Monday, April 02, 2007

Keep the Waygook Happy

An example of how things can get lost in translation:

Supervisor Kim: (this is all in Korean, and of course not at all word for word) It's really difficult to find teachers who want to work in Jeollanamdo *the province I live in*. No foreigners want to work in the hick towns *such as Naju*, they'd rather live in Seoul or Busan etc. etc.

Cathy: What did she say?

Mrs. Lee: Supervisor Kim likes you and wants you to stay another year.

Hahahahahaahaha... sure she does.

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