Day 8: Grandpa at the 1988 Olympics

Dialogue

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   B 할아버지, 이제 녹음 시작할게요. 편하게 말씀하시면 돼요. 먼저 성함이랑 그때 연세부터 말씀해 주세요.

   Harabeoji, ije nogeum sijakalgeyo. Pyeonhage malsseumhasimyeon dwaeyo. Meonjeo seonghamirang geuttae yeonsebuteo malsseumhae juseyo.

   Grandpa, I'm starting the recording now. Just talk naturally. First, please tell me your name and how old you were back then.

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   A 이름은 이정호. 그때 나이가... 서른여섯이었지. 회사에 휴가를 내고 대회 기간 내내 자원봉사를 했어.

   Ireumeun Ijeongho. Geuttae naiga... seoreunyeoseosieotji. Hoesae hyugareul naego daehoe gigan naenae jawonbongsareul haesseo.

   My name is Lee Jeongho. Back then I was... thirty-six. I took leave from work and volunteered for the whole of the Games.

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   B 어떻게 올림픽 자원봉사자가 되셨어요? 그때도 지원자가 많았어요?

   Eotteoke ollimpik jawonbongsajaga doesyeosseoyo? Geuttaedo jiwonjaga manasseoyo?

   How did you become an Olympic volunteer? Were there lots of applicants back then too?

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   A 엄청 많았지. 나는 회사 다니면서 틈틈이 영어를 공부해 둔 덕분에 뽑혔어. 외국 기자들 안내하는 일을 맡았지.

   Eomcheong manatji. Naneun hoesa danimyeonseo teumteumi Yeongeoreul gongbuhae dun deokbune ppopyeosseo. Oeguk gijadeul annaehaneun ireul matatji.

   A huge number. I got picked because I'd been studying English in my spare time while working. I was put in charge of guiding foreign reporters.

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   B 개막식 날 기억나세요? 교과서에도 나오는 장면이잖아요.

   Gaemaksik nal gieongnaseyo? Gyogwaseoedo naoneun jangmyeonijanayo.

   Do you remember the day of the opening ceremony? It's even in the textbooks.

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   A 그럼, 어떻게 잊어. 잠실 주경기장이 관중으로 꽉 찼지. 굴렁쇠 소년이라든가 하늘로 날아오른 비둘기라든가, 지금도 눈에 선해.

   Geureom, eotteoke ijeo. Jamsil jugyeonggijangi gwanjungeuro kkwak chatji. Gulleongsoe sonyeoniradeunga haneullo naraoreun bidulgiradeunga, jigeumdo nune seonhae.

   Of course, how could I forget? The stadium in Jamsil was packed. The boy with the hoop, the doves flying up into the sky... I can still see it all.

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   B 굴렁쇠 소년은 저도 영상으로 봤어요. 그 넓은 운동장을 아이 혼자 굴렁쇠를 굴리면서 가로지르잖아요.

   Gulleongsoe sonyeoneun jeodo yeongsangeuro bwasseoyo. Geu neolbeun undongjangeul ai honja gulleongsoereul gullimyeonseo garojireujanayo.

   I've seen the hoop boy in videos too. A little boy rolling a hoop all alone across that huge field.

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   A 그래. 그 순간 경기장이 쥐 죽은 듯이 조용해졌어. 전쟁을 겪은 나라가 세계에 인사하는 것 같아서 가슴이 뭉클했지.

   Geurae. Geu sungan gyeonggijangi jwi jugeun deusi joyonghaejyeosseo. Jeonjaengeul gyeokkeun naraga segyee insahaneun geot gataseo gaseumi mungkeulhaetji.

   That's right. At that moment the whole stadium went dead quiet. It felt like a country that had been through war was greeting the world, and it moved me deeply.

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   B 외국 기자들 반응은 어땠어요? 그때는 한국을 잘 모르는 사람이 많았죠?

   Oeguk gijadeul baneungeun eottaesseoyo? Geuttaeneun Hangugeul jal moreuneun sarami manatjyo?

   How did the foreign reporters react? A lot of people didn't know much about Korea then, right?

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    A 처음엔 한국이 어디 있는지도 모르는 기자가 많았어. 근데 대회가 끝날 때쯤엔 김치라든가 한복이라든가 이것저것 물어보더라.

    Cheoeumen Hangugi eodi inneunjido moreuneun gijaga manasseo. Geunde daehoega kkeunnal ttaejjeumen gimchiradeunga hanbogiradeunga igeotjeogeot mureobodeora.

    At first plenty of the reporters didn't even know where Korea was. But by the end of the Games, they were asking about all sorts of things, kimchi, hanbok, you name it.

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    B 할아버지, 이 녹음은 다음 주 수업 시간에 발표 자료로 쓸 거예요. 수업 듣는 학생들이 다 같이 들을 거예요.

    Harabeoji, i nogeumeun daeum ju sueop sigane balpyo jaryoro sseul geoyeyo. Sueop deunneun haksaengdeuri da gachi deureul geoyeyo.

    Grandpa, I'm going to use this recording for a presentation in class next week. Everyone taking the course will listen to it.

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    A 뭐? 내 목소리를 대학교 수업에서 튼다니? 이 할아버지 얘기를 누가 듣는다고.

    Mwo? Nae moksorireul daehakgyo sueobeseo teundani? I harabeoji yaegireul nuga deunneundago.

    What? You're going to play my voice in a university class? Who'd want to listen to an old man's stories?

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    B 교수님께서 역사책에 안 나오는 개인의 기억도 소중한 기록이라고 하셨어요. 그걸 구술사라고 해요.

    Gyosunimkkeseo yeoksachaege an naoneun gaeinui gieokdo sojunghan girogirago hasyeosseoyo. Geugeol gusulsarago haeyo.

    My professor says personal memories that aren't in history books are valuable records too. It's called oral history.

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    A 허허, 그럼 제대로 해야겠네. 잠깐, 그때 받은 자원봉사자 모자랑 배지가 아직 어디 있을 거야.

    Heoheo, geureom jedaero haeyagenne. Jamkkan, geuttae badeun jawonbongsaja mojarang baejiga ajik eodi isseul geoya.

    Ha, then I'd better do it properly. Wait, the volunteer cap and badge they gave me should still be around somewhere.

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    B 정말요? 그거 사진 찍어서 같이 발표할게요. 훗날 제 아이들한테도 보여 줄 거예요.

    Jeongmaryo? Geugeo sajin jjigeoseo gachi balpyohalgeyo. Hunnal je aideulhantedo boyeo jul geoyeyo.

    Really? I'll take photos of them and show them in my presentation. And someday I'll show them to my own kids too.

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    A 장롱 맨 위 칸에 있을 거다. 녹음기 끄지 말고 기다려. 할 얘기가 아직 한참 남았으니까.

    Jangnong maen wi kane isseul geoda. Nogeumgi kkeuji malgo gidaryeo. Hal yaegiga ajik hancham namasseunikka.

    They should be on the top shelf of the wardrobe. Don't turn off the recorder, just wait. I've still got plenty of stories left.

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