“‘Spy.’ The fuzz say that all the time. Don’t you know they accuse us of being reds over the slightest thing?”
EP01
닭똥집이 뭐냐, 닭똥집이? 사람 이름 놔두고. (…) 분옥 씨 ‘향기로울 분’ 자에 ‘구슬 옥’ 자 써. 혜자야.
“What’s with [calling her] ‘Chicken Poop-house’, huh? Leaving a person’s name aside. (…) Bun-ok-ssi is written with the characters ‘fragrant-bun’ and ‘jade-ok.’* Hye-ja-ya.”
[*n.b. I broke this down in the notes on Bun-ok’s character profile.]
야, 영로는? (…) 어떻게 그런 상황에서 너만 뛰어 들어와!
“Hey, where’s Young-ro? (…) How could you just run back in alone in that situation?!”
여정민: 야, 너 같은 부잣집 딸내미야 상관없겠지만 우린 다 쫓겨나면.. 영로는 당장 방 한 칸 구할 여력이 없을 수도 있다고.
고혜령: 잘난 척하지 마. 걔 입사하.. 입사하던 날 이 방 저 방 떡 돌렸어.
여정민: 떡집 딸이니까! 걔 근로 장학생인 거 몰라? 분옥 씨랑 같이 카운터에서 전화받잖아.Jeong-min: Hey, it may not matter to the daughter of a rich household like you, but if we all get kicked out, Young-ro might not have the means to rent a single room right away.
Hye-ryeong: Don’t act all high-and-mighty. The day she moved– the day she moved in, she passed ddeok around to all the rooms.
Jeong-min: Because she’s the daughter of a rice-cake shop! Don’t you know she’s a work scholarship student? She answers phones at the front counter with Bun-ok-ssi.
투쟁
“Fight.”
[n.b. This is what Jeong-min keeps repeating as she hands out homemade petrol bombs at the student demonstration. The word ‘tujaeng’ (鬪爭) means ‘protest, struggle, strike, fight, battle.’]
EP02
윤설희, 입 다물어. 내보냈다간 이 사람만 죽는 줄 알아? (…) 간첩. 짭새들 맨날 하는 소리야. 걸핏하면 우리 빨갱이로 모는 거 몰라?
“Yoon Seol-hee, shut your mouth. You think if we throw him out he’ll be the only one to die? (…) ‘Spy.’ The fuzz say that all the time. Don’t you know they accuse us of being reds over the slightest thing?”
야, 올려, 올려, 뚜껑. 뚜껑, 빨리. 우리 벗을 거니까 눈 감아요. 눈 감아요, 눈. 야, 어차피 걸리면 다 죽어. 빨리 벗어.
“Here, lift it, lift it. Open it, open it, quickly. We’re going to strip, so close your eyes. Close your eyes, your eyes. Hey, if we’re caught we’ll all die anyway. Strip fast.”
야, 너 진짜 미쳤냐? 제대로 걷지도 못하는 사람이야. 그런 사람을 내쫓아?
“Are you seriously mental? He can’t even walk properly. You’d chase someone like that out?”
저 짭새들은요, 할아버지. 정부와 국민 사이를 이간질하고 불신을 조장한다고 데모하는 애들은 무조건 빨갱이로 몰아요.
“Those bobbies, harabeoji, unconditionally accuse kids who protest of being reds, saying they drive a wedge between the people and the government and foment mistrust.”
[n.b. ‘harabeoji’ = ‘grandpa,’ but it’s used to address men of that age bracket more generally.]
EP03
영로야. 영로야. 나 정민 언니야. 걱정했잖아. 괜찮아?
“Young-ro-ya. Young-ro-ya. It’s me, Jeong-min eonni. I was worried. You all right?”
피바다가 이래라저래라 하는 건 나도 아니라고 봐.
“I also don’t think it’s Sea of Blood’s place to dictate to us.”
[n.b. This dropped out of the Disney+ subs, but Bun-ok and the students refer to Ms Pi as ‘Pi-bada’ (피바다), meaning ‘blood-sea’ since her surname, Pi (皮), is a homophone for blood, ‘pi’ (血).]
자전거는 왜? (…) 아, 그래, 그게 낫겠다. 서클 룸에 있으니까 내가 가지고 올게.
“Why a bike? (…) Ah, yeah, that’d be better. There’s one in the clubroom, so I’ll bring it.”
영로야, 너도 타. 남자 혼자 내려가는 것보다 너도 같이 가는 게 더 안전해. 얼른!
