Bleak House — Page 3
On such an afternoon, if ever, the Lord High Chancellor ought to be sitting here—as here he is—with a foggy glory round his head, softly fenced in with crimson cloth and curtains, addressed by a large advocate with great whiskers, a little voice, and an interminable brief, and outwardly directing his contemplation to the lantern in the roof, where he can see nothing but fog.
이런 오후라면, 어느 때보다도, 대법관 각하께서 마땅히 여기 앉아 계셔야 할 것이다—실제로 지금 여기 앉아 계시듯이—머리 주위에 안개 낀 영광을 두르고, 진홍빛 천과 커튼으로 부드럽게 에워싸인 채, 커다란 구레나룻에 작은 목소리를 가진 덩치 큰 변호사로부터 끝없는 소송 서류를 낭독받으며, 겉으로는 지붕의 채광창을 향해 명상을 집중하는 척하지만 그곳에서는 안개 외에 아무것도 볼 수 없는.
On such an afternoon some score of members of the High Court of Chancery bar ought to be—as here they are—mistily engaged in one of the ten thousand stages of an endless cause, tripping one another up on slippery precedents, groping knee-deep in technicalities, running their goat-hair and horsehair warded heads against walls of words and making a pretence of equity with serious faces, as players might.
이런 오후라면 대법원 변호사단의 수십 명 회원들이 마땅히—실제로 지금 여기 있듯이—끝없는 소송의 수만 가지 단계 중 하나에 안개 속처럼 몽롱하게 매달려, 미끄러운 판례들에서 서로 발목을 잡고, 기술적 법률 조항 속에서 무릎까지 잠겨 더듬거리며, 염소털과 말총으로 만든 가발을 쓴 머리를 언어의 벽에 들이받고, 마치 배우들처럼 진지한 얼굴로 공정성을 흉내 내고 있어야 할 것이다.
On such an afternoon the various solicitors in the cause, some two or three of whom have inherited it from their fathers, who made a fortune by it, ought to be—as are they not?—ranged in a line, in a long matted well (but you might look in vain for truth at the bottom of it) between the registrar's red table and the silk gowns, with bills, cross-bills, answers, rejoinders, injunctions, affidavits, issues, references to masters, masters' reports, mountains of costly nonsense, piled before them.
이런 오후라면 그 소송에 관여한 여러 사무변호사들이—그 중 두세 명은 이 소송으로 재산을 모은 아버지들로부터 그것을 물려받은—마땅히, 실제로 그렇지 않은가, 등기관의 붉은 탁자와 비단 법복들 사이의 길고 매트가 깔린 우물 같은 공간에(그러나 그 바닥에서 진실을 찾으려 해도 헛수고일 것이다) 한 줄로 늘어서서, 청구서, 반소 청구서, 답변서, 재반박서, 금지 명령서, 선서 진술서, 쟁점 목록, 심판관 회부 문서, 심판관 보고서, 값비싼 허튼소리의 산더미를 앞에 쌓아 놓고 있어야 할 것이다.
