Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 8
And whatever happened either in your country or in ours, or in any other region of which we are informed--if any action which is noble or great, or in any other way remarkable has taken place, all that has been written down of old, and is preserved in our temples;
그리고 당신의 나라에서든 우리의 나라에서든, 혹은 우리가 알고 있는 다른 어떤 지역에서든 일어난 일들—고귀하거나 위대하거나 또는 그 밖의 어떤 방식으로든 주목할 만한 행동이 있었다면, 그 모든 것은 오래전에 기록되어 우리의 신전에 보존되어 있습니다;
whereas you and other nations are just being provided with letters and the other things which States require;
반면에 당신들과 다른 민족들은 이제 막 문자와 국가가 필요로 하는 다른 것들을 갖추기 시작하고 있습니다;
and then, at the usual period, the stream from heaven descends like a pestilence, and leaves only those of you who are destitute of letters and education;
그러다가 늘 그렇듯이 일정한 시기가 되면, 하늘로부터 역병처럼 홍수가 쏟아져 내려, 문자와 교육을 갖추지 못한 자들만을 남겨 놓습니다;
and thus you have to begin all over again as children, and know nothing of what happened in ancient times, either among us or among yourselves.
그리하여 당신들은 어린아이처럼 다시 처음부터 시작해야 하며, 고대에 우리 사이에서든 당신들 사이에서든 일어난 일에 대해 아무것도 알지 못하게 됩니다.
As for those genealogies of yours which you have recounted to us, Solon, they are no better than the tales of children;
솔론이여, 당신이 우리에게 들려준 그 계보들은 어린아이들의 이야기에 지나지 않습니다;
for, in the first place, you remember one deluge only, whereas there were many of them;
왜냐하면 우선 당신들은 단 하나의 대홍수만을 기억하고 있지만, 실제로는 그러한 홍수가 여러 번 있었기 때문입니다;
and, in the next place, you do not know that there dwelt in your land the fairest and noblest race of men which ever lived, of whom you and your whole city are but a seed or remnant.
다음으로, 당신들은 일찍이 존재했던 가장 아름답고 고귀한 인종이 당신들의 땅에 살았다는 사실을 알지 못하고 있으며, 당신들과 당신들의 온 도시는 그들의 씨앗 혹은 잔존에 불과합니다.
And this was unknown to you, because for many generations the survivors of that destruction died and made no sign.
그리고 이것이 당신들에게 알려지지 않은 이유는, 그 파멸에서 살아남은 자들이 여러 세대에 걸쳐 아무런 흔적도 남기지 않고 죽어갔기 때문입니다.
Vocabulary
- 그리고
- geurico — Conjunction meaning 'and', connecting clauses or sentences.
- 당신의
- dangsinui — Possessive pronoun meaning 'your' (formal).
- 나라에서든
- naraeseodon — 'In whatever country', indicating any nation inclusively.
- 우리의
- uriui — Possessive pronoun meaning 'our'.
- 혹은
- hogeun — Conjunction meaning 'or', presenting an alternative option.
- 우리가
- uriga — Subject form of 'we', meaning 'we' as subject.
- 알고
- algo — Verb stem form of 'know', meaning 'knowing'.
- 있는
- inneun — Present participle of 'exist/have', meaning 'that exists'.
- 다른
- dareun — Adjective meaning 'other' or 'different'.
- 어떤
- eotteon — Pronoun/adjective meaning 'any' or 'some kind of'.
- 지역에서든
- jiyeokeseodon — 'In whatever region', referring to any area inclusively.
- 일어난
- ireonan — Past modifier of 'occur', meaning 'that happened/occurred'.
- 일들—
- ildeul— — Plural noun meaning 'things' or 'events' (with dash).
- 고귀하거나
- gogwihageona — 'Noble or...' — adjective form meaning 'whether noble'.
- 위대하거나
- widaehageona — 'Great or...' — adjective form meaning 'whether great'.
- 또는
- ttoneun — Conjunction meaning 'or', used between alternatives.
- 그
- geu — Determiner meaning 'that' or 'the'.
- 밖의
- bakkui — 'Outside of', meaning 'other than' or 'beyond'.
- 방식으로든
- bangsigeurodun — 'In whatever manner', meaning by any means or way.
- 주목할
- jumokhal — 'Worth noting', modifying a noun as 'remarkable/notable'.
- 만한
- manhan — 'Worthy of', indicating something deserves attention.
- 행동이
- haengdongi — Subject form of 'action', meaning an act or deed.
- 있었다면
- isseotdamyeon — Conditional past: 'if there had been'.
- 모든
- modeun — Adjective meaning 'all' or 'every'.
- 것은
- geoseun — Topic marker on 'thing', meaning 'as for the thing'.
