Day 157: Pretending to Follow the Seminar

Dialogue

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   A 교수님, 바쁘신데 시간 내 주셔서 감사합니다. 사실 고백할 게 있어서 찾아왔어요.

   Gyosunim, bappeusinde sigan nae jusyeoseo gamsahamnida. Sasil gobaekal ge isseoseo chajawasseoyo.

   Professor, thank you for making time when you're busy. Actually, I've come because I have something to confess.

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   B 고백이요? 표정을 보니 꽤 심각한 일인가 봐요. 앉아요.

   Gobaegiyo? Pyojeongeul boni kkwae simgakan iringa bwayo. Anjayo.

   A confession? From your face, it must be pretty serious. Have a seat.

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   A 세미나 때 선배들이 토론하는 걸 반도 못 알아듣겠어요. 그런데 매번 고개를 끄덕이면서 이해하는 척했어요.

   Semina ttae seonbaedeuri toronhaneun geol bando mot aradeutgesseoyo. Geureonde maebeon gogaereul kkeudeogimyeonseo ihaehaneun cheokaesseoyo.

   In seminar, I can't follow even half of what the senior students are discussing. But every time, I nodded along and pretended to understand.

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   B 그게 고백이에요? 난 또 무슨 큰일이 난 줄 알았네요.

   Geuge gobaegieyo? Nan tto museun keuniri nan jul aranneyo.

   That's your confession? I thought something terrible had happened.

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   A 저한테는 큰일이에요. 질문하면 저만 뒤처진 게 들통날까 봐 가만히 있었어요. 갈수록 열등감만 커져요.

   Jeohanteneun keunirieyo. Jilmunhamyeon jeoman dwicheojin ge deultongnalkka bwa gamanhi isseosseoyo. Galsurok yeoldeunggamman keojyeoyo.

   It is to me. I kept quiet because if I asked, everyone would find out I'm behind. The feeling that I'm not good enough just keeps growing.

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   B 솔직히 말하면 학자라면 누구나 한 번쯤은 아는 척해 봤을 거예요. 저도 박사 과정 때 그랬어요.

   Soljiki malhamyeon hakjaramyeon nuguna han beonjjeumeun aneun cheokae bwasseul geoyeyo. Jeodo baksa gwajeong ttae geuraesseoyo.

   To be honest, every scholar has probably pretended to know something at some point. I did it too when I was doing my PhD.

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   A 교수님도요? 전혀 상상이 안 되는데요.

   Gyosunimdoyo? Jeonhyeo sangsangi an doeneundeyo.

   You too, Professor? I can't picture it at all.

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   B 유학 첫 학기에는 모르는 이론이 나올 때마다 노트에 뭔가 열심히 적는 척했어요. 사실은 처음 듣는 용어를 받아 적어 놨다가 밤에 남몰래 찾아봤어요.

   Yuhak cheot hakgieneun moreuneun ironi naol ttaemada noteue mwonga yeolsimhi jeongneun cheokaesseoyo. Sasireun cheoeum deunneun yongeoreul bada jeogeo nwatdaga bame nammollae chajabwasseoyo.

   My first semester abroad, whenever a theory I didn't know came up, I pretended to be taking careful notes. Actually, I was writing down the terms I'd never heard so I could secretly look them up at night.

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   A 그럼 어떻게 극복하셨어요?

   Geureom eotteoke geukbokasyeosseoyo?

   So how did you get past it?

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    B 규칙을 하나 세웠어요. 세미나마다 질문을 딱 하나씩은 꼭 하기로요. 그게 아무리 기초적인 질문이라도요.

    Gyuchigeul hana sewosseoyo. Seminamada jilmuneul ttak hanassigeun kkok hagiroyo. Geuge amuri gichojeogin jilmuniradoyo.

    I set myself one rule: ask exactly one question in every seminar. No matter how basic it was.

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    A 기초적인 질문을 하면 다들 속으로 무시하지 않을까요?

    Gichojeogin jilmuneul hamyeon dadeul sogeuro musihaji aneulkkayo?

