대작을 준비하고 있다면서요?
I heard you're preparing a masterpiece.
네. 등단하던 무렵의 작품이 지금까지 내 대표작이라는 게 무척 괴로웠거든요.
Yes. It's been really painful that the work from when I first debuted is still considered my masterpiece.
14 two-turn dialogues about 문학, illustrating 9 words from this category at 그 밖의 어휘. Every exchange is a 국립국어원 example with its English translation, and every word links back to its full entry.
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대작을 준비하고 있다면서요?
I heard you're preparing a masterpiece.
네. 등단하던 무렵의 작품이 지금까지 내 대표작이라는 게 무척 괴로웠거든요.
Yes. It's been really painful that the work from when I first debuted is still considered my masterpiece.
그 장편 만화 봤니? 인터넷에 매일 연재되는데 너무 재미있어서 계속 본다.
Have you seen that long-form comic? It's serialized online every day, and it's so fun I keep reading it.
나도 재미있어서 처음에 보다가 만화가 너무 길어서 중간에 포기했어.
I found it fun too at first, but it got so long that I gave up halfway.
박 작가님, 요즘 어떤 작품을 쓰고 계세요?
Author Park, what are you working on these days?
지금까지는 단편만 썼지만 이번에는 장편을 쓰고 있습니다.
I've only written short works so far, but this time I'm writing a long-form piece.
고전 소설은 오랜 시간을 거치면서 많이 각색되었습니다.
Classic novels have been adapted many times over the years.
네, 그래서 원전 그대로 전해지는 경우는 드물지요.
Yes, that's why it's rare for them to be passed down exactly as in the source book.
이 부분, 문장이 너무 어색하지 않아?
Doesn't this part sound awkward?
맞아, 안 그래도 원전을 찾아봤더니 번역이 잘못되어 있더라.
You're right, I actually looked up the source book and found that the translation is wrong.
원전의 위험성을 다 알면서도 왜 계속 원자력 발전을 하는 걸까?
Why do we keep using nuclear power when we all know the dangers of nuclear plants?
환경 오염 없이 에너지를 얻을 수 있는 장점 때문이지.
Because of the advantage of getting energy without polluting the environment.
선생님, 이번 글짓기 대회에 대해서 설명해 주세요.
Teacher, could you explain the writing contest?
정해진 시간 내에 운문과 산문 중 하나를 선택해서 써 내면 됩니다.
You just need to write either a poem or a piece of prose within the given time.
선생님은 어떤 종류의 책을 주로 읽으세요?
Teacher, what kind of books do you usually read?
그때그때 다릅니다만, 요즘처럼 스트레스가 쌓일 때는 콩트를 주로 읽지요.
It varies, but when I'm stressed like these days, I mainly read short stories.
이번에 에세이를 묶어 내신 책 감명 깊게 보았습니다.
I was deeply moved by the book you published collecting your essays.
그저 일상생활에서 얻은 소소한 경험들이에요.
They're just small experiences from everyday life.
뭘 그렇게 고민해?
What are you so worried about?
과제로 에세이를 써 가야 하는데 주제부터 막혔어.
I have to write an essay for an assignment, but I'm stuck on the topic.
서사시는 다른 시에 비해서 굉장히 서술이 장황합니다.
An epic is much more verbose in its narration compared to other poems.
하지만 세부적인 묘사에 의존하지 않는다는 점은 비슷합니다.
But it's similar in that it doesn't rely on detailed description.
이 희극은 굉장히 재미있지만 사실 주제는 무거운 편입니다.
This comedy is very funny, but actually the theme is quite heavy.
그렇습니다. 전쟁이라는 소재를 웃음으로 표현하고 있으니 정말 대단한 연극이지요.
Indeed. It expresses the subject of war through laughter, so it's a truly remarkable play.
민준이가 넘어지는 모습이 웃겼다면서?
I heard Minjun's fall was funny?
응, 한바탕 희극이 벌어졌었어.
Yeah, a real farce unfolded.
조카에게 어린이날 선물로 뭘 사 주면 좋을까?
What should I buy my nephew for Children's Day?
어릴 때 책을 많이 읽히는 게 좋다니까 옛날 이야기 선집이 어때?
It's good to get kids reading early, so how about an anthology of old tales?
Showing 1–14 of 14 dialogues
These 14 exchanges are the dictionary's own examples for the 9 ungraded words in this category — 대표작, 장편, 원전, 산문, 콩트 and the rest. Each is two turns, so what you see is not only how the word is used but what it is usually said in answer to.
They are written examples rather than transcribed speech, so they are tidier than a real conversation and shorter. What they are not is translated English: they were written in Korean, by Korean lexicographers, to show how the word behaves — which is why the speech levels and the sentence endings in them are worth copying.
Dialogues, translations and word meanings from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.