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[220214] Akdong Seoul radio w/ DJ #KUN 🐻 Chinese to English Translation Highlights 🎙translation thread🎙 #KUNONAIR #AkdongSeoul #KunD #DJKun #钱锟 #쿤

~opening~
🐻: Today is one of the most romantic days of the year! Don’t know if we have any brave listeners who confessed to the ppl they like, but hope everyone will be successful! No matter if yo have a significant other, wishing everyone has a perfect, happy day.

🐻: How is everyone spending today? Send in a message to let us know~

Now playing “My First and Last” by NCT Dream

open.spotify.com/track/24PhZrRi…

🐻: Those who don’t have significant others to spend (today) with, it’s okay! Listen to Akdong seoul~ KunD is here to be with you ahaHAHAha I feel like I’m so romantic…just kidding 😂
(T/N: KUN PLS what was that laugh fkdjglsdf)

A listener said even though their mom nags them about spending Valentine’s Day alone, they still send them gifts
🐻: ohhh seems like ur mom really loves you~ you should send something back to your mom!

Another listener said they’re not doing anything special today and didn’t receive chocolates
🐻: I didn’t receive any chocolates either! It’s not a big deal it’s pretty normal~ Nuonuo sending you chocolates…will be a bit difficult so he will send u well wishes 😂

A different listener said they’re single but sent a lot of flowers to friends and their parents and also received a lot of candy and chocolate
🐻: that’s right! Who says you need to spend Valentine’s Day with a significant other? Spending it with family/friend’s isn’t bad either

~Today’s TMI~
OP said they just started learning mandarin and were supposed to study abroad in china last year, but bc of the p*ndemic they haven’t been able to. They’re afraid they won’t be able to adapt to college life there and asked for advice to learn quickly~

🐻: when I came to korea, I didn’t know how to speak a word of korean. One thing is to increase ur vocabulary and another is to practice talking to those around you. With lots of practice speaking, you can increase your skills dramatically - I’m not kidding!

🐻: Ten has been in China for a few months now and I feel like is mandarin is getting better and better and even has a Beijing accent sometimes! 😆 so in that environment, you’ll definitely be able to learn quickly OP~ I believe you can!

~Our Little Tree Hole~
🐻: I saw listeners in the comments talking about “Ma laoshi seems like he’s single” look they’re caring about you 🥺
🤓: …thank you 🥲
(T/N: HELPPP WHO WAS IT lkdfjslefdksjf)

🐻: guozhen ge, what’s the most romantic thing you’ve ever done?
🤓: the most romantic thing I did was on February 14, 2022 spending today here with Kun
🐻: ohhhHHhhHhH 😂
🤓: on behalf of the czennies, I’m making this a warm, happy Monday for you 😚

🐻: ah, very nice looks like I still have Ma Laoshi’s company when I’m lonely 😂

HOLY- THEY’RE READING MY MESSAGEGJKL JSDKGJFID
They’re struggling so hard through my name but lksdfjaksdfjdfsdfugajdfkgj hold on

First listener is me holy crap kdjfislseajf ok so i wrote in with an update from my message a few months ago saying how the manager who hired me left my company and he was a manager I really liked and respected, so I was happy he found a better job, but also kinda sad bc I +

+ feel like there was still so much to learn from him. So I asked if Kun and Guozhen have any advice or experiences where they lost a good mentor.
🐻: ah this advice…there’s nothing special - you can just keep in contact with them! (T/N: ok kun but I have nothing +

+ specific to reach out to them about 😭 I learned from watching how he operates @ work how am i supposed to do that over the phone kfjdksfj)
🤓: Your relationship might even get stronger once he leaves - he might even tell you more about the company/industry 😆

🤓: you might even jump over to where he’s working now in the future!
🐻: that’s right - and if you become friends with him, he might teach you even more.
🤓: when you report to someone directly, there’s a certain distance they have to maintain, so there actually might be some+

+ forced distance in between and things he can’t tell you. Without this reporting structure, your relationship would be much more free
🐻: like my composing instructor - they’re born on the same day same year as me 1996 Jan 1

+ 🐻: at the beginning, they were teacher I really respected and ever since I started making music with them, we’re now like friends. It’s no longer a teacher/student relationship, but our relationship now is better than ever before - just like good friends who tease each other

🤓: so without the manager/employee relationship-
🐻: right without the direct report relationship, you-
🤓: you can say your relationship received an upgrade!
🐻: that’s right haha just keep in touch more often!

