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1. 대시보드에 버그가 있지만, 기술적인 내용 없이 설명할 수 있어요.

   The dashboard has a bug, but I can explain it without technical details.

   대시보드

   dashboard

   버그

   bug

   있지만

   but there is; although there is

   기술적인

   technical

   내용

   content; details

   없이

   without

   설명할 수 있어요

   can explain

   More detail

   대시보드 means “dashboard.” It is a noun, and Korean nouns do not change form for singular or plural in this context. Example: 대시보드를 확인해요. — “I check the dashboard.” The object marker 를 is separate from the noun. 버그 means “bug.” It is a noun borrowed into Korean usage. In this sentence, 버그가 marks the bug as the subject of 있다, “to exist” or “to be present.” Example: 버그가 있어요. — “There is a bug.” 있지만 combines 있다, “to exist/be present,” with -지만, “but/although.” The ending connects the statement that a bug is present to the contrasting statement that follows. 있다 is the base form; 있어요 is its polite present form, while 있지만 uses the connective ending directly. Example: 시간이 있지만 지금은 못 가요. — “I have time, but I cannot go now.” 기술적인 means “technical” when it modifies a following noun. Its base form is 기술적이다, and 기술적인 is the attributive form before a noun. Here it modifies 내용, so the phrase refers to technical content or details. Example: 기술적인 문제를 설명해요. — “I explain a technical problem.” 내용 means “content” or, in this context, “details.” It is a noun. 기술적인 내용 is therefore “technical content/details,” with the adjective placed before the noun, as is normal in Korean. Example: 내용을 간단히 말해 주세요. — “Please state the details briefly.” 없이 means “without.” It is the form used after a noun to express the absence of that thing: 명사 + 없이. Thus 기술적인 내용 없이 means “without technical details.” It does not mean that the content is merely small; it presents technical details as absent from the explanation. Example: 지도 없이 길을 찾았어요. — “I found the way without a map.” 설명할 수 있어요 means “can explain.” 설명하다 is the base verb, “to explain.” Its stem combines with -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 to express ability or possibility: 설명할 수 있다, literally “there is a possibility/capacity to explain.” The polite present ending gives 설명할 수 있어요. Example: 이 내용을 쉽게 설명할 수 있어요. — “I can explain this content easily.” Together, 대시보드에 버그가 있지만 says “There is a bug in the dashboard, but.” The location marker 에 identifies the dashboard as the place where the bug is present. 기술적인 내용 없이 says “without technical details,” and 설명할 수 있어요 says “I can explain it.” The omitted object of 설명하다 is understood here, from the fixed translation, as the dashboard bug. The complete meaning is: “The dashboard has a bug, but I can explain it without technical details.”

2. 설명해 주세요. 영업팀은 영향만 알면 돼요.

   Please do, because the sales team only needs to know the impact.

   설명해 주세요

   Please explain.

   영업팀

   sales team

   영향만

   only the impact

   알면 돼요

   only need to know

   More detail

   설명해 주세요 uses 설명하다 (“to explain”) with -아/어 주세요, a polite request pattern meaning “please do X.” Here 설명해 is the form of 설명하다 before 주세요; 주세요 comes from 주다 (“to give”) and makes the request considerate. Example: 기다려 주세요. — “Please wait.” 영업팀 means “sales team.” It is a compound of 영업 (“sales/business activity”) and 팀 (“team”). In this sentence, 은 marks 영업팀 as the topic: the statement is about what the sales team needs to know. 영향만 means “only the impact.” 영향 is “effect” or “impact,” and 만 is the particle meaning “only/just.” Because 만 follows 영향, it limits the object of knowing: the relevant information is the impact, rather than other details. Example: 결과만 알려 주세요. — “Please tell me only the result.” 알면 돼요 expresses “it is enough if [someone] knows.” 알다 means “to know”; its conditional form is 알면 (“if [someone] knows”). 돼요 is the polite form of 되다 in the expression -면 돼요, a reusable pattern meaning “it is okay/enough if …” or “all that is needed is ….” Example: 이름만 쓰면 돼요. — “You only need to write your name.” Together, 영업팀은 sets the sales team as the topic, and 영향만 알면 돼요 says that knowing only the impact is sufficient for them. With the preceding request, the complete intended meaning is: “Please explain, because the sales team only needs to know the impact.”

3. 사용자들이 날짜 필터를 바꾼 뒤에도 일부 차트에 예전 숫자가 계속 표시돼요.

   Some charts keep showing old numbers after users change the date filter.

