Korean–English parallel text
부장을 위한 봉투
The Envelope for the Boss
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삼만 엔
Thirty thousand yen
켄지는 도쿄에 산다. 서른여덟 살이다. 켄지는 도시의 큰 회사에서 일한다.
Kenji lives in Tokyo. He is thirty-eight. He works in a big office in the city.
켄지는 조용한 남자다. 여덟 시에 출근한다. 일곱 시에 집에 간다. 말을 많이 안 한다.
Kenji is a quiet man. He comes to work at eight. He goes home at seven. He does not talk much.
켄지의 책상은 창문 옆에 있다. 켄지는 자기 일을 좋아한다. “좋은 팀이야.” 켄지는 생각한다.
His desk is next to the window. He likes his job. “A good team,” he thinks.
월요일 아침에 팀은 회의를 한다. 부장은 없다. 모두 조용한 목소리로 말한다.
On Monday morning, the team has a meeting. The boss is not there. Everybody talks in a quiet voice.
“금요일은 부장님 생신이에요.” 팀의 한 여자가 말한다. “부장님은 쉰 살이에요. 우리는 선물을 사고 싶어요.”
“Friday is the boss’s birthday,” says a woman from the team. “He is fifty. We want to buy a present.”
“좋은 선물이요.” 한 젊은 남자가 말한다. “좋은 펜이나 시계요.”
“A good present,” says a young man. “A nice pen. Or a watch.”
“모두 봉투에 삼천 엔을 넣어요.” 여자가 말한다. “괜찮아요?”
“Everybody puts three thousand yen in an envelope,” says the woman. “OK?”
“네, 좋아요.” 모두 말한다. 켄지도 아주 조용하게 “네, 좋아요.” 하고 말한다.
“OK,” says everybody. Kenji says “OK” too, very quietly.
오후에 사람들이 켄지의 책상으로 온다. 사람들은 켄지에게 돈을 준다. “여기요, 켄지 씨.” 젊은 남자가 말한다. “봉투에 넣을 돈이에요.”
In the afternoon, people come to Kenji’s desk. They give him money. “Here, Kenji,” says the young man. “For the envelope.”
“왜 저예요?” 켄지가 묻는다.
“Why me?” asks Kenji.
“켄지 씨가 꼼꼼하잖아요.” 여자가 말한다. “아무것도 안 잃어버리잖아요.”
“Because you are careful,” says the woman. “You never lose anything.”
켄지는 봉투를 본다. 봉투는 하얗다. 앞면에 켄지는 쓴다. “부장님께. 영업팀 다나카 켄지.”
Kenji looks at the envelope. It is white. On the front, he writes: “For the boss. Kenji Tanaka, Sales Team.”
여섯 시에 켄지는 돈을 센다. “열 명, 삼천 엔. 삼만 엔.”
At six o’clock, he counts the money. “Ten people, three thousand yen. Thirty thousand yen.”
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