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English → Korean CHAPTER II. Level 7/10

The Egyptian priest had said to Solon, "You have no antiquity of history, and no history of antiquity;" and Solon doubtless realized fully the vast importance of a record which carried human history back, not only thousands of years before the era of Greek civilization, but many thousands of years before even the establishment of the kingdom of Egypt; and he was anxious to preserve for his half-civilized countrymen this inestimable record of the past.

이집트 사제는 솔론에게 이렇게 말했다. "당신들에게는 역사의 고대성도 없고, 고대의 역사도 없습니다." 그리고 솔론은 그리스 문명의 시대보다 수천 년 전으로, 심지어 이집트 왕국의 수립보다도 수천 년 전으로 인류의 역사를 거슬러 올라가는 기록의 막대한 중요성을 틀림없이 충분히 깨달았을 것이며, 반쯤 문명화된 자신의 동포들을 위해 이 헤아릴 수 없이 귀중한 과거의 기록을 보존하고자 열망했다.

We know of no better way to commence a book about Atlantis than by giving in full the record preserved by Plato.

아틀란티스에 관한 책을 시작하는 데 있어 플라톤이 보존한 기록을 완전히 제시하는 것보다 더 나은 방법은 없다고 생각한다.

It is as follows:

그 내용은 다음과 같다.

Critias. Then listen, Socrates, to a strange tale, which is, however, certainly true, as Solon, who was the wisest of the seven sages, declared.

크리티아스. 소크라테스여, 그렇다면 이 기이한 이야기에 귀를 기울이십시오. 그러나 이 이야기는 일곱 현인 중 가장 지혜로웠던 솔론이 선언했듯이 분명히 사실입니다.

He was a relative and great friend of my great-grandfather, Dropidas, as he himself says in several of his poems; and Dropidas told Critias, my grandfather, who remembered, and told us, that there were of old great and marvellous actions of the Athenians, which have passed into oblivion through time and the destruction of the human race and one in particular, which was the greatest of them all, the recital of which will be a suitable testimony of our gratitude to you....

그는 그 자신이 여러 시에서 밝히듯이 나의 증조부 드로피다스의 친척이자 절친한 벗이었습니다. 드로피다스는 나의 조부 크리티아스에게 이야기했고, 조부는 이를 기억하여 우리에게 전해 주었는데, 옛날에 아테네인들의 위대하고 경이로운 행적들이 있었으나 세월과 인류의 멸망으로 인해 망각 속으로 사라졌으며, 그 중에서도 특히 하나, 그 모든 것 중에서 가장 위대한 것이 있었는데, 그것을 이야기하는 것이 당신에 대한 우리의 감사를 나타내는 적절한 증거가 될 것이라고 했습니다....

Socrates. Very good; and what is this ancient famous action of which Critias spoke, not as a mere legend, but as a veritable action of the Athenian State, which Solon recounted!

소크라테스. 매우 좋습니다. 그렇다면 크리티아스가 단순한 전설이 아니라 솔론이 이야기한 아테네 국가의 실제 행적으로서 언급한 이 유명한 고대의 행적이란 무엇입니까?

Critias.

크리티아스.

