A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick — Page 10
But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected.
그러나 나는 그 문제에 대해 조금도 걱정하지 않는데, 그들이 추위와 기아, 불결함과 해충으로 인해 매일 죽어가고 썩어가고 있다는 것은 합리적으로 예상할 수 있는 만큼 빠른 속도로 매우 잘 알려져 있기 때문입니다.
And as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition.
그리고 젊은 노동자들에 관해서는, 그들도 지금 거의 마찬가지로 희망적인 처지에 있습니다.
They cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come.
그들은 일자리를 구할 수 없어 영양 부족으로 쇠약해지는데, 그 정도가 심하여 혹여 우연히 일반 노동에 고용되더라도 그것을 수행할 힘이 없을 지경이며, 이렇게 하여 나라와 그들 자신은 앞으로 닥쳐올 재앙으로부터 다행히 벗어나게 됩니다.
I have too long digressed, and therefore shall return to my subject.
나는 너무 오래 여담을 늘어놓았으므로, 이제 본론으로 돌아가겠습니다.
I think the advantages by the proposal which I have made are obvious and many, as well as of the highest importance.
나는 내가 제안한 방안의 이점들이 명백하고도 많으며, 또한 지극히 중요하다고 생각합니다.
For first, as I have already observed, it would greatly lessen the number of Papists, with whom we are yearly overrun, being the principal breeders of the nation, as well as our most dangerous enemies, and who stay at home on purpose with a design to deliver the kingdom to the Pretender, hoping to take their advantage by the absence of so many good Protestants, who have chosen rather to leave their country, than stay at home and pay tithes against their conscience to an episcopal curate.
첫째로, 내가 이미 언급했듯이, 이 방안은 교황주의자들의 수를 크게 줄일 것인데, 그들은 해마다 우리 나라를 뒤덮고 있으며 나라의 주된 번식자인 동시에 우리의 가장 위험한 적들로서, 왕국을 왕위 요구자에게 넘겨주려는 목적으로 일부러 고향에 머물면서, 양심에 반하여 성공회 부사제에게 십일조를 바치느니 차라리 고국을 떠나는 길을 택한 수많은 훌륭한 개신교도들의 부재를 틈타 이득을 취하려 하고 있습니다.
Vocabulary
- 그러나
- geureona — However; conjunction used to contrast preceding statement.
- 나는
- naneun — I; first-person singular subject pronoun with topic marker.
- 그
- geu — That; demonstrative pronoun or determiner.
- 문제에
- munjee — Regarding the problem; noun with locative particle attached.
- 대해
- daehae — About; concerning a particular topic or subject.
- 조금도
- jogeumdo — Not even a little; emphasizes complete absence of something.
- 걱정하지
- geokjeonghaji — Not worry; base form of 'to worry' negated.
- 않는데
- anneunde — Do not; negative verb ending with contrastive nuance.
- 그들이
- geudeuri — They; third-person plural pronoun with subject marker.
- 추위와
- chuwi wa — Cold and; noun 'cold weather' with conjunctive particle.
- 기아
- gia — Famine; extreme scarcity of food causing starvation.
- 불결함과
- bulgyeolhamgwa — Filth and; state of being unclean with conjunctive particle.
- 해충으로
- haechungeuro — Due to vermin; harmful insects as cause or means.
- 인해
- inhae — Due to; because of a particular cause or reason.
- 매일
- maeil — Every day; occurring or done on a daily basis.
- 죽어가고
- jugeo gago — Dying; progressively approaching death over time.
- 썩어가고
- sseogeogago — Rotting; progressively decaying or decomposing over time.
- 있다는
- itdaneun — That there is; nominalizing clause indicating existence.
- 것은
- geoseun — The fact that; nominalizer with topic marker attached.
- 합리적으로
- hamnijeogeuro — Rationally; in a logical or reasonable manner.
- 예상할
- yesanghal — To expect; anticipating a future event or outcome.
- 수
- su — Ability; used to express possibility or capability.
- 있는
- inneun — That exists; present tense modifier indicating existence.
- 만큼
- mankeum — As much as; to the same degree or extent.
- 빠른
- ppareun — Fast; quick in movement or rate of occurrence.
- 속도로
- sokdoro — At a speed of; rate of motion with particle.
- 매우
- maeu — Very; adverb intensifying the following adjective or adverb.
- 잘
- jal — Well; in a good or skillful manner.
- 알려져
- allyeojyeo — Known; widely recognized or understood by people.
- 있기
- itgi — Being; nominalized form expressing a state of existence.
- 때문입니다
- ttaemunipnida — It is because; formal sentence ending expressing reason.
- 그리고
- geurigo — And; conjunction connecting two clauses or ideas.
- 젊은
- jeolmeun — Young; describing a person of youthful age.
- 노동자들에
- nodongjaduere — To the workers; laborers with plural and locative marker.
- 관해서는
- gwanhaeseo neun — As for; regarding a specific topic with topic marker.
- 그들도
- geudeuldo — They also; third-person plural with additive particle.
- 지금
- jigeum — Now; at the present moment in time.
- 거의
- geoui — Almost; nearly but not completely or entirely.
- 마찬가지로
- machangajiro — Similarly; in the same way as previously mentioned.
- 희망적인
- huimangjeogIN — Hopeful; full of hope or positive expectation.
- 처지에
- cheojie — In a situation; one's circumstances or position in life.
- 있습니다
- itseumnida — There is; formal polite declarative form of existence.
- 그들은
- geudeureun — They; third-person plural pronoun with topic marker.
- 일자리를
- iljariреul — A job; employment opportunity with object marker attached.
- 구할
- guhal — To find or seek; searching for a job or resource.
- 없어
- eopseo — Not having; lacking something needed or desired.