🤓: right, no need to be worried about if your distance will increase after he leaves. Grab a drink after work!
🐻: haha that’s right~
(T/N: i mean this is good advice but he lives 6 hours away 🥲 regardless, thank u Kun and Guozhen 😆)

Next OP called Kun “KeaneD” and guozhen was surprised LOL kun was like “ah yeah I revealed my english name a bit ago so they’re calling me that now 😆” OP struggles with crying uncontrollably and they met someone one time and was so touched they cried a lot and want to know how+

+ they can deal with this small inconvenience
🐻: Like OP said, crying is not necessarily a bad thing! You can get rid of a bunch of pent up emotions - it’s better to cry it out anymore.
🤓: seems like OP cries from being so touched and not being sad haha

Guozhen started talking about how Yuzuru Hanyu did the 4a and the tv made it seem very touching so people were very emotional for him
🤓: do you have any tactics to not cry?
🐻: tilt back your head and try to not let the tears fall…or shut ur eyes and try make the tears go away

🐻: a couple days ago though, I watched Key sunbaenim and Taeyeon noona chatting on “I Live Alone” and they said something that made me feel so touched that I started tearing up. I was shocked at why I was crying…maybe I could understand/relate? Anyway I just tilted my head +

+ back and was like ahh no no I can’t cry haha. Good thing I was alone 😆

Next OP is a store manager and after transferring stores, they’ve had bad sleeping schedules & insomnia, so they want to switch back. They also only have 2 employees and the other one is brand new who doesn’t know how to do anything, so OP works for 12 hrs not even having a+

+ lunch break. They expressed their concerns to the manager, but the manager didn’t offer up any help and just said “just bear it” so OP rly wants to quit but is afraid
🐻: I think this boss…is a little…
🤓: how to say - if you’re met with something you can’t change +

+ like a boss, the only thing you can change is yourself, right? So first, OP you need to be clear with what you want. Do you want to leave or do you want to make it a life learning experience? It might be difficult, but even if you stick it out for a while and jump ship to +

+ another company, you’ll still have that “manager” experience.
🐻: I think - if they’re letting you be a store manager, your responsibilities increase, but I really don’t understand why your boss is not increasing your salary. I think you should discuss that with ur boss

🤓: to give you a bit of comfort OP…the listeners are all trash talking your boss in the comments right now LOL saying that after your boss buys new clothes, their clothes will have a meeting with spicy soup 😂 hahaha too cute

Next OP (HeD) said they passed their test and can now be a DJ now and thanked them for their encouragement and advice and said they want to play a song KunD/guozhen like for their first broadcast
🤓: congrats!!
🐻: yes congrats!! You’re in my industry now~ should we play a song?

🐻: Do you have any songs you like lately? Sometimes akseo needs me to recommend a song at the end and it’s been getting a bit difficult haha because our program is everyday…so even though I have so many songs in my playlist, it’s getting difficult 😂

🐻: well…OP you know what I like haha WayV or Jay Chou will do! Up to you~ whatever you like!
🤓: do you remember your first episode as special DJ?
🐻: yes i was sooo nervous
🤓: rly??? I couldn’t tell at all

🐻: Honestly, aside from Sunday’s program i haven’t fully listened to other programs (during chenra), so I didn’t know about “Today’s TMI” and different intros. I didn’t know when to start talking and PD jiejie to just watch her raise her hand to start talking. Luckily it went +

+ smoothly haha. It’s normal to be nervous! Now it’s so familiar~ OP, wishing you best of luck!

Next OP wants to be an idol and is an only child, so is concerned about needing to mature and become a filial child as well as their future.
Kun said at OP’s age, most don’t have a fully built out plan yet and maybe after 1-2 years their desires of becoming an idol will +

+ disappear or maybe they’re learning all sorts of skills now like singing/dancing. Kun also said he understands OP’s parent’s feelings because there are so many people who want to be idols and parents just want their kids to have a stable, happy life so he can understand+

+ their concerns/feelings. But Kun said you should pursue the things you like and want to do at the end of the day and if you have the chance, you should try it out as long as it doesn’t affect the responsibilities/schoolwork you have now

🐻: our little tree hole is ending here today! There’s also a small announcement - starting next week, our program will be going through some revisions
🤓: is Ma laoshi leaving??
🐻: massaemmmm 😭
🤓: first, we’ll be changing the program name, but also there will be different +

+topics for every week!
🐻: that’s right! Through these topics, everyone can chat about even more interesting stories~
🤓: next week’s topic is about spring! Send in stories about things you must do, experiences, awkward stories, funny stories, etc.

🐻: you worked hard today, Zhen ge! See you next week~
🤓: it won’t be Zhen ge…it’ll be ZHEN GUO (t/n: Kun misspoke earlier and called guozhen zhenguo LOL)
🐻: *wheezing* see you next week 😂
(T/N: ok this did not answer any of my questions about next week LOL 🥲)

*reading listener comments/msgs*
Listener said they’re listening to the akseo broadcast from home and KunD’s company is enough
🐻: hmmm who knows I might have a live later? Who knows no one knows 😆

🐻: today’s akseo is coming to an end! Hope everyone will continue to tune in tomorrow~ Lastly we’ll play a song I really like, which is Dept’s “Moonlight”. See you tomorrow~ bye bye!

~broadcast end~

Now playing “Moonlight” by Dept ft. Sonny Zero, OoOo

open.spotify.com/track/3QgXDq6J…