Bleak House — Page 4
Well may the court be dim, with wasting candles here and there; well may the fog hang heavy in it, as if it would never get out; well may the stained-glass windows lose their colour and admit no light of day into the place; well may the uninitiated from the streets, who peep in through the glass panes in the door, be deterred from entrance by its owlish aspect and by the drawl, languidly echoing to the roof from the padded dais where the Lord High Chancellor looks into the lantern that has no light in it and where the attendant wigs are all stuck in a fog-bank!
법정이 여기저기 타들어 가는 촛불들로 인해 어두컴컴한 것도 당연하고, 안개가 마치 영원히 빠져나가지 못할 것처럼 짙게 드리워져 있는 것도 당연하며, 스테인드글라스 창문들이 색을 잃고 햇빛을 전혀 들이지 못하는 것도 당연하고, 문의 유리창 너머로 안을 엿보는 거리의 문외한들이 올빼미 같은 분위기와, 쿠션이 깔린 단상에서 빛 없는 등롱을 들여다보는 대법관이 있는 천장까지 나른하게 울려 퍼지는 느릿느릿한 말투에 겁을 먹고 들어오기를 꺼리는 것도 당연하며, 배석한 가발들이 모두 안개 속에 파묻혀 있는 것도 당연하다!
This is the Court of Chancery, which has its decaying houses and its blighted lands in every shire, which has its worn-out lunatic in every madhouse and its dead in every churchyard, which has its ruined suitor with his slipshod heels and threadbare dress borrowing and begging through the round of every man's acquaintance, which gives to monied might the means abundantly of wearying out the right, which so exhausts finances, patience, courage, hope, so overthrows the brain and breaks the heart, that there is not an honourable man among its practitioners who would not give—who does not often give—the warning, "Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!
이곳이 바로 대법원으로, 모든 주에 썩어가는 집들과 황폐해진 토지를 남기고, 모든 정신병원에 기력이 다한 미치광이를, 모든 교회 묘지에 죽은 자를 남기며, 헤진 구두 뒷굽과 낡은 옷차림으로 아는 사람들을 모두 돌아다니며 빌리고 구걸하는 파산한 소송인을 남기고, 돈 있는 권력자에게는 정당한 권리를 지치게 만들 수단을 넘치도록 제공하며, 재정과 인내와 용기와 희망을 탈진시키고 정신을 무너뜨리며 마음을 부수어, 이 법원의 종사자들 중 '여기 오느니 차라리 어떤 불의라도 감수하라!'는 경고를 하지 않을—자주 하지 않을—정직한 사람은 단 한 명도 없는 그런 곳이다.
Vocabulary
- 법정이
- beopjeong-i — courtroom (subject marker attached)
- 여기저기
- yeogijeo gi — here and there, in various places
- 타들어
- tadeureo — burning down, being consumed by fire
- 가는
- ganeun — going; present tense modifier form of 가다
- 촛불들로
- chotbuldeul-lo — by means of candles (plural, instrumental)
- 인해
- inhae — due to, because of, caused by
- 어두컴컴한
- eodukeomkeomhan — very dark, dim, and gloomy
- 것도
- geotdo — that too, even that (thing)
- 당연하고
- dangyeonhago — natural and; of course, as expected (connective)
- 안개가
- angae-ga — fog, mist (subject marker attached)
- 마치
- machi — just like, as if, as though
- 영원히
- yeongwonhi — forever, eternally, permanently
- 빠져나가지
- ppajyeonagaji — escape, get out (negative verb form follows)
- 못할
- mothal — unable to do, cannot (future modifier)
- 것처럼
- geotcheoreom — as if, like, as though something
- 짙게
- jitge — thickly, densely, deeply (adverb)
- 드리워져
- deuriwoojyeo — hanging over, being cast (like a shadow)
- 있는
- inneun — existing, being present (present modifier)
- 당연하며
- dangyeonhamyeo — natural, and; of course (connective form)
- 창문들이
- changmundeul-i — windows (plural, subject marker attached)
- 색을
- saeg-eul — color (object marker attached)
- 잃고
- ilko — losing (color, quality) and continuing
- 햇빛을
- haetbich-eul — sunlight (object marker attached)
- 전혀
- jeonhyeo — not at all, entirely not, completely none
- 들이지
- deuiji — letting in, admitting (negative form follows)
- 못하는
- mothaneun — unable to do (present modifier form)
- 문의
- mun-ui — of the door, door's (possessive)
- 유리창
- yurichang — glass window, windowpane
- 너머로
- neomeoro — beyond, over, across (directional particle)
- 안을
- an-eul — the inside, interior (object marker attached)
- 엿보는
- yeotboneun — peeking at, peering into secretly
- 거리의
- georui — of the street, street's (possessive)
- 문외한들이
- munoehandeul-i — outsiders, laypeople (plural, subject marker)
- 올빼미
- olppaemi — owl (nocturnal bird)
- 같은
- gateun — like, similar to, resembling
- 분위기와
- bunwigi-wa — atmosphere and, ambiance (with conjunction)
- 깔린
- kkallin — spread out, laid on (surface modifier)
- 단상에서
- dansang-eseo — from the podium, at the platform
- 빛
- bit — light, brightness, glow
- 없는
- eomneun — without, lacking, nonexistent (modifier)
- 들여다보는
- deulyeodaboneun — peering into, looking closely inside
- 대법관이
- daebeopgwan-i — Supreme Court justice (subject marker attached)
- 천장까지
- cheonjang-kkaji — all the way to the ceiling
- 나른하게
- nareunhage — languidly, lazily, drowsily (adverb)
- 울려
- ullyeo — resonating, echoing (connective verb form)
- 퍼지는
- peojineun — spreading, diffusing (present modifier)
- 느릿느릿한
