Korean Novelist * Lee Oisoo's Twitter Translations

“ Those who cannot abandon their own uninspired standards nor their eyes which only appreciate the mediocre generally commit a mistake: they give a sense of distrust to all things true and give a sense of trust in all things fake. If you were a ‘true’ thing, what kind of attitude will you show in this case? ”

“ Communication is accomplished through a two-way passage and never through a one-way. In order to become a two-way passage, there needs to be a true internal common denominator. It’s not enough to simply have the same Korean language used as the only common denominator. Express your internal truth within 140 characters. ”

“ While a Korean residing in the USA for thirty years still speaks Korean fluently, a Korean singer who filmed a music video in the USA around three months had his tongue bent out of shape. Whenever the singer speaks in Korean, we can’t understand what the singer says. I feel like wanting to straighten the singer’s bent tongue with an iron. ”

“ Whenever I return from Seoul, my asthma recurs. It is clear that Seoul’s air has more elements necessary for death than for existence. After returning from Seoul, I have to cleanse my lungs with the pure air of Hwacheon for a minimum of a month and only then will the asthma finally recede. ”