¬νΌλ₯Ό μ μ΅λλ€. μν μμ μ΄μμ λΌ μ μμ΅λλ€.
Beopjeongeun wollae ireon geoya. Jaepanjangnim, pigoneun aido eopgo jibeseo neul seullipeoreul sinseumnida. Saenghwal soeum isangeun nael su eopseumnida.
That's what courtrooms are like. Your Honour, the defendant has no children and always wears slippers at home. They cannot make more than ordinary living noise.
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C νΌκ³ μΈ‘μ κ·Έ μ¬μ€μ 무μμΌλ‘ μ μ¦νμ£ ? μ¬λ¦¬νΌλ₯Ό μ λλ€λ 건 νΌκ³ μ μ£Όμ₯μΌ λΏμ΄μμ.
Pigo cheugeun geu sasireul mueoseuro ipjeunghajyo? Seullipeoreul sinneundaneun geon pigoui jujangil ppunieyo.
And how does the defence prove that? That the defendant wears slippers is merely the defendant's own claim.
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B 그건... νΌκ³ κ°μ‘±λ€μ΄ μ§μ μ΄ μ§μ μλ₯Ό μ μΆνκ² μ΅λλ€.
Geugeon... pigo gajokdeuri jikjeop sseun jinsulseoreul jechulhagetseumnida.
Well... we'll submit written statements from the defendant's family.
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C κ°μ‘±μ μ§μ μ λ―ΏκΈ° μ΄λ ΅μ£ . μ΄ν΄κ΄κ³κ° μλ μ μΌμμ μ§μ μ΄λΌμΌ μ¦κ±°λ‘μ νμ΄ μμ΄μ. μ΄μμ΄λ κ΄λ¦¬μ¬λ¬΄μ μͺ½ μ§μ μ μλμ?
Gajogui jinsureun mitgi eoryeopjyo. Ihaegwangyega eomneun jesamjaui jinsuriraya jeunggeoroseo himi isseoyo. Iusina gwallisamuso jjok jinsureun eomnayo?
A family's statement is hard to rely on. Only a statement from a disinterested third party carries weight as evidence. Is there nothing from the neighbours or the management office?
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A κ±°λ΄, λλ μ λλ‘ λ μ¦κ±°λ μμμ. κ·ΈλΌ μ°λ¦¬ λ λ€ λΉκΈ΄ κ±°λ€.
Geobwa, neodo jedaero doen jeunggeoneun eopjana. Geureom uri dul da bigin geoda.
See? You don't have any proper evidence either. So we're even.
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C μκ³ μΈ‘λ λ§μ°¬κ°μ§μμ. κ°κ΄μ μΈ μΈ‘μ μλ£λΌμΌ μμμ΄ κΈ°μ€μ λμλμ§ νλ¨ν μ μμ΄μ. μ λ¬Έ κΈ°κ΄μ μΈ‘μ κ²°κ³Όλ μλμ?
Wongo cheukdo machangajiyeyo. Gaekgwanjeogin cheukjeong jaryoraya soeumi gijuneul neomeonneunji pandanhal su isseoyo. Jeonmun gigwanui cheukjeong gyeolgwaneun innayo?
The same goes for the plaintiff. Only objective measurement data can show whether the noise exceeded the standard. Do you have measurement results from a professional agency?
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A μ¬κ±΄ κΈ°λ‘μλ μΈ‘μ κ²°κ³Όκ° μμμ΅λλ€. κ·Έλμ μΌμ§λ₯Ό μ μΆν κ²λλ€.
Sageon girogeneun cheukjeong gyeolgwaga eopseotseumnida. Geuraeseo iljireul jechulhan geomnida.
There were no measurement results in the case file. That's why I submitted the log.
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C μ λ§ μμλμ? λ μ¬λ λ€ μ¬κ±΄ κΈ°λ‘μ λκΉμ§ μ½μλμ§ κΆκΈνλ€μ.
Jeongmal eopseonnayo? Du saram da sageon girogeul kkeutkkaji ilgeonneunji gunggeumhaneyo.
Were there really none? I wonder whether either of you read the case file to the end.