- neuritneurithan — slow, sluggish, drawling (manner of speech)
- 말투에
- maltu-e — by the tone of speech, manner of talking
- 겁을
- geob-eul — fear, fright (object marker attached)
- 먹고
- meokgo — eating; here: feeling (fear), and then
- 들어오기를
- deureoogi-reul — the act of entering (object marker attached)
- 꺼리는
- kkeonineun — reluctant to, hesitating, avoiding (modifier)
- 모두
- modu — all, everyone, entirely
- 안개
- angae — fog, mist
- 속에
- soge — inside, within, in the midst of
- 파묻혀
- pamuchyeo — buried in, submerged within
- 당연하다
- dangyeonhada — to be natural, obvious, only right
- 이곳이
- igot-i — this place (subject marker attached)
- 바로
- baro — right, exactly, directly, precisely
- 대법원으로
- daebeopwon-euro — to/as the Supreme Court (directional particle)
- 모든
- modeun — all, every, entire
- 주에
- ju-e — in every county/state (locative particle)
- 썩어가는
- sseogeoganeun — rotting, decaying, deteriorating (modifier)
- 집들과
- jipdeur-gwa — houses (plural) and (conjunction)
- 황폐해진
- hwangpyehaejin — devastated, laid waste, ruined (modifier)
- 토지를
- toji-reul — land, soil, territory (object marker)
- 남기고
- namgigo — leaving behind and (connective form)
- 정신병원에
- jeongshinbyeongwon-e — in the psychiatric hospital (locative)
- 기력이
- giryeok-i — energy, vitality, strength (subject marker)
- 다한
- dahan — exhausted, depleted, used up (modifier)
- 미치광이를
- michigwang-i-reul — madman, lunatic (object marker attached)
- 교회
- gyohoe — church, Christian house of worship
- 묘지에
- myoji-e — in the cemetery, at the graveyard
- 죽은
- jugeun — dead, deceased (modifier form)
- 자를
- ja-reul — person (object marker attached)
- 남기며
- namgimyeo — leaving behind and (connective form)
- 헤진
- hejin — worn out, tattered, frayed (modifier)
- 구두
- gudu — leather shoes, dress shoes
- 낡은
- nalgeun — old, worn, shabby (modifier)
- 옷차림으로
- otcharim-euro — dressed in, with outfit/attire (instrumental)
- 아는
- aneun — acquainted with, knowing (modifier form)
- 사람들을
- saramdeul-eul — people (plural, object marker attached)
- 돌아다니며
- doradanimyeo — wandering around, going about and
- 빌리고
- billigo — borrowing and (connective form)
- 구걸하는
- gugeolhaneun — begging, soliciting (present modifier)
- 파산한
- pasanhan — bankrupt, insolvent (modifier form)
- 소송인을
- sossongin-eul — litigant, plaintiff (object marker attached)
- 돈
- don — money, cash, funds
- 권력자에게는
- gwonlyeokja-ege-neun — to those in power (dative with topic marker)
- 정당한
- jeongdanghan — legitimate, just, rightful (modifier)
- 권리를
- gwonli-reul — rights, entitlements (object marker attached)
- 지치게
- jichige — to the point of exhaustion (adverb form)
- 만들
- mandeul — to make, create (modifier/infinitive form)
- 수단을
- sudan-eul — means, method, tool (object marker)
- 넘치도록
- neomchidorok — overflowingly, more than enough, abundantly
- 제공하며
- jegonghimyeo — providing and, supplying (connective form)
- 재정과
- jaejeong-gwa — finances and (conjunction)
- 인내와
- innae-wa — patience and (conjunction)
- 용기와
- yonggi-wa — courage and (conjunction)
- 희망을
- huimang-eul — hope, aspiration (object marker attached)
- 탈진시키고
- taljinsikigo — exhausting completely and (connective form)
- 정신을
- jeongsin-eul — mind, spirit, consciousness (object marker)
- 무너뜨리며
- muneoddeurimyeo — collapsing, destroying and (connective form)
- 마음을
- maeum-eul — heart, mind, feelings (object marker)
- 부수어
- busuo — breaking apart, smashing (connective form)
- 이
- i — this (demonstrative determiner)
- 법원의
- beopwon-ui — of the court, court's (possessive)
- 종사자들
- jongsajadul — workers, practitioners, those employed (plural)
- 중
- jung — among, in the middle of
- 여기
- yeogi — here, this place
- 차라리
- charari — rather, preferably, instead
- 어떤
- eotteon — some, any, what kind of
- 불의라도
- buluirado — even injustice, any injustice (concessive)
- 감수하라
- gamsuhara — endure it, put up with it (imperative)
- 는
- neun — topic/quotation marker (grammatical particle)
- 경고를
- gyeonggoreul — warning, caution (object marker attached)
- 하지
- haji — not do (negative connective form)
- 않을
- aneul — will not, does not (future modifier)
- 자주
- jaju — often, frequently, regularly
- 정직한
- jeongjikhan — honest, upright, truthful (modifier)
- 사람은
- saram-eun — person (topic marker attached)
- 단
- dan — only, merely, just (adverb)
- 한
- han — one, a single (numeral)
- 명도
- myeongdo — not even one person (counter with particle)
- 그런
- geureon — such, that kind of, like that
- 곳이다
- gosida — it is such a place (declarative ending)
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