Day 9: First Posting to Nairobi

Dialogue

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   A 은서야, 엄마한테 들었다. 첫 발령지로 나이로비를 1지망으로 냈다며? 그게 정말이냐?

   Eunseoya, eommahante deureotda. Cheot ballyeongjiro Nairobireul 1jimangeuro naetdamyeo? Geuge jeongmarinya?

   Eunseo, your mother told me. You put Nairobi down as your first choice for your first posting? Is that true?

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   B 응, 아빠. 오늘 저녁에 말하려고 했어. 아프리카 쪽 경험을 일찍 쌓고 싶어서 내가 먼저 지원했어.

   Eung, appa. Oneul jeonyeoge malharyeogo haesseo. Apeurika jjok gyeongheomeul iljjik ssako sipeoseo naega meonjeo jiwonhaesseo.

   Yes, Dad. I was going to tell you tonight. I want to get experience in Africa early, so I volunteered.

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   A 그래, 네 뜻은 알겠다마는, 첫 근무지라면 도쿄 같은 데가 낫지 않겠니? 가깝고, 너 일본어도 잘하잖아.

   Geurae, ne tteuseun algetdamaneun, cheot geunmujiramyeon Dokyo gateun dega natji ankenni? Gakkapgo, neo Ilboneodo jalhajana.

   Well, I understand what you want, but for a first posting, wouldn't somewhere like Tokyo be better? It's close, and your Japanese is good.

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   B 도쿄는 인원이 많아서 신입이 가면 몇 년 동안 자료 정리만 한대. 나이로비는 인원이 적어서 처음부터 실무를 맡을 수 있고.

   Dokyoneun inwoni manaseo sinibi gamyeon myeot nyeon dongan jaryo jeongniman handae. Nairobineun inwoni jeogeoseo cheoeumbuteo silmureul mateul su itgo.

   Tokyo has a big staff, so new people spend years just sorting paperwork. Nairobi has a small staff, so I'd get real work from day one.

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   A 자료 정리도 다 공부다. 그리고 거기는 치안도 걱정이고 말라리아도 있다던데, 엄마가 걱정돼서 잠을 못 잔다.

   Jaryo jeongnido da gongbuda. Geurigo geogineun chiando geokjeongigo mallariado itdadeonde, eommaga geokjeongdwaeseo jameul mot janda.

   Sorting paperwork is learning too. And I hear security's a worry there, and there's malaria. Your mother's too worried to sleep.

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   B 아빠, 지금 엄마 핑계 대는 거지? 엄마는 아까 나한테 잘했다고 하던데.

   Appa, jigeum eomma pinggye daeneun geoji? Eommaneun akka nahante jalhaetdago hadeonde.

   Dad, you're using Mom as an excuse, aren't you? She told me earlier that I'd done the right thing.

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   A 흠, 벌써 외교관 다 됐구먼. 상대의 패부터 읽는 걸 보니.

   Heum, beolsseo oegyogwan da dwaetgumeon. Sangdaeui paebuteo ingneun geol boni.

   Hm. You're a real diplomat already, I see. Reading the other side's hand first.

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   B 연수 때 협상 수업만 석 달을 들었거든. 상대가 걱정을 앞세우면 구체적인 대책으로 답하라고.

   Yeonsu ttae hyeopsang sueomman seok dareul deureotgeodeun. Sangdaega geokjeongeul apseumyeon guchejeogin daechaegeuro daparago.

   I spent three months in training doing nothing but negotiation classes. When the other side leads with worries, you answer with concrete measures.

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   A 그럼 대책을 들어 보자. 치안은 어떻게 할 건데?

   Geureom daechaegeul deureo boja. Chianeun eotteoke hal geonde?

   Then let's hear these measures. What about security?

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    B 대사관 직원들은 경비가 있는 아파트에 살고, 이동할 때는 대사관 차량을 써. 말라리아는 예방약 먹으면 되고. 이미 다 확인했어.

    Daesagwan jigwondeureun gyeongbiga inneun apateue salgo, idonghal ttaeneun daesagwan charyangeul sseo. Mallarianeun yebangyak meogeumyeon doego. Imi da hwaginhaesseo.

