The Last Story of Mina Lee - 김주연
"Why don't you learn English? Do you want me to buy you some books so that you can learn?"
영어 좀 배워봐, 엄마. 내가 공부할 책 좀 사줄까?
"It's too hard for me now"
이제는 힘들어서 못해.
"Why don't you try? You can learn," Margot said in English.
"You have time."
"왜 노력도 안 해보고 그래? 엄마 할 수 있어." 마고가 영어로 말했다.
"시간 있잖아"
Her daughter would never understand why she couldn't make the time to learn a language that would never accept her - especially at her age now.
그녀의 딸은 그녀가 지금 이 나이에, 그녀를 절대로 받아주지 않을 세계의 언어를 배우기 위해 시간을 낼 수 없는 이유를 결코 이해하지 못할 것이다.
What would be the point?
배워서 뭐 하게?
What was the point of learning a language that brought you into the fold of a world that didn't want you? Did this world want her? No. It didn't like the sound of her voice.
날 원하지 않는 세상의 언어를 배워서 도대체 뭘 하라고? 이곳이 나를 원하기나 해? 아니. 여긴 내 목소리조차 싫어하는 곳인데.
Would Margot ever realize that when Mina said she was bored, she was trying to say that she was lonely?
Bored was a much easier word to say, wasn't it?
지루하다는 그녀의 말이, 사실은 외롭다는 말이란 것을, 언제쯤 마고가 알아챌까?
외롭단 말보다 지루하다는 말이 훨씬 더 하기 쉽잖아.