   사용자들이

   users

   날짜

   date

   필터

   filter

   바꾼

   changed

   뒤에도

   even after

   일부

   some

   차트

   charts

   예전

   old

   숫자

   numbers

   계속 표시돼요

   keep being displayed

   More detail

   사용자들이 means “users” as the subject. 사용자 means “user”; -들 marks a plural group here, and -이 is the subject marker after a consonant. The subject marker is attached to the noun, not to the following verb. 날짜 means “date.” It can modify another noun, as in 날짜 필터 (“date filter”). 필터 means “filter,” the control being changed in this sentence. Korean commonly places a noun before another noun to specify its type or purpose, so 날짜 필터 means “date filter.” 바꾼 comes from the verb 바꾸다 (“to change”). 바꾸다 → 바꾼 ... is the past attributive form, used here in 바꾼 뒤 to describe the action completed before the following time expression: “after changing.” For comparison, 바꾸는 ... describes an ongoing or habitual active action, while 바꿀 ... describes an action intended or expected in the future. 뒤에도 means “even after.” In a time expression, 뒤 means “after,” and -에 marks the time point; -도 adds “also/even.” Together with 바꾼, 바꾼 뒤에도 means “even after changing.” A reusable pattern is 동사-(으)ㄴ 뒤에도 (“even after doing ...”). 일부 means “some” or “a portion of.” It limits the following noun without specifying an exact number: 일부 차트 means “some charts.” 차트 means “chart.” In 일부 차트, it identifies the charts in which the display problem occurs. A useful pattern is 일부 + noun for referring to only part of a larger set. 예전 means “old” in the sense of belonging to an earlier time, or “previous” in context. Here 예전 숫자 means “old numbers,” referring to numbers from before the relevant change. 예전 focuses on an earlier period or version; 오래된 more directly describes something as having existed for a long time. 숫자 means “number” or “numerical figure.” Its plural meaning can be understood from context without -들, so 예전 숫자 naturally means “old numbers.” 계속 표시돼요 means “keep being displayed.” 계속 expresses continuation, and 표시돼요 is the polite present form of 표시되다 (“to be displayed” or “to appear”). The numbers are the subject of the passive-like display expression, so the sentence says that they continue to appear, not that they actively display something. A reusable pattern is 계속 + verb, as in 계속 기다려요 (“I keep waiting”). The ending -어요 gives a polite conversational style. Putting the parts together, 사용자들이 날짜 필터를 바꾼 뒤에도 means “even after users change the date filter.” 일부 차트에 marks some charts as the place where the result appears, with -에 attached to 차트. 예전 숫자가 계속 표시돼요 says that old numbers continue to be displayed. The whole utterance means: “Some charts keep showing old numbers after users change the date filter.”

4. 사용자들은 여전히 올바른 보고서를 다운로드할 수 있어요?

   Can users still download the correct report?

   사용자들은

   users

   여전히

   still

   올바른

   correct

   보고서를

   report

   다운로드할

   to download

   수 있어요?

   is it possible?

   More detail

   사용자들은 means “users” as the topic here. 사용자 means “user”; 들 marks plural people, and 는 marks the topic. Korean often leaves number unmarked, so 사용자 can also mean “user(s)” when context is sufficient, while 사용자들 explicitly presents more than one user. 여전히 means “still” and indicates that the situation continues. It comes before the predicate phrase it modifies. Example: 여전히 문제가 있어요. — “There is still a problem.” 올바른 means “correct” or “proper” here and directly modifies the following noun. Its base form is the adjective 올바르다; 올바른 is its attributive form before a noun. Do not confuse it with 정확한, which more specifically means “accurate” or “exact.” In the supplied sentence, 올바른 보고서 identifies the report as the correct/proper one. 보고서를 means “report” here, marked as the object of the action. 보고서 means “report,” and 를 marks it as the object. The fixed translation identifies this object as “the report,” but 를 itself is an object marker, not a definite article. The plural form is 보고서들, with the same object marker added when needed: 보고서들을. 다운로드할 is the attributive form of 다운로드하다, “to download.” The ending -ㄹ here connects the verb to 수 있다 in the ability construction 동사-(으)ㄹ 수 있다, expressing that an action is possible. Example: 파일을 다운로드할 수 있어요. — “You can download the file.” 수 있어요? completes that possibility construction. 수 is a bound noun meaning a way or possibility, and 있어요 is the polite present form of 있다, “to exist/be.” Together with 다운로드할, 다운로드할 수 있어요? means “can [someone] download [it]?” The question intonation and question mark make it a question. With a verb stem ending in a consonant, the corresponding form is -을 수 있다, as in 읽을 수 있어요 — “can read”; after a vowel, -ㄹ 수 있다 is used, as in 볼 수 있어요 — “can see/can watch.” Putting the parts together: 사용자들은 sets users as the topic, 여전히 says the situation continues, 올바른 보고서를 identifies the correct report as the object, and 다운로드할 수 있어요? asks whether downloading it is possible. The whole utterance is therefore: “Can users still download the correct report?”

