[DeepL Translation - needs review] We have books that contain little bits of truth: dictionaries.
Hong Hanbyul loves dictionaries. Whenever I see a book with the words 'dictionary' or 'encyclopedia' in the title, not just a language dictionary or an encyclopedia, I collect it. Not only because it is an essential tool for translators who are constantly choosing and writing words, but also because I have been relying on dictionaries for my translation work and have learned early on the greatne...
I loved this so much! The author (the translator who brought Klara and The Sun to korean amongst other novels) is so passionate about words and language I related so much.
I kept getting sent on side-quests by the text to look up all the cool things she geeked out about so I could also geek out about them. For example the first ever kr-en dictionary from 1890 (which it turns out has been digitalised and it available online) or an online kr dictionary where a motly cast of character live out th