{"id":97871,"date":"2023-12-15T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=97871"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T20:32:28","slug":"bts-official-translator-refuses-to-translate-rms-enlistment-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/bts-official-translator-refuses-to-translate-rms-enlistment-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"BTS\u2019 official translator refuses to translate RM\u2019s enlistment letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BTS<\/strong>\u2019 <strong>RM<\/strong> made everyone cry with a heartfelt letter days before enlisting in the military on December 11. The idol enlisted along with his fellow member V and their fans, better known as the ARMY, couldn\u2019t hold tears. However, a new controversy around RM\u2019s letter has just begun.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong> touching<\/strong> letter was instantly translated by numerous media outlets who wanted to know what RM wanted to say before leaving. However, the inaccurate translations led to numerous debates because it was highly nuanced in the original version. This reason was enough for the ARMY to ask<strong> Anton Hur<\/strong>, BTS\u2019 official translator in the English version of BTS\u2019 memoir \u201cBeyond The Story: 10-Year-Record of BTS\u201d for a translation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anton-hur-explained-why-he-didnt-want-to-translate-RMs-enlistment-letter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anton-hur-explained-why-he-didnt-want-to-translate-RMs-enlistment-letter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anton-hur-explained-why-he-didnt-want-to-translate-RMs-enlistment-letter-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anton-hur-explained-why-he-didnt-want-to-translate-RMs-enlistment-letter-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Anton-hur-explained-why-he-didnt-want-to-translate-RMs-enlistment-letter-750x469.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, Hur <strong>completely refused<\/strong> to translate RM\u2019s letter in a detailed thread on <em>\u201cX\u201d<\/em> formerly known as Twitter. The translator emphasized he doesn\u2019t align with the conscription in general, as he classified it as<strong><em> \u201cincredibly ambivalent\u201d<\/em><\/strong> based on his real-life experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Hur voiced his discontent as the letter collected painful experiences at the time he was in service, where he was severely<strong> injured<\/strong>. He stated that a construction accident led to two of his vertebrae and all his heel bones being destroyed. The doctor said it was a miracle he survived without suffering further physical repercussions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RM-letter-was-too-emotional-and-BTS-translator-didnt-want-to-translate-it.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RM-letter-was-too-emotional-and-BTS-translator-didnt-want-to-translate-it.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RM-letter-was-too-emotional-and-BTS-translator-didnt-want-to-translate-it-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RM-letter-was-too-emotional-and-BTS-translator-didnt-want-to-translate-it-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/RM-letter-was-too-emotional-and-BTS-translator-didnt-want-to-translate-it-750x469.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After he gave context to his refusal, he criticized South Korean politicians for not<strong> respecting<\/strong> Korean artists and recognizing the country\u2019s real \u201csoft power\u201d referring to BTS and their refusal to <strong>exempt<\/strong> the members.<\/p>\n<p>Anton Hur ended his threat by saying he felt too <strong>ashamed<\/strong> and<strong> angry<\/strong> at this state of division to translate RM\u2019s letter. He strongly believes it is not fair for him to translate something that caused so much trouble in the past. Fortunately, ARMY completely understands Hur\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntonHur\/status\/1734449793928466491\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m not ignoring the (very respectful \ud83d\udc9c) requests to translate Namjoon&#39;s letter\u2014I just feel incredibly ambivalent about military conscription in general because of my own experiences in serving in the Korean army and my own political very non-mainstream beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anton Hur (@AntonHur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntonHur\/status\/1734449793928466491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTS\u2019 RM made everyone cry with a heartfelt letter days before enlisting in the military on December 11. The idol enlisted along with his fellow member V and their fans, better known as the ARMY, couldn\u2019t hold tears. However, a new controversy around RM\u2019s letter has just begun. The touching letter was instantly translated by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":97929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,16,7],"tags":[49,934],"class_list":{"0":"post-97871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-kpop","9":"category-news","10":"tag-bts","11":"tag-rm"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}