Conversation note - 2016.06.08.

1. Sci-fi and Science fiction.

Since you seem to be so keen on finding out what it is, I guess it won't be hurt to tell you.

  - 너가 그게 뭔지 매우 알고 싶어하는듯 하니.. 말해줘도 상관 없겠지.

I just take longer to do a presentation .. I tend to be a bit more thorough.

  - 발표준비 하는데 조금더 시간이 많이 걸려서.. 제가 조금더 철저해지는 편이에요.

Well, it's good that you're thorough, but don't get bogged down with details. You will lose sight of what you set out to do.

  - 꼼꼼한건 좋지만, 너무 세세한것에 갇히지는 말거라. 정말 말하고자 하는것에 대해 잃어버릴 수 있거든.

I always thought Sci-Fi stood for science fiction.

  - 전 Sci-fi는 science fiction의 줄임말이라고 생각했어요.

It's all a bit absurd if you ask me

  - 내생각엔 모두 조금 터무니없는 내용이지.

Planets being obliterated and spaceships larger than cities.

  - 행성이 말살되거나 도시보다 큰 우주선

Many acclaimed authors consider frankenstein the very first science fiction novel.

  - 많은 저명한 저자들이  frankenstein을 최초의 공상과학 소설로 여긴다.

Shelly's way of warning humankind what would happen to man if he overreached himself

  - 인류가 도를 넘어서는 행동을 했을 때 무슨일이 일어나는지에 대해 경고하는 Shelly의 방식

I could take a vote.. and if the majority opt for science fiction, then science fiction it is

  - 투표를 할것이고, 만약 대다수가 science fiction을 택한다면 그것이 될 것이다.

thorough: A thorough action or activity is one that is done very carefully and in a detailed way so that nothing is forgotten.

bogged down: to impede or be impeded physically or mentally

stand for: to represent or mean

obliterate: If something obliterates an object or place, it destroys it completely.

acclaimed: If someone or something is acclaimed, they are praised enthusiastically.

overreach: If you say that someone overreaches themselves, you mean that they fail at something because they are trying to do more

                 than they are able to.

opt: If you opt for something, or opt to do something, you choose it or decide to do it in preference to anything else.

2. Zip's law

I'll spell that for you on the board

  -너를 위해 칠판에 철자를 써줄게.

It applies only to those collections of groups that occur extensively around the world.

  - 세계에 광범위하게 발생하는 집합군에만 적용 가능하다.

It was subtantiated by other scholar's experiments later.

  - 후에 다른 학자들의 실험에 의해 증명되었다.

substantiate: To substantiate a statement or a story means to supply evidence which proves that it is true.

3. Octopus

Deities such as Poseidon would soon supplant him as the dominant sea god of Greek mythology.

 - 그리스 신화에서는 포세이돈과 같은 신들이 곧 그를 대신해서 바다를 지배자가 된다.

Proteus had one distinctive trait that made him.

  - 프로테우스는 독특한 특징을 가지고 있었다.

This has led to the use of the term "protean" by modern biologists to describe organisms with similar abilities.

  - 이는 현대의 생물학자들에게 '변화무쌍한' 이라는 단어를 비슷한 능력을 가지는 생물체를 묘사할때 사용하도록 하였습니다.

One order of organisms that kind of epitomizes this trait is the octopus.

  - 이러한 특징을 전형적으로 보여주는 생물이 바로 문어 입니다.

The secret behind this remarkable color-shifting ability is the fact that all octopuses possess special cell called, chromatophores. These are pigment containing.

  - 이러한 색변화능력의 뒤에는 모든 문어들이 가지고 있는 색소체가 있다. 이들은 색소를 포함하고 있다.

When it comes to changing color, no other organism is as effective or as versatile as an octopus.

  - 색변화에 있어서는 문어만큼 효과적이고 다양한 생물이 없다.

Each chromatophore cell contains three malleable compartments.

  - 각 색소체들은 세가지 변하기 쉬운 부분을 가지고 있다.

They can radically transfor not only their shape, but their size as well.

  - 그들은 모양뿐만 아니라 크기까지도 확연하게 바꿀 수 있다.

This may be a bit of a review for some of you, but, well, bear with me.

  - 이건 몇몇에겐 이미 익숙한 사실이겠지만.. 참고 들어주세요.

It has cartilage.

  - 그것은 물렁뼈를 가지고 있습니다.

By distending small sections of its skin, and using color-shading to enhance the effect, the octopus can make the texture of its skin resemble almost any surface.

  - 피부 일부분을 팽창시키고 피부 명암을 이용해서 효과를 증폭시킴으로써, 문어는 거의 모든 표면과 비슷한 피부 질감을 만들어낼 수 있다.