    Embassy staff live in guarded apartments and use embassy cars to get around. For malaria, I just take preventive pills. I've already checked all of it.

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    A 준비를 단단히 했구먼. 그럼 다른 얘기를 해 보자. 거기서 이 년 버티면 그다음엔 어디로 가고 싶은데?

    Junbireul dandanhi haetgumeon. Geureom dareun yaegireul hae boja. Geogiseo i nyeon beotimyeon geudaeumen eodiro gago sipeunde?

    You've certainly done your homework. Then let's talk about something else. If you stick it out there for two years, where do you want to go after that?

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    B 아빠, 그건 협상 기술로 치면 '의제 바꾸기'야. 첫 번째 쟁점에서 밀리니까 두 번째로 넘어가는 거.

    Appa, geugeon hyeopsang gisullo chimyeon 'uije bakkugi'ya. Cheot beonjjae jaengjeomeseo millinikka du beonjjaero neomeoganeun geo.

    Dad, in negotiation terms, that's called "changing the agenda." You're losing on the first issue, so you move on to the second.

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    A 허허, 이거 참. 딸을 외교관으로 키웠더니 아빠를 협상 상대로 대하는구먼.

    Heoheo, igeo cham. Ttareul oegyogwaneuro kiwotdeoni appareul hyeopsang sangdaero daehaneungumeon.

    Well, I'll be. I raised my daughter to be a diplomat, and now she's treating her own father like the other side of the table.

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    B 미안, 농담이야. 솔직히 말하면 나도 무서워. 근데 무섭다고 쉬운 데만 고르면 나중에 후회할 것 같아.

    Mian, nongdamiya. Soljiki malhamyeon nado museowo. Geunde museopdago swiun deman goreumyeon najunge huhoehal geot gata.

    Sorry, I'm joking. Honestly, I'm scared too. But if I only pick the easy places because I'm scared, I think I'll regret it.

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    A 그 말은 협상 기술이 아니라 진심 같구나. 아빠도 젊었을 때 중동 건설 현장에 가겠다고 할아버지랑 크게 싸웠다.

    Geu mareun hyeopsang gisuri anira jinsim gatguna. Appado jeolmeosseul ttae Jungdong geonseol hyeonjange gagetdago harabeojirang keuge ssawotda.

    That doesn't sound like a negotiating trick. That sounds like you mean it. When I was young, I had a huge fight with your grandfather because I wanted to go and work on a building site in the Middle East.

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    B 그 얘기는 처음 들어. 할아버지가 결국 보내 주셨어?

    Geu yaegineun cheoeum deureo. Harabeojiga gyeolguk bonae jusyeosseo?

    I've never heard that. Did Grandpa let you go in the end?

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    A 보내 주시긴. 내가 몰래 계약하고 떠나기 전날 통보했지. 할아버지가 한 달 동안 편지 한 통 안 하셨어.

    Bonae jusigin. Naega mollae gyeyakago tteonagi jeonnal tongbohaetji. Harabeojiga han dal dongan pyeonji han tong an hasyeosseo.

    Let me go? No. I signed the contract behind his back and told him the day before I left. He didn't write me a single letter for a month.

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    B 그럼 나는 아빠보다 낫네. 몰래 안 하고 이렇게 먼저 말하잖아.

    Geureom naneun appaboda nanne. Mollae an hago ireoke meonjeo malhajana.

    Then I'm better than you were. I'm not sneaking around; I'm telling you first.

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    A 말은 잘한다마는... 알았다. 네가 이겼다.

    Mareun jalhandamaneun... aratda. Nega igyeotda.

    You've got an answer for everything... Fine. You win.

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    B 이긴 게 아니지, 아빠. 외교에서는 이런 걸 '양측이 건설적인 합의에 이르렀다'고 해.

    Igin ge aniji, appa. Oegyoeseoneun ireon geol 'yangcheugi geonseoljeogin habuie ireureotda'go hae.

    I didn't win, Dad. In diplomacy, we call this 'both sides reached a constructive agreement.'

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