We have this intra-school messaging system called Ice Messenger (basically like AIM) that the administration uses to message everyone and that you can use to share files with teachers, etc. Of course the all-school messages are always in Korean and I've taken to just copy-pasting them into Google Translate. I usually get the basic idea of the message, but some of the translations are, well, obviously not perfect.
A few examples:
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Hello?Research director.
Tastefully finished family concert events today haejusigo ...
Principal word.
Today is too late to end the relationship.
Elusive kimbap at school that provides a simple meal
Instead of your
Etc. who have paved the meantime, tomorrow (14 days)
Faculty full
You try to eat.
Time: 14 days 5 hours
Hanwha Eco-side bag, hot pot place is exactly the reservations
I'll let you know.
All attend tomorrow, please.
Elusive kimbap. The best kind of kimbap.
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Administrative Office will usher in a word
Trash after the event yesterday due to the separated water masters paper bin is full.
Forsake when paper trash in each classroom on the next Monday.
Discarded, please.
(However, plastics can discard.)
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Hello?Research director.
Audio Visual today from 3:25
Is the target of sexual harassment, sexual violence prevention education faculty.
All the teachers and staff you attend every one minute and he
Please register to sign
Report attendance and photographic materials should be submitted in a memorandum haohni
Should not fall out.
Should not fall out. Fall out of what? And who is this research director? So many questions.
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Busy work for the inconvenience, I'm terribly sorry.
Youn Hwa principal retirement softening in middle school you are invited to the wedding, your daughter's teacher.
1 Date: Sat 12/15/2012 15:00
2 Location: Grand Hall 2nd floor of the Grand Hotel Wedding (fuse) volume (29-gu, Incheon, Jung-gu, sinheungdong 885-7111)
3 Premature Chairman Contact: yeonhwajung newspaper Wu (010-9110-6283)
Softening middle school support groups
Is this a retirement party or a wedding? Also what does softening mean? And I don't have a daughter, so who is my daughter's teacher?
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At least I usually am on the same page as the other teachers. That's something.
A real post is coming soon! Including: more about teaching, making delicious food with 1 foot of counter space, exploring Seoul more, and attending my first Korean wedding!
Haaahahhaa... classic. You could create a boardgame out of this concept ;-) It's a bit like mad libs... only better. Lots of love and ttys!
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