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B λ λκΉμ§ μ½μμ΄? λ λΆλ‘μ κ·Έλ₯ μμμΈ μ€ μκ³ λκ²Όλλ°.
Neo kkeutkkaji ilgeosseo? Nan burogeun geunyang seosigin jul algo neomgyeonneunde.
Did you read it to the end? I skipped the appendix. I thought it was just forms.
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A λλ... λΆλ‘κΉμ§ λ³Ό μκ°μ΄ μ΄λ μμ΄. νλ‘ μ°ΎλλΌ λ°€μμ λλ°.
Nado... burokkkaji bol sigani eodi isseo. Pallye channeura bamsaewonneunde.
Me too... Who has time to read the appendix? I was up all night looking for precedents.
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C λΆλ‘ μΌ μͺ½μ κ΄λ¦¬μ¬λ¬΄μκ° λ λ² μΈ‘μ ν κ²°κ³Όκ° μμ΄μ. ν λ²μ κΈ°μ€μ λμκ³ , ν λ²μ μ λμμ£ .
Burok sam jjoge gwallisamusoga du beon cheukjeonghan gyeolgwaga isseoyo. Han beoneun gijuneul neomeotgo, han beoneun an neomeotjyo.
On page three of the appendix are the results of two measurements taken by the management office. One exceeded the standard, and one didn't.
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A μ, κ·Έκ±Έ λ΄€μΌλ©΄ κΈ°μ€μ λμ λ λ§ κ³¨λΌμ μ£Όμ₯νμΌλ ¨λ§... κ΄ν μΌμ§λ§ λΆλ€κ³ μμλ€μ.
A, geugeol bwasseumyeon gijuneul neomeun nalman gollaseo jujanghaesseuryeonman... gwaenhi iljiman butdeulgo isseonneyo.
Oh, if only I'd seen that, I'd have built my case on the day it went over... I was clinging to the log for nothing.
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B λλ κ·Έκ±Έ μμμΌλ©΄ κΈ°μ€μ μ λμ λ μ λ΄μΈμ μΌλ ¨λ§. λΆλ‘ νλ λλ¬Έμ λ λ€ λ§νλ€.
Nado geugeol arasseumyeon gijuneul an neomeun nareul naesewosseuryeonman. Burok hana ttaemune dul da manghaetda.
And if only I'd known, I'd have pushed the day it didn't. One appendix, and we've both blown it.
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C μ€λ μμ μ ν΅μ¬μ΄ λ°λ‘ κ·Έκ±°μμ. λ²μ μμλ μ£Όμ₯λ³΄λ€ μ¦κ±°κ° λ¨Όμ κ³ , μ¦κ±°λ³΄λ€ κΈ°λ‘μ κΌΌκΌΌν μ½λ μ΅κ΄μ΄ λ¨Όμ μμ.
Oneul sueobui haeksimi baro geugeoyeyo. Beopjeongeseoneun jujangboda jeunggeoga meonjeogo, jeunggeoboda girogeul kkomkkomhi ingneun seupgwani meonjeoyeyo.
That's exactly the point of today's class. In court, evidence comes before claims, and before evidence comes the habit of reading the file carefully.
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A κ΅μλ, μλ μ¬νμ₯λ, λΆλ‘μ λ°μν΄μ λ€μ μ£Όμ λ€μ λ³λ‘ ν κΈ°νλ₯Ό μ£Όμ€ μ μμκΉμ?
Gyosunim, ani jaepanjangnim, burogeul banyeonghaeseo daeum jue dasi byeollonhal gihoereul jusil su isseulkkayo?
Professor - I mean, Your Honour - could you give us a chance to argue again next week, taking the appendix into account?
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C μ’μμ. λ€μ μ£Ό μ΄ μκ°μ μνν©λλ€. μ΄λ²μ λ λ€ λΆλ‘λΆν° μ½κ³ μ€μΈμ. νκ²°μ κ·Έλ€μμ΄μμ.
Joayo. Daeum ju i sigane sokaenghamnida. Ibeonen dul da burokbuteo ilgo oseyo. Pangyeoreun geudaeumieyo.
Very well. We'll resume at this time next week. This time, both of you read the appendix first. Judgment comes after that.
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