5. 내보낸 보고서는 정확해서 좋은 임시 해결 방법이 될 수 있어요.

   The exported reports are correct, so they are a good temporary workaround.

   내보낸

   exported

   보고서

   report

   정확해서

   accurate, so

   좋은

   good

   임시

   temporary

   해결 방법

   workaround

   될 수 있어요

   can be

   More detail

   내보낸 means “exported” here. It is the attributive form of 내보내다 (“to export” or “send out”), so it directly modifies the following noun: 내보낸 보고서 = “exported reports.” The form 내보낸 presents the exporting as completed before the reports are being discussed. 보고서 means “report.” Korean nouns do not normally mark singular versus plural by changing their form, so 보고서 can mean “report” or “reports”; the fixed translation identifies the intended meaning here as plural. The following topic marker 는 makes this noun phrase the topic of the sentence. 정확해서 means “being correct, so” or “because [they] are correct.” It comes from the descriptive predicate 정확하다 (“to be accurate/correct”). The -아서/어서 ending links a reason or cause to the result that follows. In this sentence, the reports’ correctness supports their being a useful workaround. 좋은 means “good” and is the attributive form of 좋다. Compare the useful chain 좋다 (good) → 좋은 (good, before a noun). Because it modifies 해결 방법, the adjective appears in this noun-modifying form. 임시 means “temporary.” It is commonly used before a noun to describe something intended for limited or interim use, as in 임시 비밀번호 (“temporary password”). 해결 방법 means “solution” or “way to solve [something].” 해결 means “solving” or “resolution,” and 방법 means “method” or “way”; together they form a reusable noun phrase. Here, the fixed translation selects “workaround,” emphasizing a temporary way to address the problem rather than a permanent fix. 될 수 있어요 expresses “can become” or, with a method or option, “can be.” 될 is the attributive form of 되다 (“become” or “work as”), and -ㄹ 수 있다 expresses possibility or ability. 있어요 is the polite present form of 있다 within this construction. Thus 해결 방법이 될 수 있어요 means “can be a solution/workaround.” Putting the parts together: 내보낸 보고서는 identifies the exported reports as the topic; 정확해서 gives their correctness as the reason; and 좋은 임시 해결 방법이 될 수 있어요 says that they can serve as a good temporary workaround. The whole utterance therefore means, “The exported reports are correct, so they are a good temporary workaround.”

6. 대시보드를 수정하는 데 얼마나 걸릴까요?

   How long will it take to fix the dashboard?

   대시보드

   dashboard

   수정하는

   fixing; modifying

   얼마나

   how much; how long

   걸릴까요?

   will it take?

   More detail

   대시보드 means “dashboard” here. It is a noun, borrowed into Korean; the plural is not marked in this sentence, so the context does not require a separate plural form. 수정하는 comes from the verb 수정하다, “to modify, fix, or revise.” The observed -는 form lets the verb describe the following 데: 수정하는 데 means “for fixing/modifying” or “in fixing.” Korean commonly uses V-는 데 걸리다 to express the time required for doing something. For example, 문서를 작성하는 데 한 시간이 걸려요. means “It takes one hour to write the document.” 얼마나 asks about degree or amount. With a duration expression, as here, it means “how long.” It can also ask “how much” in other contexts, so the following predicate determines the relevant measurement. 걸릴까요? uses 걸리다, whose relevant meaning is “to take (time)” or “to require (time).” It is not the causative-looking verb 걸다, “to hang” or “to set.” The form 걸릴까요 combines the prospective form 걸리- + -ㄹ까요?; -ㄹ까요? makes a polite question about what is expected or likely. Because 걸리다 is used for the required duration, the question asks how much time the task is expected to require. Together, 수정하는 데 identifies the task, 얼마나 asks for its duration, and 걸릴까요? asks politely how long that duration will be. The whole utterance means: “How long will it take to fix the dashboard?” The sentence does not state who will perform the fixing; it focuses on the expected time needed for the task.

7. 저희가 이 문제를 재현할 수 있고, 내일 업데이트가 준비될 거예요.

   We can reproduce the issue, and an update should be ready tomorrow.