Vocabulary

이집트
Ijipto — Egypt, the ancient North African country.
사제는
sajeneun — A priest (topic marker attached).
이렇게
ireoke — Like this, in this way.
말했다
malhaetda — Said, spoke (past tense).
당신들에게는
dangsindeul-egeneun — As for you (plural, formal).
역사의
yeoksa-ui — Of history, historical (possessive).
고대성도
godaeseong-do — Even antiquity, ancient quality or status.
없고
eopgo — Does not exist and (connective form).
고대의
godae-ui — Of ancient times, ancient (adjective).
역사도
yeoksa-do — History also, even history.
없습니다
eopseumnida — There is none (formal polite).
그리고
geurigo — And, furthermore, connecting two clauses.
그리스
Geuriseu — Greece, the southern European country.
문명의
munmyeong-ui — Of civilization, pertaining to civilization.
시대보다
sidae-boda — Compared to the era or age.
수천
sucheon — Several thousand, thousands of.
nyeon — Year(s), unit of time.
전으로
jeon-euro — Going back to, toward the past.
심지어
simjieo — Even, going so far as to.
왕국의
wangguk-ui — Of the kingdom, royal nation's.
수립보다도
suripbodado — Even before the establishment of.
인류의
illyu-ui — Of humanity, pertaining to humankind.
역사를
yeoksa-reul — History (object marker attached).
거슬러
geoseulleo — Tracing back, going upstream or backward.
올라가는
ollaganeun — Going up, ascending (present modifier form).
기록의
girok-ui — Of records, pertaining to documentation.
막대한
makdaehan — Enormous, vast, immense in scale.
중요성을
jungyoseong-eul — Importance, significance (object marker attached).
틀림없이
teullimeopsi — Without doubt, certainly, undoubtedly.
충분히
chungbunhi — Sufficiently, fully, adequately.
깨달았을
kkaedara-sseul — Would have realized, understood (past conjecture).
것이며
geosimyeo — And it is the case that (connective).
반쯤
banjjeum — Halfway, about half, partially.
문명화된
munmyeonghwa-doen — Civilized, having undergone civilization.
자신의
jasin-ui — One's own, belonging to oneself.
동포들을
dongpodeul-eul — Fellow countrymen (object marker attached).
위해
wihae — For the sake of, in order to.
헤아릴
heaaril — To count, measure, fathom (modifier form).
su — Ability, possibility; can (auxiliary noun).
없이
eopsi — Without, lacking (adverbial form).
귀중한
gwijunghan — Precious, valuable, highly important.
과거의
gwageo-ui — Of the past, historical (adjective).
기록을
girok-eul — Records, documents (object marker attached).
보존하고자
bojonhagoja — Wishing to preserve, intending to conserve.
열망했다
yeolmanghаetda — Yearned, fervently desired (past tense).
관한
gwanhan — Regarding, concerning, related to.
책을
chaek-eul — Book (object marker attached).
시작하는
sijakaneun — Beginning, starting (present modifier form).
de — Matter of, act of (nominalizing particle).
있어
isseo — There is, being in (informal connective).
보존한
bojonhan — Preserved, conserved (past modifier form).
완전히
wanjeonhi — Completely, entirely, fully.
제시하는
jesihaneun — Presenting, putting forward (present modifier).
것보다
geotboda — Compared to doing/being something.
deo — More, further, to a greater degree.
나은
na-eun — Better, superior (modifier form).
방법은
bangbeop-eun — Method, way (topic marker attached).
없다고
eopdago — Saying there is none (reported speech).
생각한다
saenggakanda — Think, believe (present tense, plain form).
geu — That, the (demonstrative or article).
내용은
naeyong-eun — The content, substance (topic marker attached).
다음과
daeum-gwa — With/like the following, next.
같다
gatda — Is the same as, is as follows.
그렇다면
geureotamyeon — If that is so, then, in that case.
기이한
giihan — Strange, bizarre, unusual, extraordinary.
이야기에
iyagi-e — To/about the story (locative marker).
귀를
gwi-reul — Ear(s) (object marker attached).
기울이십시오
giurisimnida — Please lend your ear, listen attentively (formal).
그러나
geureona — However, but, nevertheless.
이야기는
iyagi-neun — The story (topic marker attached).
일곱
ilgop — Seven, the number 7.
현인
hyeonin — Wise person, sage, philosopher.