- 오래전에
- oraejeonе — Adverb meaning 'long ago' or 'a long time ago'.
- 기록되어
- girokdoeeo — Passive verb form meaning 'having been recorded'.
- 신전에
- sinjeonе — 'In the temple', locative form of 'temple/shrine'.
- 보존되어
- bojondoeeo — Passive verb form meaning 'having been preserved'.
- 있습니다
- itseumnida — Formal polite form of 'exist/be', meaning 'there is/are'.
- 반면에
- banmyeonе — Conjunction meaning 'on the other hand' or 'whereas'.
- 당신들과
- dangsindeulgwa — 'You (plural) and', conjunctive form of plural 'you'.
- 민족들은
- minjokdeureun — Topic form of 'peoples/nations', meaning 'as for peoples'.
- 이제
- ije — Adverb meaning 'now' or 'at this point'.
- 막
- mak — Adverb meaning 'just' or 'just about to'.
- 문자와
- munjawa — 'Writing/script and', conjunctive form of 'writing system'.
- 국가가
- gukgaga — Subject form of 'nation/state', meaning 'the state'.
- 필요로
- piryoro — 'In need of', indicating a requirement or necessity.
- 하는
- haneun — Present modifier of 'do/require', meaning 'that requires'.
- 것들을
- geotdeureul — Object form of 'things', meaning 'the things (needed)'.
- 갖추기
- gatcugi — Nominalized verb meaning 'the act of equipping/establishing'.
- 시작하고
- sijakhago — Verb form meaning 'begin and (then)', starting an action.
- 그러다가
- geureodaga — Connective meaning 'and then' or 'in doing so'.
- 늘
- neul — Adverb meaning 'always' or 'constantly'.
- 그렇듯이
- geureotdeusi — 'As is always the case', meaning 'just as (it always happens)'.
- 일정한
- iljeonhan — Adjective meaning 'certain' or 'fixed/regular'.
- 시기가
- sigiga — Subject form of 'time/period', meaning 'when the time comes'.
- 되면
- doemyeon — Conditional form of 'become', meaning 'when it becomes'.
- 하늘로부터
- haneullоbutео — 'From the sky/heaven', indicating heavenly origin.
- 역병처럼
- yeokbyeongcheoreom — 'Like a plague', comparing something to a pestilence.
- 홍수가
- hongsuga — Subject form of 'flood', meaning 'a great flood'.
- 쏟아져
- ssodajyeo — Verb form meaning 'pours down' or 'gushes forth'.
- 내려
- naeryeo — Verb form meaning 'descending' or 'coming down'.
- 교육을
- gyoyugeul — Object form of 'education', meaning 'education' as object.
- 갖추지
- gatcuji — Negative verb form meaning 'not having equipped/acquired'.
- 못한
- mothan — Modifier meaning 'unable to' or 'lacking'.
- 자들만을
- jadeulmaneul — 'Only those people (who)', restricting to certain individuals.
- 남겨
- namgyeo — Verb form meaning 'leaving behind' or 'leaving (someone)'.
- 놓습니다
- noseumnida — Formal verb meaning 'leaves/puts', completing an action.
- 그리하여
- geeurihayeo — Conjunction meaning 'thus' or 'and so', indicating result.
- 당신들은
- dangsindeureun — Topic form of plural 'you', meaning 'as for you all'.
- 어린아이처럼
- eorinaijeoreom — 'Like a child', comparing someone to a young child.
- 다시
- dasi — Adverb meaning 'again' or 'once more'.
- 처음부터
- cheoumbutео — 'From the beginning', indicating a fresh start.
- 시작해야
- sijakaeya — Verb form meaning 'must start' or 'have to begin'.
- 하며
- hamyeo — Connective verb form meaning 'doing and (also)'.
- 고대에
- godaee — 'In ancient times', temporal phrase for antiquity.
- 우리
- uri — Pronoun meaning 'we' or 'our' (informal/general).
- 사이에서든
- saieseodon — 'Among/between (us)', meaning 'in whatever is among us'.
- 당신들
- dangsindeul — Plural formal pronoun meaning 'you all' (respectful).
- 일에
- ire — 'About/regarding matters', dative form of 'work/affairs'.
- 대해
- daehae — Postposition meaning 'about' or 'regarding'.
- 아무것도
- amugeoktto — 'Nothing at all', emphatic form of 'nothing'.
- 알지
- alji — Verb form used before negation, meaning 'know (not)'.
- 못하게
- mothage — 'So as to be unable to', causing inability to do something.
- 됩니다
- doemnida — Formal polite form of 'become', meaning 'it becomes so'.
- 당신이
- dangsini — Subject form of formal 'you', meaning 'you (subject)'.
- 우리에게
- uriegе — Dative form of 'we', meaning 'to us'.
