회화 | It’s not an issue of right or wrong. (맞냐 틀리냐의 문제가 아닌거죠.)

A: Spending any length of time in a foreign culture is a learning experience.
B: That’s true. What goes back home doesn’t always fly elsewhere.
A: I don’t mind that, though. I’m not so rigid that I can’t change my ways.
B: Right. Things are just different.

 

A: 외국문화를 접해 보는 건 하나의 학습 경험이죠.
B: 맞아요. 우물 안 세상만이 전부는 아니죠.
A: 그렇지만 전 그다지 신경 쓰지 않아요. 저는 제 길을 바꾸지 않을 만큼 완고한 편이 못되거든요.
B: 맞아요. It’s not an issue of right or wrong. (맞냐 틀리냐의 문제가 아닌거죠.) 그냥 다른 거예요.

[Additional Expressions]

* Spending any length of time – If you are for any amount of time / Living any time
* in a foreign culture – in a foreign country / overseas / abroad
* a learning experience – something you can learn from / an experience that will teach you
* That’s true. – No doubt about that. / That is a truism.
* What goes – The ways / How you live / The accepted culture
* back home – in your hometown / where you come from
* doesn’t always fly – doesn’t work all the time / sometimes is frowned upon
* elsewhere – other places / in different cultures / in another country
* I don’t mind that – That’s OK by me / I have no problem with that
* though – however / on the other hand
* rigid – inflexible / set in my ways / stubborn
* change my ways – do things differently / try things that are new to me
* It’s not an issue of right or wrong. – It’s not about being right or wrong.
* Things are just different. – In different cultures, things are done in different ways.