Korean–English parallel text
같은 토요일
The Same Saturday
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월요일
Monday
야스민은 스물일곱 살이었다. 그녀는 카이로의 수도 회사에서 일하는 엔지니어였다.
Yasmin was twenty-seven. She was an engineer at the water company in Cairo.
그녀의 사무실은 나일강 근처의 큰 회색 건물 5층에 있었다.
Her office was on the fifth floor of a big grey building near the Nile.
월요일에 그녀는 다른 사람들보다 일찍, 7시 반에 도착했다. 그녀는 커피를 타고 컴퓨터를 켰다.
On Monday, she arrived at half past seven, before everyone. She made a coffee and turned on her computer.
여동생에게서 문자가 와 있었다. “좋은 아침! 파티까지 5일 남았어! 준비됐어?”
There was a message from her sister. “Good morning! Five days to the party! Are you ready?”
야스민은 미소를 지었다. 여동생 누르는 스물네 살이었다. 토요일에 부모님 집에서 큰 파티가 열릴 예정이었다. 누르의 약혼 파티였다. 남자친구 가족이 와서 누르의 가족을 만나기로 했다.
Yasmin smiled. Her sister Nour was twenty-four. On Saturday, there was a big party at their parents’ flat. It was Nour’s engagement party. Her boyfriend’s family planned to come and meet her family.
두 달 전에 야스민은 약속을 했다. “내가 다 준비할게.” 야스민이 말했다. “음식, 꽃, 의자, 케이크까지. 너는 아무것도 안 해도 돼.”
Two months ago, Yasmin made a promise. “I’ll plan everything,” she said. “The food, the flowers, the chairs, the cake. You don’t have to do anything.”
이제 그녀의 목록에는 서른 가지 일이 적혀 있었다.
Now she had a list with thirty things on it.
야스민은 답장을 보냈다. “당연히 준비됐지. 걱정하지 마. 완벽한 날이 될 거야.”
She wrote back. “Of course I’m ready. Don’t worry. It’s going to be a perfect day.”
그러고 나서 그녀는 벽에 걸린 일정을 보았다. 그녀의 팀에게 바쁜 한 주였다.
Then she looked at the schedule on the wall. It was a busy week for her team.
월요일 9시: 팀 회의. 화요일: 기자 수도 사업소 방문. 수요일: 밤 근무, 저녁 8시부터 아침 8시까지. 목요일 10시: 부처 사람들을 위한 중요한 발표.
Monday, nine o’clock: team meeting. Tuesday: a visit to the water station in Giza. Wednesday: the night shift, from eight in the evening to eight in the morning. Thursday, ten o’clock: the big presentation for the ministry.
발표가 가장 중요한 일이었다. 야스민은 1년 동안 그 일을 준비했다. 그것은 구시가지의 새 수도관을 위한 계획이었다.
The presentation was the most important thing. Yasmin worked on it for a year. It was a plan for new water pipes in the old city.
“그곳의 어떤 거리들은 하루에 두 시간만 물이 나와요.” 야스민은 자주 말했다. “우리가 바꿀 수 있어요.”
“Some streets there only get water for two hours a day,” she often said. “We can change that.”
9시에 팀이 회의실에 모였다. 부장님이 탁자 끝에 앉았다. 부장님은 키가 크고 목소리가 큰 남자였다.
At nine, the team met in the meeting room. Her boss sat at the end of the table. He was a tall man with a loud voice.
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