Lost in Translation: ironically, the movie was released in Korea under the translated title, "Can Love be Translated?" in pink bubble letters. For months now I've been looking for an English translation of this Korean short story to share with you, and I've finally had a copy faxed to me from some random place in the US. I know there are eleven items or something on the up-for-discussion list on the right, but still, in a feat of what Bryan calls KP, I'd like to recommend Chu Yo-Sup's 'My Mother and the Roomer' ('Sarang sonnim gua omoni') to you and see what everyone thinks. I'm somewhat disappointed with how clunky it is in English; originally it's written in the vernacular but in Chu Yo-Sup's own textbook English it sounds like a Zen text. But, even though the story's lost much of its subtlety, it's forgivable because Chu Yo-Sup translated it himself in what I believe was his third language that he learned in Japan, and it's one of my all-time favorite short stories, and I don't know, it'll be fun to discuss it I think. And I'm sure Susan's read it in Korean so she can share her bilinguial insight.

Missing you,

posted by Tae-Yeoun Keum   [8:37 PM]

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