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[★ WaGGy]

EXTENDED Exemption List - Contextual Meaning

Red - for the Romanized word
Blue - for the Korean/Hangeul characters
Black - for the meaning

Food related
Soju 소주 - native Korean distilled alcohol
Makkoli 막걸리 - traditional rice wine
Baekhwaju 백화주 - wine made of 100 varieties of flowers
Baekseju 백세주 - known as -100 years wine-
Mayuju 마유주 - wine made of horse milk
Kimchi 김치 - National dish of Korea.
Bulgogi 불고기 - marinated spicy beef
Bap 밥 - cooked Korean white rice
Kimbap 김밥 - dried seaweed rolls with rice
Bokkeum 볶음 - stir fried food (food can be anything
Nakjibokkeum 낙지볶음 - stir-fried baby Octopus eaten during early srping
Jeongol 전골 - Korean Hot pot

Important Korean National Celebrations
Sollal 설날 or Gujeong 구정 - Korean New Year's day, the most important occasion in Korea
Chuseok 추석 or Hangawi 한가위 - Midautumn Festival, the traditional Harvest Festival
Gaecheonjeol 개천절 - Heaven Opened Day- National Foundation Day of Korea

Assorted Terms
Cheongwadae 청와대 - The Blue House, the residence of the South Korean President (like the U.S.A.'s White House)
Yakhonsik 약혼식 - korean engagement ceremony
Bujogeum 부조금 - monetary wedding gift
Chukka 축가 - wedding song
Jangmonim 장모님- mother-in-law (mother of bride)
Sieomeoni 시어머니- mother-in-law (mother of groom)
Sosim 소심 / sosimhada 소심하다 - someone who is timid or cautious, but can also mean the kind of person who easily gets upset against another, and can also mean someone who dwells in the past and thinks about a long forgotten issue
Jeong 정 - very strong feelings towards something (this is word is very complicated and hard to explain since it has a psychological context)
Han 한 - sadness that is so deep that affects both emotion and state of mind (another difficult word to explain)
Chaebol/Jaebol 재본 - Korean term for aconglomerate of manycompanies clustered around one parent company. The companies usually holdshares in each other and are often run by one family.

New Additions 2012
Gosa 고사 - Shamanic sacrificial offering to spirits when starting a new business or buying something new. A boiled hog's head is set on the table which serves as an altar.


More to be added. Suggestions are welcome.

Edited by WaGGy 데미, 20 Mar 12 - 02:47 PM.

[♔ nonski]

Hi Waggy, happy to see the extended k-drama exemption list. Thanks for your hard work.

One suggestion: Shouldn't we add daebak on the exemption list?

[weijunn]

Hey Waggy, thanks for the exemption list!

Just a suggestion, how about adding 'Ramyeon' and 'Kibimbap' in the list?

[Eunae Lee]

Hi, thanks for the list

I have 1 suggestion: Shikye (Traditional Korean sweet rice beverage)

[Narcissus]

Awesome..Tnx Waggy

[laineyhog]

hey,
what about something like sundae boggeum or gopchang?

[eMJe]

There is Ddeokbokki in AGD epi 16,
and I often saw Ddeokbokki when I watch variety -lol-

[prisma]

Add more:

Definitely Doshirak. It frequently comes up on the dramas I sub, esp. Tasty Life.

And maybe Hahm.

[emilovius]

Thanks but what exactly is
"EXEMPTION LIST "

and what is it for?

[bongjebong]

Thanks but what exactly is
"EXEMPTION LIST "

and what is it for?

When you're translating/editing subtitles for a certain drama, instead of translating it to English or other language, we still use the Korean term.

For example:

Correct

Character 1: I want more Soju.

Wrong

Character 1: I want more alcohol.

Get it?

[emilovius]

Thanks. I understand.
However, my humble opinion would be to minimize this list, not extend it indefinitely.
I understand that Koreans have strong national emotions and therefore strong feelings towards
the items that represent their national identity, but English subs are for people who are not Koreans
and more often than not have very restricted knowledge about foreign cultures.
The goal is to make these programs watchable for as many people as possible.
Words like Sieomeon, Chukka, Bulgogi etc...
shouldn't be on that list, especially since they are just Korean terms for
things that are not used in Korea exclusively (marinated spicy beef or wedding
songs exist in many other places under different name).
My humble opinion.
Oh yes,
Viva Dark Smurf - ole!

[♔ m0uldee]

Sometimes it's just really hard to get the english equivalent of anything... and most of the words in the exemption list are commonly used words that most fans of korean drama/variety/culture would understand... moreover, most fans of korean culture would love to understand more of some commonly used words... just my opinion...

[emilovius]

Yes, understand. Makes sense...
Thanks for the reply and explanation.