Day 101: Grandma's Book Club Verdict

Dialogue

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   A 할머니, 새벽 한 시예요. 아직 안 주무세요?

   Halmeoni, saebyeok han siyeyo. Ajik an jumuseyo?

   Grandma, it's one in the morning. Aren't you going to bed?

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   B 어, 이것만 마저 읽고 잘게. 내일 독서 모임인데 아직 오십 쪽이나 남았어.

   Eo, igeonman majeo ilgo jalge. Naeil dokseo moiminde ajik osip jjogina namasseo.

   Yes, I'll just finish this and then sleep. Book club's tomorrow, and I've still got fifty pages to go.

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   A 할머니 오늘 밤새우시려나 봐요. 무슨 책이길래 그렇게 흥미진진해요?

   Halmeoni oneul bamsaeusiryeona bwayo. Museun chaegigillae geureoke heungmijinjinhaeyo?

   Looks like you're pulling an all-nighter, Grandma. What book is so gripping?

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   B 요즘 젊은 작가가 쓴 소설이야. 경로당 독서 모임에서 이번 달 책으로 정했는데, 다들 어렵다고 난리야.

   Yojeum jeolmeun jakgaga sseun soseoriya. Gyeongnodang dokseo moimeseo ibeon dal chaegeuro jeonghaenneunde, dadeul eoryeopdago nalliya.

   It's a novel by a young writer. Our book club at the senior centre picked it for this month, and everyone's complaining it's hard.

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   A 무슨 내용인데요?

   Museun naeyongindeyo?

   What's it about?

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   B 엄마랑 사이가 안 좋은 딸이 오랜만에 고향에 내려오는 얘기야. 근데 주인공이 결국 또 떠나려나 봐. 방금 짐을 싸기 시작했어.

   Eommarang saiga an joeun ttari oraenmane gohyange naeryeooneun yaegiya. Geunde juingongi gyeolguk tto tteonaryeona bwa. Banggeum jimeul ssagi sijakaesseo.

   It's about a daughter who doesn't get on with her mother, coming back to her hometown after a long time. But it looks like she's going to leave again. She's just started packing.

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   A 에이, 결말을 미리 보면 되잖아요.

   Ei, gyeolmareul miri bomyeon doejanayo.

   Oh, just flip to the ending.

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   B 그러면 무슨 재미로 읽니? 기다려 봐. ...아이고, 역시. 이렇게 끝나 버리네.

   Geureomyeon museun jaemiro ingni? Gidaryeo bwa. ...Aigo, yeoksi. Ireoke kkeunna beorine.

   Then what would be the fun in reading it? Hang on. ...Oh dear, I knew it. So that's how it ends.

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   A 어떻게 끝났는데요?

   Eotteoke kkeunnanneundeyo?

   How did it end?

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    B 딸이 엄마한테 아무 말도 없이 새벽 기차를 타고 가 버려. 그러고 끝이야. 화해도 없고, 설명도 없고.

    Ttari eommahante amu maldo eopsi saebyeok gichareul tago ga beoryeo. Geureogo kkeuchiya. Hwahaedo eopgo, seolmyeongdo eopgo.

    The daughter gets on a dawn train without a word to her mother. And that's the end. No making up, no explanation.

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    A 요즘 소설은 그렇게 열린 결말이 많대요. 등장인물이 어떻게 됐을지 독자가 알아서 상상하라고요.

    Yojeum soseoreun geureoke yeollin gyeolmari mantaeyo. Deungjanginmuri eotteoke dwaesseulji dokjaga araseo sangsangharagoyo.

    They say a lot of novels have open endings like that these days. So readers can imagine for themselves what happens to the characters.

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    B 열린 결말은 좋은데, 이건 작가가 이야기를 제대로 끝맺지 못한 거지. 인물 묘사가 섬세한 데다가 앞부분은 정말 잘 썼는데, 마지막 스무 쪽이 너무 급해.

    Yeollin gyeolmareun joeunde, igeon jakgaga iyagireul jedaero kkeunmaetji motan geoji. Inmul myosaga seomsehan dedaga apbubuneun jeongmal jal sseonneunde, majimak seumu jjogi neomu geupae.

    Open endings are fine, but here the writer just didn't finish the story properly. The characters are finely drawn, and the first part is really well done, but the last twenty pages are far too rushed.

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    A 와, 할머니 비평가 같으세요. 내일 모임에서도 그렇게 말씀하실 거예요?

    Wa, halmeoni bipyeongga gateuseyo. Naeil moimeseodo geureoke malsseumhasil geoyeyo?

    Wow, Grandma, you sound like a critic. Are you going to say that at the club tomorrow?

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    B 그럼. 여든 먹은 사람이 할 말은 해야지. 엄마 입장에서 보면 딸이 저렇게 가 버리는 게 얼마나 서글프겠어.

    Geureom. Yeodeun meogeun sarami hal mareun haeyaji. Eomma ipjangeseo bomyeon ttari jeoreoke ga beorineun ge eolmana seogeulpeugesseo.

    Of course. At eighty, I get to say what I think. From the mother's side, think how sad it is to have her daughter just leave like that.

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    A 할머니, 그 감상을 온라인에 올려 보시는 건 어때요? 책 리뷰 사이트에 쓰면 작가가 볼 수도 있어요.

    Halmeoni, geu gamsangeul ollaine ollyeo bosineun geon eottaeyo? Chaek ribyu saiteue sseumyeon jakgaga bol sudo isseoyo.

    Grandma, why don't you post your thoughts online? If you write on a book review site, the author might even see it.

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    B 작가가? 내 글을? 에이, 늙은이 잔소리를 누가 읽어.

    Jakgaga? Nae geureul? Ei, neulgeuni jansorireul nuga ilgeo.

    The author? My writing? Oh, who's going to read an old woman's grumbling?

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    A 요즘은 오히려 할머니들 리뷰가 인기가 많아요. 솔직한 데다가 인생 경험이 묻어 있어서 댓글도 많이 달려요.

    Yojeumeun ohiryeo halmeonideul ribyuga ingiga manayo. Soljikan dedaga insaeng gyeongheomi mudeo isseoseo daetgeuldo mani dallyeoyo.

    Actually, reviews by grandmas are really popular these days. They're honest, and they carry a lifetime of experience, so they get lots of comments.

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    B 그래? 그럼 내일 모임 끝나고 네가 좀 도와줘. 독수리 타법이라 한참 걸릴 거다.

    Geurae? Geureom naeil moim kkeunnago nega jom dowajwo. Doksuri tabeobira hancham geollil geoda.

    Really? Then help me after the club tomorrow. I type with two fingers, so it'll take a while.

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    A 네, 제가 옆에서 타자 쳐 드릴게요. 대신 지금은 주무세요. 결말은 벌써 보셨잖아요.

    Ne, jega yeopeseo taja chyeo deurilgeyo. Daesin jigeumeun jumuseyo. Gyeolmareun beolsseo bosyeotjanayo.

    Sure, I'll sit next to you and type it for you. But go to sleep now. You've already read the ending.

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