   저희가

   we (polite, humble)

   이

   this

   문제를

   issue

   재현할

   reproduce

   수 있고

   can, and

   내일

   tomorrow

   업데이트가

   update

   준비될 거예요

   should be ready

   More detail

   저희가 means “we” in a humble, polite form. 저희 is the humble first-person plural pronoun; 가 marks it as the subject. The sentence does not specify whether the “we” includes the listener. 이 means “this” and normally comes before the noun it identifies. Demonstratives such as 이 distinguish proximity or discourse focus; the exact physical or conversational reference is supplied by context. 문제를 is 문제 (“problem” or “issue”) plus the object marker 를. The marker shows that the issue is the object of the following action. For example, 문제를 확인해요 means “I/we check the issue.” 재현할 comes from the verb 재현하다, “to reproduce” or “to replicate.” The form 재현할 is the -ㄹ form used before 수 in the ability pattern 재현할 수 있다, “can reproduce.” Here it refers specifically to reproducing the issue, not merely examining it. 수 있고 is part of -ㄹ/을 수 있다, the pattern for ability or possibility, followed here by the connective form 있고, “and.” Thus 재현할 수 있고 means “can reproduce [it], and …”. The ability pattern is reusable with other verbs: 확인할 수 있어요 means “can check [it].” 내일 means “tomorrow” and sets the expected time of the second clause. It is a time adverb, so it does not receive the object marker 를. 업데이트가 consists of 업데이트 (“update”) plus 가, the subject marker. This marks the update as the thing whose state is described in the next phrase. 준비될 거예요 means “will be ready” or, in this context, “should be ready.” 준비되다 means “to become/be prepared or ready”; its future or expected form is 준비될 거예요. The ending -ㄹ 거예요 commonly expresses an expected future situation or prediction, so it does not by itself guarantee that the update will be ready. For example, 보고서가 준비될 거예요 means “The report should be ready.” Together, 저희가 이 문제를 재현할 수 있고 says “we can reproduce this issue,” and 내일 업데이트가 준비될 거예요 says “the update should be ready tomorrow.” The full utterance is therefore: “We can reproduce the issue, and an update should be ready tomorrow.”

8. 그럼 업데이트가 준비될 때까지 팀에 내보낸 보고서를 사용하라고 말할 수 있겠네요.

   Then I can tell the team to use the exported reports until the update is ready.

   그럼

   then

   업데이트

   update

   준비될

   will be ready

   때까지

   until

   팀

   team

   내보낸

   exported

   보고서

   report

   사용하라고

   to use, as an instruction

   말할 수 있겠네요

   can tell, I suppose

   More detail

   그럼 is a shortened form of 그러면, meaning “then” or “in that case.” It links this utterance to the preceding situation. It is a useful conversational connector, not part of the noun phrase that follows. 업데이트 is the loanword “update.” Korean uses it as a noun; it can combine with verbs such as 하다 (“to do”) when the meaning is “update something.” Here it is the thing whose readiness sets the time condition. 준비될 comes from 준비되다, “to become/be ready.” The ending -ㄹ makes this an attributive form, so it modifies the following noun 때 (“time”). In this sentence, 준비될 때까지 means “until [the update] is ready.” The form is not the adjective “ready” by itself; 준비되다 is a verb describing becoming ready. 때까지 combines 때 (“time/when”) with 까지 (“until/as far as”). The pattern 동사-(으)ㄹ 때까지 means “until [someone/something] does or becomes something.” Example: 비가 그칠 때까지 기다려요. — “I wait until the rain stops.” 팀 means “team.” Korean nouns do not inherently mark singular versus plural, so this can mean “the team” here because that is the intended context. A particle can show its role when needed, as in 팀에 (“to/for the team”) or 팀이 (“the team” as subject). 내보낸 comes from the verb 내보내다, “to send out” or “export.” Its -ㄴ form modifies the following noun: 내보낸 보고서 means “reports that were exported/sent out.” This form describes an action completed before the reports are used; it is not the same as 내보내는, which would describe an ongoing or habitual action. 보고서 means “report.” The noun itself does not show whether there is one report or more than one. The fixed translation uses the plural “reports,” but the Korean form can leave the number unmarked. 사용하라고 contains 사용하다, “to use,” followed by -라고, which marks quoted or reported content. After a command, -라고 하다 means “tell someone to do ...”; therefore 사용하라고 말하다 means “say/tell [someone] to use [it].” The command is directed to the team in the whole sentence, while 사용하라고 itself expresses only the instruction “to use.” 말할 수 있겠네요 combines 말하다 (“to say/tell”), -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 (“can/be able to”), and -겠네요. The first part, 말할 수 있다, expresses ability or possibility: “can tell.” -겠네요 adds the speaker’s present realization or tentative conclusion, giving a natural sense such as “I suppose I can...” or “It looks like I can....” Here it does not change the instruction’s content; it comments on the speaker’s ability to give that instruction. Putting the parts together: 그럼 sets up a consequence, and 업데이트가 준비될 때까지 gives the time limit, “until the update is ready.” 팀에 내보낸 보고서를 사용하라고 specifies the instruction, “to tell the team to use the exported reports.” 말할 수 있겠네요 presents that as something the speaker can now tell the team, with a tone of realization or tentative agreement. The whole utterance therefore means: “Then I can tell the team to use the exported reports until the update is ready.”