jung — Among, in the middle of.
가장
gajang — Most, the most (superlative marker).
지혜로웠던
jihyeroweotdeon — Who was the wisest (past modifier form).
선언했듯이
seoneonhaetdeusi — Just as declared/proclaimed (comparative connector).
분명히
bunmyeonghi — Clearly, obviously, evidently.
사실입니다
sasil-imnida — It is true, it is a fact (formal).
그는
geuneun — He (topic marker), referring to a man.
자신이
jasin-i — Oneself (subject marker), himself/herself.
여러
yeoreo — Various, several, many different.
시에서
si-eseo — In poems, from poetry (locative marker).
밝히듯이
balkhideusi — Just as he reveals/clarifies.
나의
na-ui — My, belonging to me.
증조부
jeungjobu — Great-grandfather, male ancestor two generations up.
친척이자
chincheok-ija — Being a relative and also (connective).
절친한
jeolchinhan — Very close, intimate (of friendship).
벗이었습니다
beosi-eotsseumnida — Was a friend (formal past tense).
조부
jobu — Grandfather, paternal or maternal grandfather.
이야기했고
iyagihaetgo — Told a story and (past connective form).
조부는
jobu-neun — The grandfather (topic marker attached).
이를
i-reul — This (object marker), referring to something mentioned.
기억하여
gieokayeo — Remembering, having kept in memory.
우리에게
uri-ege — To us, for us (dative marker).
전해
jeonhae — Transmitted, passed on (connective form).
주었는데
jueotneunde — Gave (to someone), and moreover (connective).
옛날에
yennal-e — In the old days, long ago.
위대하고
widaeahgo — Being great and (connective form).
경이로운
gyeongiroun — Wondrous, marvellous, astonishing.
행적들이
haengjeokdeul-i — Deeds, acts (subject marker, plural).
있었으나
isseosseuna — There were, but (concessive past connective).
세월과
sewol-gwa — Time and (connective), the passage of time.
멸망으로
myeolmang-euro — Due to destruction, ruin (causative marker).
인해
inhae — Due to, because of, owing to.
망각
manggak — Oblivion, forgetting, lapse of memory.
속으로
sog-euro — Into the inside of, into (directional).
사라졌으며
sarajyeotsseumyeo — Disappeared and (past connective form).
중에서도
jung-eseodo — Even among, especially among these.
특히
teuki — Especially, particularly, above all.
하나
hana — One, a single thing or item.
모든
modeun — All, every, entire.
geot — Thing, matter, fact (general noun).
위대한
widaehan — Great, magnificent, grand (adjective form).
것이
geosi — The thing that is (subject marker attached).
있었는데
isseotneunde — There was, and (past connective form).
그것을
geugeot-eul — That thing (object marker attached).
이야기하는
iyagihaneun — Telling, narrating (present modifier form).
당신에
dangsin-e — To/toward you (locative marker, formal).
대한
daehan — Regarding, concerning, about.
우리의
uri-ui — Our, belonging to us.
감사를
gamsa-reul — Gratitude, thanks (object marker attached).
나타내는
natanaeneun — Expressing, showing, demonstrating.
적절한
jeokjeolhan — Appropriate, suitable, fitting.
증거가
jeunggeo-ga — Evidence, proof (subject marker attached).
doel — Will become, serve as (future modifier).
것이라고
geosirago — Saying that it is/will be (reported speech).
했습니다
haetseumnida — Said, did (formal polite past tense).
매우
maeu — Very, extremely, highly.
좋습니다
josseumnida — It is good, fine (formal polite).
단순한
dansunhan — Simple, mere, plain, uncomplicated.
전설이
jeonseol-i — Legend, myth (subject marker attached).
아니라
anira — Not but rather, it is not (connective).
이야기한
iyagihan — Talked about, narrated (past modifier form).
아테네
Atene — Athens, the capital of ancient and modern Greece.
국가의
gukga-ui — Of the state or nation (possessive).
실제
silje — Reality, actuality, real (noun/adjective).
행적으로서
haengjeok-euro-seo — As actual deeds or actions (instrumental).
언급한
eongeuphan — Mentioned, referred to (past modifier form).
유명한
yumyeonghan — Famous, renowned, well-known.
행적이란
haengjeog-iran — The so-called deed or act (topic/question form).
무엇입니까
mueosimnikka — What is it? (formal polite question).
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