Vocabulary
- 이런
- i-reon — This kind of; such as this
- 오후라면
- o-hu-ra-myeon — If it is the afternoon; in the afternoon context
- 어느
- eo-neu — Any; some; a certain
- 때보다도
- ttae-bo-da-do — More than any other time; compared to any moment
- 대법관
- dae-beop-gwan — Supreme Court justice; highest-level judge
- 마땅히
- ma-ttang-hi — Rightfully; properly; as one ought to
- 여기
- yeo-gi — Here; this place
- 앉아
- an-ja — Sitting; seated (verb stem form)
- 계셔야
- gye-syeo-ya — Must be present (honorific obligation form)
- 할
- hal — Will do; to do (future/modifier form)
- 것이다
- geo-si-da — It is the case that; it should be so
- 실제로
- sil-je-ro — Actually; in reality; in fact
- 지금
- ji-geum — Now; at this moment
- 계시듯이
- gye-si-deu-si — Just as (he) is present (honorific)
- 머리
- meo-ri — Head; hair
- 주위에
- ju-wi-e — Around; surrounding; in the vicinity of
- 안개
- an-gae — Fog; mist
- 낀
- kkin — Covered with; having gathered (fog, mist)
- 영광을
- yeong-gwang-eul — Glory; honor (object marker attached)
- 두르고
- du-reu-go — Wrapping around; encircling and then
- 진홍빛
- jin-hong-bit — Crimson color; deep red hue
- 천과
- cheon-gwa — Cloth and; fabric and
- 커튼으로
- keo-teun-eu-ro — With curtains; by means of curtains
- 부드럽게
- bu-deu-reop-ge — Softly; gently; in a soft manner
- 에워싸인
- e-wo-ssa-in — Surrounded; enclosed; wrapped around
- 채
- chae — While remaining in a state; still in that condition
- 커다란
- keo-da-ran — Very large; big; huge
- 작은
- ja-geun — Small; little; tiny
- 목소리를
- mok-so-ri-reul — Voice (object marker attached)
- 가진
- ga-jin — Having; possessing; who has
- 덩치
- deong-chi — Body size; bulk; large physique
- 큰
- keun — Big; large; great
- 변호사로부터
- byeon-ho-sa-ro-bu-teo — From a lawyer; from an attorney
- 끝없는
- kkeut-eom-neun — Endless; unceasing; never-ending
- 소송
- so-song — Lawsuit; legal case; litigation
- 서류를
- seo-ryu-reul — Documents; papers (object marker attached)
- 겉으로는
- geo-teu-ro-neun — Outwardly; on the surface; externally
- 지붕의
- ji-bung-ui — Of the roof; the roof's
- 향해
- hyang-hae — Toward; facing; directed at
- 명상을
- myeong-sang-eul — Meditation; contemplation (object marker attached)
- 집중하는
- jip-jung-ha-neun — Concentrating; focusing on something
- 척하지만
- cheok-ha-ji-man — Pretending to; feigning but actually
- 그곳에서는
- geu-go-se-seo-neun — From that place; at that spot (topic)
- 외에
- oe-e — Besides; other than; except for
- 아무것도
- a-mu-geot-do — Nothing at all; not anything
- 볼
- bol — To see; able to see (future modifier)
- 수
- su — Ability; possibility; can
- 없는
- eom-neun — Not having; without; nonexistent
- 대법원
- dae-beo-bwon — Supreme Court; highest court of law
- 수십
- su-sip — Dozens; tens of; several tens
- 명
- myeong — Person (counter); number of people
- 회원들이
- hoe-won-deu-ri — Members (subject marker attached)
- 있듯이
- it-deu-si — Just as there are; as if existing
- 소송의
- so-song-ui — Of the lawsuit; pertaining to the case
- 수만
- su-man — Tens of thousands; countless
- 가지
- ga-ji — Kind; type; variety
- 단계
- dan-gye — Stage; step; phase
- 중
- jung — Among; in the middle of; within
- 하나에
- ha-na-e — At one; in one; to one
- 속처럼
- sok-cheo-reom — Like the inside; as if in a fog
- 몽롱하게
- mong-rong-ha-ge — Hazily; drowsily; in a dazed manner
- 매달려
- mae-dal-lyeo — Hanging on; clinging to; suspended from
- 미끄러운
- mi-kkeu-reo-un — Slippery; slick; smooth and hard to grasp
- 서로
- seo-ro — Each other; mutually; one another
- 발목을
- bal-mo-geul — Ankle (object marker); grabbing the ankle
- 잡고