9. 스크린샷이 있는 짧은 안내문이 도움이 될 거예요.

   A short note with screenshots should help.

   스크린샷

   screenshot

   있는

   with; having

   짧은

   short

   안내문

   안내 note

   도움이 될 거예요

   should help

   More detail

   스크린샷 means “screenshot.” It is a loanword used as a regular Korean noun. In 스크린샷이, 이 marks it as the subject of the following clause; the noun itself does not change form for this marker. 있는 comes from 있다, “to exist” or “to have.” Here it modifies the following noun: 스크린샷이 있는 안내문 means “a note that has screenshots” or, naturally, “a note with screenshots.” The relative modifier 있는 is the form used before a noun; compare 있는 자료 (“materials that exist / materials that are available”). 짧은 means “short.” It is the noun-modifying form of 짧다. The useful chain is 짧다 (“to be short”) → 짧은 (“short,” before a noun). For example, 짧은 문장 means “a short sentence.” 안내문 means “ 안내 note” or “information notice,” especially a piece of writing that gives guidance or instructions. In 짧은 안내문, it is the noun modified by 짧은 and by the preceding relative clause. 도움이 될 거예요 is a common expression meaning “will be helpful” or “should help.” 도움 means “help,” and 이 marks it as the subject of 되다, whose basic meaning here is “become” or “serve as.” 될 is the future/prospective modifier of 되다, and 거예요 is the conversational prediction form 것이에요 in contracted form. This expresses an expectation, not an instruction or obligation. For example, 이 설명이 도움이 될 거예요 means “This explanation should help.” Together, 스크린샷이 있는 identifies the kind of note, 짧은 describes its length, and 안내문이 도움이 될 거예요 says that the note will be helpful. The whole utterance therefore means: “A short note with screenshots should help.”

10. 그러면 그 메시지를 차분하게 전달하기 더 쉬워지겠네요.

    That will make the message easier to deliver calmly.

    그러면

    then; in that case

    그

    that

    메시지

    message

    차분하게

    calmly

    전달하기

    delivering

    더

    more

    쉬워지겠네요

    will become easier

    More detail

    그러면 means “then” or “in that case.” It links this sentence to the preceding situation: if the helpful short note is used, the result described here is expected. Korean 그러면 is a useful way to introduce a consequence or next step. 그 is the demonstrative determiner “that,” placed before a noun. Here it specifies 메시지, giving 그 메시지 (“that message”). Korean also uses 이 for “this” and 저 for “that over there,” with the choice depending on distance or discourse context. 메시지 means “message.” In 메시지를, the ending 를 marks 메시지 as the object of the action. The particle attaches directly to the noun; after a consonant-final noun, the corresponding object-particle form is 을. 차분하게 means “calmly.” It is the adverbial form of 차분하다 (“to be calm”), made with -게. This form describes how an action is carried out. For example, 차분하게 말해요 means “I speak calmly.” 전달하기 comes from the verb 전달하다, “to deliver, convey, or pass on,” plus -기, which turns the verb into a noun-like expression: “delivering” or “to deliver.” In this sentence, it identifies the activity whose difficulty changes. 전달하기가 어려워요 is a reusable pattern meaning “Delivering it is difficult,” with 가 explicitly marking that activity as the subject. 더 means “more” and adds comparison. Here it says that delivering the message becomes easier than before or easier under the new situation. It does not itself identify what the comparison point is. 쉬워지겠네요 expresses “will become easier,” with a speaker’s inference or expectation and a tone of noticing the result. The base adjective is 쉽다 (“easy”); its form before -지다 is 쉬워, producing 쉬워지다 (“become easier”). The ending -겠네요 combines -겠-, often used for an expected or inferred future result, with -네요, which marks the speaker’s recognition or observation. Thus, this is not simply the adjective 쉽다; it presents a change into an easier state. Together, 그러면 sets up the consequence, 그 메시지를 marks “that message” as the object, and 차분하게 전달하기 describes delivering it calmly. 더 쉬워지겠네요 says that this activity will become easier. The whole utterance therefore means: “Then, that will make the message easier to deliver calmly.”