Day 157: Twenty-Six Degrees in August

Dialogue

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   A 다들 잠깐만 모여 봐요. 회사에서 새 공지가 내려왔어요.

   Dadeul jamkkanman moyeo bwayo. Hoesaeseo sae gongjiga naeryeowasseoyo.

   Everyone, gather round for a minute. A new notice has come down from the company.

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   C 무슨 공지인데요? 표정을 보니까 좋은 소식은 아닌 것 같은데요.

   Museun gongjiindeyo? Pyojeongeul bonikka joeun sosigeun anin geot gateundeyo.

   What notice? Judging by your face, it's not good news.

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   A 이번 달부터 전기를 아끼려고 에어컨 온도를 26도에 맞춘대요.

   Ibeon dalbuteo jeongireul akkiryeogo eeokeon ondoreul 26doe matchundaeyo.

   From this month, to save electricity, they're setting the air conditioning at twenty-six degrees.

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   B 26도요? 지금도 오후만 되면 더위 때문에 일이 손에 안 잡히는데요.

   26doyo? Jigeumdo ohuman doemyeon deowi ttaemune iri sone an japineundeyo.

   Twenty-six? Even now, in the afternoons the heat makes it hard to focus on work.

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   A 나도 알아요. 근데 지난달 전기 요금이 워낙 많이 나와서 어쩔 수 없대요.

   Nado arayo. Geunde jinandal jeongi yogeumi wonak mani nawaseo eojjeol su eopdaeyo.

   I know. But apparently last month's electricity bill was so high that there's no choice.

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   C 옆 건물 회사는 여름에 반바지도 입게 해 주던데, 우리도 그렇게 하면 안 될까요?

   Yeop geonmul hoesaneun yeoreume banbajido ipge hae judeonde, urido geureoke hamyeon an doelkkayo?

   The company in the building next door lets people wear shorts in summer. Couldn't we do that too?

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   A 반바지는 좀... 손님들이 오시는 날도 있잖아요.

   Banbajineun jom... sonnimdeuri osineun naldo itjanayo.

   Shorts are a bit... We do have days when clients come in.

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   B 그럼 손님 없는 날만이라도 편하게 입게 해 주세요.

   Geureom sonnim eomneun nalmanirado pyeonhage ipge hae juseyo.

   Then at least let us dress comfortably on days with no clients.

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   A 그건 위에 한번 물어볼게요. 다만 온도는 제가 어떻게 할 수가 없어요.

   Geugeon wie hanbeon mureobolgeyo. Daman ondoneun jega eotteoke hal suga eopseoyo.

   I'll ask upstairs about that. But the temperature is out of my hands.

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    C 그럼 선풍기라도 한 대씩 사 주세요. 책상 위에 놓는 작은 거요.

    Geureom seonpunggirado han daessik sa juseyo. Chaeksang wie nonneun jageun geoyo.

    Then at least buy us a fan each. Just small ones for our desks.

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    A 선풍기는 되겠네요. 현우 씨가 좋은 걸로 몇 개 골라 줘요. 팀 예산으로 살게요.

    Seonpunggineun doegenneyo. Hyeonu ssiga joeun geollo myeot gae golla jwoyo. Tim yesaneuro salgeyo.

    Fans should be fine. Hyeonu, pick out a few good ones. I'll buy them out of the team budget.

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    B 그리고 점심시간을 좀 늦추면 어때요? 아래층 회사는 한 시 반에 먹던데요.

    Geurigo jeomsimsiganeul jom neutchumyeon eottaeyo? Araecheung hoesaneun han si bane meokdeondeyo.

    And what about moving lunch a bit later? The company downstairs eats at one-thirty.

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    A 점심을 한 시 반으로 늦추자고요?

    Jeomsimeul han si baneuro neutchujagoyo?

    You mean move lunch to one-thirty?

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    C 네, 제일 더울 때 시원한 식당에 있으면 오후도 짧게 느껴질 거예요. 식당도 덜 붐비고요.

    Ne, jeil deoul ttae siwonhan sikdange isseumyeon ohudo jjalge neukkyeojil geoyeyo. Sikdangdo deol bumbigoyo.

    Yes. If we're in a cool restaurant at the hottest time of day, the afternoon will feel shorter too. And the restaurants are less crowded.

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    A 좋아요, 이번 주에 한번 해 봐요. 일이 늦어지면 다시 원래대로 하고요.

    Joayo, ibeon jue hanbeon hae bwayo. Iri neujeojimyeon dasi wollaedaero hagoyo.

    All right, let's try it this week. And if the work starts running late, we go back to the old way.

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    B 걱정 마세요. 시원하면 일은 오히려 더 빨리 끝낼 수 있어요.

    Geokjeong maseyo. Siwonhamyeon ireun ohiryeo deo ppalli kkeunnael su isseoyo.

    Don't worry. If it's cool, we'll actually get the work done faster.

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    A 말이라도 고맙네요. 그럼 26도에서 얼마나 빨리 끝내는지 오늘부터 지켜보죠.

    Marirado gomamneyo. Geureom 26doeseo eolmana ppalli kkeunnaeneunji oneulbuteo jikyeobojyo.

    Thanks for saying so, anyway. Well then, let's see how fast you finish at twenty-six degrees, starting today.

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