Discharging ink cloud is more of a last resort.

  - 먹물을 뿜는것은 마지막 수단에 가깝다.

Not only does this distract the predator, but it also create propulsive force, allowing the octopus to quickly escape.

  - 이는 천적을 혼란시킬 뿐 아니라, 추진력을 만들어서 문어가 빠르게 도망칠 수 있게 해준다.

supplant: If a person or thing is supplanted, another person or thing takes their place.

trait: A trait is a particular characteristic, quality, or tendency that someone or something has.

protean: If you describe someone or something as protean, you mean that they have the ability to continually change their nature,

              appearance, or   behaviour.

organisms: An organism is an animal or plant, especially one that is so small that you cannot see it without using a microscope.

order of:

epitomizes: If you say that something or someone epitomizes a particular thing, you mean that they are a perfect example of it.

versatile: If you say that a person is versatile, you approve of them because they have many different skills.

malleable: If you say that someone is malleable, you mean that they are easily influenced or controlled by other people.

compartment: A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.

radically: Radical changes and differences are very important and great in degree.

cartilage: Cartilage is a strong, flexible substance in your body, especially around your joints and in your nose.

distend: If a part of your body is distended, or if it distends, it becomes swollen and unnaturally large.

resort: If you resort to a course of action that you do not really approve of, you adopt it because you cannot see any other way of achieving

           what you want.

propulsive: To propel something in a particular direction means to cause it to move in that direction.

4. Library

It appears that another patron.

  - 다른 고객이 나타났어요.

I was under the impression that the due date wasn't for another three weeks.

  - 반납 기일이 3주정도 남은거 같았는데요.

It's the least I could do.

  - 이정도는 배려해줘야 할거 같아요.

Make copies of the book excerpts he still needs

  - 그가 여전히 필요로 하는 책의 일부분을 카피한다.

She empathizes with his situation.

  - 그녀는 그가 처한 상황에 공감하고 있다.

patron: A customer is someone who buys goods or services, especially from a shop.

excerpts: An excerpt is a short piece of writing or music which is taken from a larger piece.

empathsize: If you empathize with someone, you understand their situation, problems, and feelings, because you have been in a similar situation.

5. Market Segmentation

It's more cost-effective as well because it centralizes all your marketing activities on the subset of prospective customers that are most likely to purchase your product or service.

  - 그것은 또한 비용 효율적이기도 하다. 왜냐하면, 그것은 너의 모든 마케팅 활동을 너의 제품이나 서비스를 구매할 것 같은 잠재적인 고객의 일부에게 집중 할 수 있도록 해주기 때문이다.

It is a objective of market segmentation - obtaining and retaining a set of customers. 

  - 고객을 얻고 유지하는것이 market segmentation의 목적이다. 

Are you fresh out of college?

  - 대학을 졸업한지 얼마 안됐니?

Finally, your market segmentation has to be substantial. 

  - 마지막으로, 마켓 세그멘테이션은 충분히 커야 한다. 

prospective: You use prospective to describe someone who wants to be the thing mentioned or who is likely to be the thing mentioned.

retain: To retain something means to continue to have that thing.

substantial: Substantial means large in amount or degree.

6. Stained Glass

Maybe you picture those huge cathedrals with the exquisite stained glass windows in your minds.

  - 넌 아마 마음속에 거대한 성당의 정교한 스테인드 글라스를 상상하고 있을 것이다.

So the craftsmen back then learned to fabricate objects of transparent glass.

  - 그리하여, 그당시의 장인들은 투명한 유리로 물건을 만드는법을 배웠다.

They would fuse the color into the glass with fire.

  - 그들은 불을 이용해 유리에 색을 녹여냈다. 

The Cathedral of Chartres, which was built around 1200, had 186 windows that were just breathtaking. 

  - 1200년쯤에 지어진 대성당에는 185개의 숨을 멎게 할만한 굉장한 창들이 있었다. 

Opalescent glass is a kind of glass that looks milky, but with iridescent colors. 

  - 유백광유리는 유백색 이지만, 무지개빛이 나는 유리이다. 

What Tiffany did was to popularize this type of glass and then to conceive a new technique. 

  - 티파니가 한 것은, 그러한 타입의 유리를 대중화 시키고 새로운 기술을 창안한 것이죠. 

cathedral: A cathedral is a very large and important church which has a bishop in charge of it. 

exquisite: Something that is exquisite is extremely beautiful or pleasant, especially in a delicate way.

back then: 

fabricate: If someone fabricates information, they invent it in order to deceive people.

fuse: A fusion of different qualities, ideas, or things is something new that is created by joining them together.

breathtaking:  If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.

iridescent:  Something that is iridescent has many bright colors that seem to keep changing.

conceive: If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.