“Young-ro-ya, you get on, too. You going down with him will be safer than a man going down alone. Hurry!”
EP04
잠깐만. 초대장을 분옥 씨가 검표했잖아. 검표할 때 없던 남자를 봤다면 이상하다 생각할 텐데. (…) 분옥 씨한테 미안하지만 방법이 없어. 무조건 시치미 떼야 돼, 무조건.
“Hold up. Bun-ok-ssi checked the invitation tickets. If she saw a man who wasn’t at ticketing, she’s bound to find it strange. (…) I feel bad towards Bun-ok-ssi, but there’s no other way. No matter what, we have to play if off. No matter what.”
짭새들한테 쫓기는 운동권인데 모른 척할 수가 없었습니다.
“He’s a student activist being chased by the fuzz; we couldn’t turn a blind eye.”
선생님 영로 이제 1학년입니다. 차라리 제가 나가겠습니다. 저도 그 남자를 돕는 데 적..
“Ma’am, Young-ro’s a first year now. It’s better that I leave. I also helped that man pro-”
EP06
어떻게? 어떻게 책임질까? 우리도 속았어. 영로도 나도 간첩인 줄 몰랐다고.
“How? How’s she supposed to take responsibility? We were fooled, too. Neither Young-ro nor I knew he was a spy.”
나도 여기 남을래요. 나도 적극 가담했어요. 영로가 남겠다는데 언니가 돼서 비겁하게 혼자 살겠다고 나갈 순 없죠.
“I’ll remain here, too. I also played an active part. Young-ro’s saying she’ll stay; as her eonni, I can’t just leave like a coward to save my own skin.”
EP08
나랑 영로랑 설희는 홀딱 벗기까지 했어. 이렇게 인간 같지도 않은 인간인지도 모르고. 아니, 어떻게 영로를 안 보낼 수가 있지? 영로 사정 뻔히 알면서?
“Me and Young-ro and Seol-hee even stripped naked. Not knowing he was such a poor excuse for a human being. I mean, how can he not send Young-ro out? When he’s fully aware of her circumstances?”
EP11
이보다 더한 일도 저지를 사람들이야. 공장에서 노조 활동 했던 우리 사촌 오빠, 삼청 교육대 끌려갔다가 죽었어. 국민 목숨을 파리 목숨쯤으로 아는 사람들인데 무슨 짓이든 못 하겠어.
“They’re people who can do worse than this. My older cousin who was participating in union activities at the factory was dragged off to the Samcheong Re-ducation Camp and died. They think of the citizens’ lives like the lives of mayflies; there’s nothing they wouldn’t do.”
[n.b. Sometimes called the The Samcheong Education Corps, the Samcheong Re-education Camp (三淸敎育隊) was essentially a military-style political prison camp established 4 August 1980 following Chun Doo-hwan’s declaration of martial law.]
어쭈. 운명적인 사랑? 아주 홀딱 반했구나.
Listen to you. ‘A fated love’? You’re completely smitten.
EP12
하, 자꾸 너 같은 소리 할래? 지금 밖에서 안기부가 우릴 죽이네 마네 하는데. 뭐, 안기부 아저씨가 키스?
“Hah, you gonna keep saying stuff only you’d say? Right now the ANSP are outside deciding whether or not to kill us but, what? The ANSP ajusshi kissed–?”
자기들 정권 잡으려고 죄 없는 시민들도 쏴 죽인 놈들이야. 뭔 짓인들 못 하겠어?
“They’re bastards who even shot innocent citizens dead in order to take power. What wouldn’t they be capable of?”
EP14
아니야. 얘들아, 아닐 거야. 영로네 떡집 하잖아. 입소식 때 영로가 떡 돌린 거 잊었어?
“No way. Guys, it can’t be. Young-ro’s family runs a rice-cake shop. Have you forgotten she passed out ddeok at the admission ceremony?”
맞아. 그런 새끼들한테 성과급 주면서 조국과 민족을 위해 불철주야 헌신하라고 격려한 게 은영로 아빠겠지.
“That’s right. It must be Young-ro’s dad who gave those sons of bitches merit pay while encouraging them to devote themselves to ‘serving’ their country and the people round the clock.”
EP16
그래도 인질극이 대선 공작이란 말이 방송을 탔잖아. (…) 저, 우리도 뭐라도 해야 되지 않겠어?
“Still, the words ‘the hostage taking is a scheme for the presidential election’ made it on the air. (…) Sh-shouldn’t we do something or other, too?”
故 김미수 배우의 명복을 빕니다. | Rest in peace, Kim Mi-soo.
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