- jap-go — Grabbing and; holding and
- 기술적
- gi-sul-jeok — Technical; relating to technique or skill
- 법률
- beom-nyul — Law; statute; legal provisions
- 조항
- jo-hang — Clause; provision; article of law
- 속에서
- so-ge-seo — Within; inside of; in the midst of
- 무릎까지
- mu-reup-kka-ji — Up to the knees; knee-deep
- 잠겨
- jam-gyeo — Submerged; sunk; immersed in
- 더듬거리며
- deo-deum-geo-ri-myeo — Groping; fumbling; stumbling along while
- 만든
- man-deun — Made; created; crafted
- 가발을
- ga-bal-eul — Wig (object marker attached)
- 쓴
- sseun — Wearing (on head); having put on
- 머리를
- meo-ri-reul — Head (object marker attached)
- 언어의
- eon-eo-ui — Of language; linguistic; pertaining to words
- 벽에
- byeo-ge — Against the wall; at the wall
- 마치
- ma-chi — Just like; as if; as though
- 배우들처럼
- bae-u-deul-cheo-reom — Like actors; in the manner of performers
- 진지한
- jin-ji-han — Serious; sincere; earnest
- 얼굴로
- eol-gul-ro — With a face; using one's expression
- 공정성을
- gong-jeong-seong-eul — Fairness; impartiality (object marker attached)
- 흉내
- hyung-nae — Imitation; mimicry; pretense
- 내고
- nae-go — Putting out; producing; imitating and
- 있어야
- i-sseo-ya — Must exist; should be present
- 그
- geu — That; the; he/she/it
- 소송에
- so-song-e — In the lawsuit; regarding the legal case
- 관여한
- gwan-yeo-han — Involved in; having participated in
- 여러
- yeo-reo — Various; several; many
- 두세
- du-se — Two or three; a couple
- 이
- i — This; these
- 소송으로
- so-song-eu-ro — Through the lawsuit; by means of litigation
- 재산을
- jae-san-eul — Property; assets; wealth (object marker)
- 모은
- mo-eun — Gathered; accumulated; having collected
- 아버지들로부터
- a-beo-ji-deul-ro-bu-teo — From their fathers; inherited from fathers
- 그것을
- geu-geo-seul — That thing; it (object marker attached)
- 물려받은
- mul-lyeo-ba-deun — Inherited; passed down from another
- 그렇지
- geu-reo-chi — Is that not so; isn't that right
- 않은가
- a-neun-ga — Is it not; isn't it (rhetorical question)
- 붉은
- bul-geun — Red; reddish; crimson
- 탁자와
- tak-ja-wa — Table and; desk and
- 비단
- bi-dan — Silk; silk fabric
- 사이의
- sa-i-ui — Between; among; in the space of
- 길고
- gil-go — Long and; being long and then
- 매트가
- mae-teu-ga — Mat (subject marker); a mat that
- 깔린
- kkal-lin — Laid out; spread on the floor
- 우물
- u-mul — Well; a deep pit-like space
- 같은
- ga-teun — Like; similar to; same as
- 공간에
- gong-gan-e — In the space; within the area
- 그러나
- geu-reo-na — However; but; nevertheless
- 바닥에서
- ba-da-ge-seo — From the floor; at the bottom
- 진실을
- jin-sil-eul — Truth (object marker attached)
- 찾으려
- cha-jeu-ryeo — Trying to find; intending to seek
- 해도
- hae-do — Even if one tries; even doing so
- 헛수고일
- heot-su-go-il — It would be futile effort; wasted labor
- 한
- han — One; a single
- 줄로
- jul-lo — In a line; in a row
- 늘어서서
- neu-reo-seo-seo — Lined up; standing in a row
- 청구서
- cheong-gu-seo — Invoice; claim document; bill
- 금지
- geum-ji — Prohibition; ban; injunction
- 선서
- seon-seo — Oath; sworn declaration
- 쟁점
- jaeng-jeom — Point of contention; issue; disputed matter
- 목록
- mong-nok — List; catalogue; inventory
- 문서
- mun-seo — Document; written record; official paper
- 보고서
- bo-go-seo — Report; written account of findings
- 값비싼
- gap-bi-ssan — Expensive; costly; high-priced
- 산더미를
- san-deo-mi-reul — Mountain pile; huge heap (object marker)
- 앞에
- a-pe — In front of; before
- 쌓아
- ssa-a — Stacking; piling up
- 놓고
- no-ko — Placing and; having put down
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