Day 119: Reviving Grandpa's Makgeolli Recipe

Dialogue

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   A 태민아, 나 회사 그만두려고.

   Taemina, na hoesa geumanduryeogo.

   Taemin, I'm going to quit my job.

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   B 갑자기? 또 팀장님이랑 부딪혔어?

   Gapjagi? Tto timjangnimirang budichyeosseo?

   Out of nowhere? Did you clash with your team leader again?

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   A 아니, 이번엔 진지해. 우리 할아버지 막걸리 기억나? 명절마다 마셨던 거.

   Ani, ibeonen jinjihae. Uri harabeoji makgeolli gieongna? Myeongjeolmada masyeotdeon geo.

   No, I'm serious this time. Remember my grandpa's makgeolli? The one we drank every holiday?

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   B 당연하지. 약간 달면서 톡 쏘는 그 맛. 근데 그게 왜?

   Dangyeonhaji. Yakgan dalmyeonseo tok ssoneun geu mat. Geunde geuge wae?

   Of course. That slightly sweet, fizzy taste. But what about it?

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   A 그걸 다시 살려 보고 싶어. 할아버지 돌아가시고 나서 동네에서 그 맛을 내는 사람이 아무도 없어. 집안에서 대대로 내려온 술인데.

   Geugeol dasi sallyeo bogo sipeo. Harabeoji doragasigo naseo dongneeseo geu maseul naeneun sarami amudo eopseo. Jibaneseo daedaero naeryeoon surinde.

   I want to bring it back. Since Grandpa passed away, nobody in the village can make it taste like that. It's been handed down in our family for generations.

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   B 멋있긴 한데... 너 레시피는 있어?

   Meositgin hande... neo resipineun isseo?

   That's cool, but... do you have the recipe?

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   A 그게... 할아버지 머릿속에만 있었거든. 적어 두신 게 하나도 없어.

   Geuge... harabeoji meoritsogeman isseotgeodeun. Jeogeo dusin ge hanado eopseo.

   Well... It was all in Grandpa's head. He never wrote any of it down.

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   B 레시피조차 없는데 회사를 그만둔다고? 제정신이야?

   Resipijocha eomneunde hoesareul geumandundago? Jejeongsiniya?

   You don't even have a recipe and you're quitting your job? Are you out of your mind?

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   A 할머니가 옆에서 오십 년을 도우셨으니까 대충은 기억하셔. 찹쌀을 쪄서 누룩이랑 섞고, 항아리에서 며칠 발효시키는 거래.

   Halmeoniga yeopeseo osip nyeoneul dousyeosseunikka daechungeun gieokasyeo. Chapssareul jjyeoseo nurugirang seokgo, hangarieseo myeochil balhyosikineun georae.

   Grandma helped him for fifty years, so she remembers roughly how. You steam glutinous rice, mix it with nuruk and let it ferment in a jar for a few days.

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    B 대충으로는 안 되지. 술은 온도 일 도 차이로도 맛이 확 바뀐다며.

    Daechungeuroneun an doeji. Sureun ondo il do chairodo masi hwak bakkwindamyeo.

    Roughly isn't good enough. Didn't you say a single degree of temperature can change the taste completely?

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    A 그래서 몇 달 동안 주말마다 시골 내려가서 할머니랑 계속 빚어 봤어. 벌써 여섯 번째야.

    Geuraeseo myeot dal dongan jumalmada sigol naeryeogaseo halmeonirang gyesok bijeo bwasseo. Beolsseo yeoseot beonjjaeya.

    That's why I've been going down to the countryside every weekend for months to brew it with Grandma. This is already the sixth batch.

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    B 그래서, 그 맛이 났어?

    Geuraeseo, geu masi nasseo?

    And? Did it taste the same?

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    A 솔직히 아직. 근데 네 번째 거는 꽤 비슷했어. 할머니가 한 모금 드시더니 우셨어.

    Soljiki ajik. Geunde ne beonjjae geoneun kkwae biseutaesseo. Halmeoniga han mogeum deusideoni usyeosseo.

    Honestly, not yet. But the fourth one was pretty close. Grandma took a sip and cried.

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    B 그건 좀 찡하네. 근데 준호야, 전통문화를 지키는 거랑 창업은 완전히 다른 얘기야. 주류 면허, 자금, 판로, 이런 건 생각해 봤어?

    Geugeon jom jjinghane. Geunde Junhoya, jeontongmunhwareul jikineun georang changeobeun wanjeonhi dareun yaegiya. Juryu myeonheo, jageum, pallo, ireon geon saenggakae bwasseo?

    That's kind of touching. But Junho, keeping a tradition alive and starting a business are completely different things. Have you thought about a liquor licence, funding, where you'd sell it?

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    A 알아. 그래서 당장 크게 할 생각은 없어. 처음엔 지역 양조장에서 일을 배우면서 작게 시작하려고.

    Ara. Geuraeseo dangjang keuge hal saenggageun eopseo. Cheoeumen jiyeok yangjojangeseo ireul baeumyeonseo jakge sijakaryeogo.

    I know. That's why I'm not planning anything big right away. I want to start small, learning the trade at a local brewery.

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    B 양조장 월급은 지금 회사 반도 안 될걸. 너 대출도 있잖아. 생각만 해도 막막하다.

    Yangjojang wolgeubeun jigeum hoesa bando an doelgeol. Neo daechuldo itjana. Saenggangman haedo mangmakada.

    A brewery won't pay half what you make now. And you've got a loan too. Just thinking about it makes me feel lost.

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    A 돈을 한 푼도 못 남길지라도 해 보고 싶어. 이대로 두면 할아버지 막걸리는 영영 사라지잖아.

    Doneul han pundo mot namgiljirado hae bogo sipeo. Idaero dumyeon harabeoji makgeollineun yeongyeong sarajijana.

    Even if I don't make a single won, I want to try. If I leave it, Grandpa's makgeolli will be gone forever.

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    B 그 마음은 알겠어. 그럼 조건 하나만 걸자. 회사는 일 년만 더 다니면서 주말에 계속 만들어 봐.

    Geu maeumeun algesseo. Geureom jogeon hanaman geolja. Hoesaneun il nyeonman deo danimyeonseo jumare gyesok mandeureo bwa.

    I get how you feel. Then let me set one condition. Stay at your job for one more year and keep brewing at weekends.

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    A 일 년이나?

    Il nyeonina?

    A whole year?

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    B 그 사이에 그 맛을 되살리면, 그땐 내가 첫 번째 투자자가 될게. 대신 첫 병은 나 줘.

    Geu saie geu maseul doesallimyeon, geuttaen naega cheot beonjjae tujajaga doelge. Daesin cheot byeongeun na jwo.

    If you bring that taste back by then, I'll be your first investor. But the first bottle's mine.

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