- 영양
- yeongnyang — Nutrition; nutrients necessary for health and growth.
- 부족으로
- bujogEuro — Due to lack of; deficiency in something necessary.
- 쇠약해지는데
- soeyakhaejineunde — Becoming weakened; growing physically feeble over time.
- 정도가
- jeongdoga — The degree; extent or level of something occurring.
- 심하여
- simhayeo — Being severe; so extreme as to cause concern.
- 혹여
- hogyeo — By chance; perhaps or possibly in an uncertain situation.
- 우연히
- uyeonhi — By accident; happening without intention or planning.
- 일반
- ilban — General; ordinary or common without special distinction.
- 노동에
- nodong-e — To labor; physical work with locative particle attached.
- 고용되더라도
- goyongdoedeorado — Even if employed; concessive conditional for being hired.
- 그것을
- geugeoseul — It; that thing with object marker particle attached.
- 수행할
- suhaenghal — To carry out; to perform or execute a task.
- 힘이
- himi — Strength; physical power or energy with subject marker.
- 없을
- eopseul — Will not have; future modifier expressing lack of something.
- 지경이며
- jigyeongiмyeo — To the point where; extreme situation continuing to next clause.
- 이렇게
- ireoke — In this way; like this, in this manner.
- 하여
- hayeo — By doing; connective form meaning through this action.
- 나라와
- narawа — Country and; nation with conjunctive particle attached.
- 자신은
- jasineun — Themselves; reflexive pronoun with topic marker attached.
- 앞으로
- apeuro — In the future; going forward from the present time.
- 닥쳐올
- dakchyeool — Oncoming; approaching disaster or trouble about to arrive.
- 재앙으로부터
- jaeang-eurobuteo — From disaster; calamity as a starting point of escape.
- 다행히
- dahaenghi — Fortunately; luckily escaping a bad situation.
- 벗어나게
- beoseonage — To escape; to get free from a difficult situation.
- 됩니다
- doemnida — Becomes; formal polite ending indicating a resulting state.
- 너무
- neomu — Too much; excessively beyond an appropriate degree.
- 오래
- orae — Long; for an extended period of time.
- 여담을
- yeodameul — A digression; off-topic remark with object marker attached.
- 이제
- ije — Now; at this point, indicating a transition.
- 본론으로
- bonnoneuro — To the main point; returning to the core argument.
- 돌아가겠습니다
- doragagesseumnida — I will return; formal intention to go back to topic.
- 내가
- naega — I; first-person singular with subject marker attached.
- 제안한
- jean han — Proposed; having suggested a plan or idea earlier.
- 방안의
- bangan-ui — Of the plan; a proposed method with possessive particle.
- 이점들이
- ijeomdeuri — The advantages; benefits with plural and subject marker.
- 명백하고도
- myeongbaekagodo — Clear and; obviously evident with conjunctive particle.
- 많으며
- maneumyeo — Numerous and; many in quantity continuing the sentence.
- 또한
- ttohan — Also; additionally introducing another point or idea.
- 지극히
- jigeukhi — Extremely; to the utmost or highest degree.
- 중요하다고
- jungYohadadago — That it is important; indirect quotation of significance.
- 생각합니다
- saenggakamnida — I think; formal polite expression of one's opinion.
- 첫째로
- cheotjjaero — Firstly; introducing the first point in an argument.
- 이미
- imi — Already; something that has occurred before now.
- 언급했듯이
- eongeuphaetdeusi — As mentioned; referring back to a previously stated point.
- 방안은
- bangan-eun — The plan; a proposed measure with topic marker.
- 수를
- sureul — The number; quantity or count with object marker.
- 크게
- keuge — Greatly; to a large extent or degree.
- 줄일
- juril — To reduce; decreasing the number or amount of something.
- 해마다
- haemada — Every year; recurring annually without exception.
- 우리
- uri — We/our; first-person plural pronoun or possessive.
- 나라를
- narareul — The country; nation with object marker particle.
- 있으며
- isseumyeo — And are; continuing clause indicating current state.
- 주된
- judoen — Main; primary or principal among several things.
- 동시에
- dongsie — At the same time; simultaneously occurring with another thing.
- 가장
- gajang — Most; superlative adverb indicating the highest degree.
- 위험한
- wiheomhan — Dangerous; posing a serious threat or risk.
- 왕국을
- wanggugeul — The kingdom; a monarchical state with object marker.
- 목적으로
- mokjeogEuro — For the purpose of; stating an intention or goal.
- 일부러
- ilbureo — Deliberately; doing something on purpose intentionally.
- 고향에
- gohyange — In the hometown; one's place of origin with locative.
- 머물면서
- meomulmyeonseo — While staying; remaining in a place during an action.
- 양심에
- yangsime — Against one's conscience; moral sense with locative particle.
- 반하여
- banhayeo — Against; in opposition to one's beliefs or principles.
- 차라리
- charari — Rather; preferring one unpleasant option over another.
- 고국을
- gogugeul — The homeland; one's native country with object marker.
- 떠나는
- tteonaneun — Leaving; departing from a place or country.
- 길을
- gireul — The path; a road or course of action with object marker.
- 택한
- taekhan — Having chosen; selected a particular option or course.
- 수많은
- sumaneun — Countless; a very large number of people or things.
- 훌륭한
- hullyunghan — Excellent; outstanding in quality or character.
- 부재를
- bujareul — The absence; not being present with object marker.
- 틈타
- teumta — Taking advantage of a gap; exploiting an opportunity.
- 이득을
- ideugEUL — The benefit; gain or profit with object marker attached.
- 취하려
- chwiharYeo — Intending to gain; seeking to obtain an advantage.
- 하고
- hago — And do; connective form linking actions or clauses.
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