    If I ask basic questions, won't everyone quietly look down on me?

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    B 생각보다 안 그래요. 다른 사람들도 궁금했는데 못 물어본 경우가 많아요. 질문 하나가 토론을 살리기도 하고요.

    Saenggakboda an geuraeyo. Dareun saramdeuldo gunggeumhaenneunde mot mureobon gyeonguga manayo. Jilmun hanaga toroneul salligido hagoyo.

    Less than you'd think. Often other people were wondering too but didn't ask. One question can even bring a discussion to life.

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    A 알겠습니다. 다음 주부터 해 볼게요. 그런데 다음 주 주제가 조선 후기 무역이라서 벌써 걱정이에요.

    Algetseumnida. Daeum jubuteo hae bolgeyo. Geureonde daeum ju jujega Joseon hugi muyeogiraseo beolsseo geokjeongieyo.

    All right. I'll try from next week. But next week's topic is late-Joseon trade, so I'm already worried.

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    B 마침 잘됐네요. 요즘 조선 무역에 관한 논문을 읽고 있다고 했죠? 뭘 읽었어요?

    Machim jaldwaenneyo. Yojeum joseon muyeoge gwanhan nonmuneul ilgo itdago haetjyo? Mwol ilgeosseoyo?

    That's good timing. You said you've been reading papers on Joseon trade, right? What have you read?

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    A 개성 상인에 관한 논문이요. 송상이 인삼을 직접 재배하고 가공해서 청나라, 일본과 거래하면서 큰돈을 벌었대요.

    Gaeseong sangine gwanhan nonmuniyo. Songsangi insameul jikjeop jaebaehago gagonghaeseo Cheongnara, Ilbongwa georaehamyeonseo keundoneul beoreotdaeyo.

    A paper on the Gaeseong merchants. The Songsang grew and processed their own ginseng and made a fortune trading with Qing China and Japan.

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    B 좋은 논문을 골랐네요. 그 논문에서 제일 이해가 안 됐던 부분은 뭐예요?

    Joeun nonmuneul gollanneyo. Geu nonmuneseo jeil ihaega an dwaetdeon bubuneun mwoyeyo?

    You picked a good paper. What part of it did you understand least?

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    A 사실... 장부를 기록하는 방식이요. 사개송도치부법이 나오는데, 서양의 복식 부기랑 뭐가 다른지 잘 모르겠어요.

    Sasil... jangbureul girokaneun bangsigiyo. Sagaesongdochibubeobi naoneunde, seoyangui boksik bugirang mwoga dareunji jal moreugesseoyo.

    Honestly... the way they kept their books. It mentions the Sagae Songdo bookkeeping method, and I'm not sure how it differs from Western double-entry bookkeeping.

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    B 거 봐요. 그게 바로 좋은 질문이에요. 다음 주에 그걸 물어보면 돼요. 아마 선배들도 제대로 설명하기 어려울걸요.

    Geo bwayo. Geuge baro joeun jilmunieyo. Daeum jue geugeol mureobomyeon dwaeyo. Ama seonbaedeuldo jedaero seolmyeonghagi eoryeoulgeoryo.

    See? That's exactly a good question. Ask that next week. The senior students will probably have trouble explaining it properly too.

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    A 정말요? 그럼 그 질문은 아껴 뒀다가 세미나 때 할게요.

    Jeongmaryo? Geureom geu jilmuneun akkyeo dwotdaga semina ttae halgeyo.

    Really? Then I'll save that question for the seminar.

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    B 좋아요. 대신 질문하기 전에 사개송도치부법에 관한 자료를 한두 편 더 읽어 봐요. 모르는 걸 정확히 알아야 질문도 날카로워지니까요.

    Joayo. Daesin jilmunhagi jeone sagaesongdochibubeobe gwanhan jaryoreul handu pyeon deo ilgeo bwayo. Moreuneun geol jeonghwaki araya jilmundo nalkarowojinikkayo.

    Good. But before you ask, read one or two more pieces on the Sagae Songdo method. You have to know exactly what you don't know for your question to be sharp.

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