- 들려준
- deullyeojun — Past modifier meaning 'told/relayed (a story) to (someone)'.
- 계보들은
- gyebodeureun — Topic form of 'genealogies', meaning 'as for the lineages'.
- 어린아이들의
- eorinaideurui — Possessive form of 'children', meaning 'of children'.
- 이야기에
- iyagie — Locative form of 'story', meaning 'in/to a story'.
- 지나지
- jinaji — Verb form meaning 'not exceed', used in 'no more than'.
- 않습니다
- anseumnida — Formal polite negation meaning 'does not' or 'is not'.
- 왜냐하면
- waenyahamyeon — Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'the reason is that'.
- 우선
- useon — Adverb meaning 'first of all' or 'to begin with'.
- 단
- dan — Adverb meaning 'only' or 'merely', limiting quantity.
- 하나의
- hanaui — 'One (of)', numeral adjective meaning a single instance.
- 대홍수만을
- daehongsumaneul — 'Only the great flood', referring exclusively to one deluge.
- 기억하고
- gieokhago — Verb form meaning 'remembering and', recalling something.
- 있지만
- itjiman — Concessive form meaning 'there is/are, but'.
- 실제로는
- siljeoroneun — 'In reality', adverb meaning 'actually' or 'in fact'.
- 그러한
- geureohan — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'such' or 'like that'.
- 여러
- yeoreo — Adjective meaning 'several' or 'many (kinds of)'.
- 번
- beon — Counter for occurrences, meaning 'times' or 'instances'.
- 있었기
- isseotgi — Nominalized past form meaning 'because there were/had been'.
- 때문입니다
- ttaemunimida — Formal ending meaning 'it is because (of)'.
- 다음으로
- daeumеuro — 'Next' or 'secondly', transitioning to another point.
- 일찍이
- iljjigi — Adverb meaning 'ever' or 'at an early time/ever before'.
- 존재했던
- jonjaehаetdeon — Past modifier meaning 'that had existed/once existed'.
- 가장
- gajang — Adverb meaning 'most', forming superlatives.
- 아름답고
- areumdapgo — Adjective-connective meaning 'beautiful and (also)'.
- 고귀한
- gogwihan — Adjective meaning 'noble' or 'exalted'.
- 인종이
- injong i — Subject form of 'race/people', meaning 'the people/race'.
- 당신들의
- dangsindeурui — Possessive plural formal 'your', meaning 'of you all'.
- 땅에
- ttange — Locative form of 'land/earth', meaning 'on/in the land'.
- 살았다는
- saratdaneun — Reported modifier meaning 'the fact that (they) lived'.
- 사실을
- sasireul — Object form of 'fact', meaning 'the fact' as object.
- 못하고
- mothago — 'Being unable to and', indicating failure to do something.
- 있으며
- isseumyeo — Connective form meaning 'there is/are, and (furthermore)'.
- 온
- on — Modifier meaning 'whole' or 'entire' before a noun.
- 도시는
- dosineun — Topic form of 'city', meaning 'as for the city'.
- 그들의
- geudeul ui — Possessive third-person plural meaning 'their'.
- 씨앗
- ssiat — Noun meaning 'seed', often used metaphorically for origin.
- 잔존에
- janjonе — 'In the remnant/survival of', referring to what remains.
- 불과합니다
- bulgwahamnida — Formal expression meaning 'is nothing more than'.
- 이것이
- igeosi — Subject form of 'this', meaning 'this (is the reason)'.
- 당신들에게
- dangsindeulege — Dative plural formal 'to you all', meaning 'to you'.
- 알려지지
- allyeojiji — Passive verb form meaning 'not being made known'.
- 않은
- aneun — Negative modifier meaning 'that is not' or 'unknown'.
- 이유는
- iyuneun — Topic form of 'reason', meaning 'as for the reason'.
- 파멸에서
- pamyeoleseo — 'From destruction/ruin', indicating survival after catastrophe.
- 살아남은
- sarananmeun — Past modifier meaning 'who survived' or 'that remained alive'.
- 자들이
- jadeuri — Subject form of 'those people', meaning 'those who (survived)'.
- 세대에
- sedaee — 'Across generations', temporal form of 'generation'.
- 걸쳐
- geolchyeo — Verb form meaning 'spanning' or 'across (time/space)'.
- 아무런
- amureon — Adjective meaning 'any (at all)', used in negative contexts.
- 흔적도
- heunjeokdo — 'Not even a trace', emphatic form meaning 'any trace'.
- 남기지
- namgiji — Verb form meaning 'not leaving behind', before negation.
- 않고
- anko — Negative connective meaning 'without doing' or 'not doing'.
- 죽어갔기
- jugeokatgi — Nominalized past form meaning 'because they died away'.
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