Coniston — Volume 01 — Page 1

English → Korean CHAPTER I Level 6/10

First I am to write a love-story of long ago, of a time some little while after General Jackson had got into the White House and had shown the world what a real democracy was.

먼저 나는 오래 전의 사랑 이야기를 쓰려 한다. 잭슨 장군이 백악관에 입성하여 진정한 민주주의가 무엇인지를 세상에 보여준 지 얼마 지나지 않은 시절의 이야기다.

The Era of the first six Presidents had closed, and a new Era had begun.

초대부터 여섯 번째까지의 대통령 시대가 막을 내리고, 새로운 시대가 시작되었다.

I am speaking of political Eras.

나는 정치적 시대에 대해 말하고 있다.

Certain gentlemen, with a pious belief in democracy, but with a firmer determination to get on top, arose,--and got in top.

민주주의에 대한 경건한 믿음을 내세우면서도, 정상에 오르겠다는 더욱 굳은 결의를 품은 일부 신사들이 나타났다. 그리고 실제로 정상에 올랐다.

So many of these gentlemen arose in the different states, and they were so clever, and they found so many chinks in the Constitution to crawl through and steal the people's chestnuts, that the Era may be called the Boss-Era.

이런 신사들이 각 주에서 수없이 나타났고, 그들은 매우 영리하여 헌법의 허점을 샅샅이 찾아내어 기어 들어가서는 민중의 밤을 훔쳤기에, 그 시대를 보스의 시대라 부를 만하다.

After the Boss came along certain Things without souls, but of many minds, and found more chinks in the Constitution: bigger chinks, for the Things were bigger, and they stole more chestnuts.

보스의 시대가 지나자, 영혼은 없으나 많은 두뇌를 가진 어떤 존재들이 등장하여 헌법에서 더 많은 허점을 찾아냈다. 더 큰 허점들이었는데, 그 존재들이 더 컸기 때문이며, 그들은 더 많은 밤을 훔쳤다.

But I am getting far ahead of my love-story--and of my book.

하지만 나는 내 사랑 이야기보다, 그리고 내 책보다 너무 앞서 나가고 있다.

The reader is warned that this first love-story will, in a few chapters, come to an end: and not to a happy end--otherwise there would be no book.

독자에게 미리 알려두건대, 이 첫 번째 사랑 이야기는 몇 장이 지나면 끝을 맺을 것이다. 그것도 행복한 결말이 아닌 끝으로. 그렇지 않다면 이 책은 존재하지 않을 테니까.

Lest he should throw the book away when he arrives at this page, it is only fair to tell him that there is another and a much longer love story later on, if he will only continue to read, in which, it is hoped, he may not be disappointed.

독자가 그 대목에 이르러 책을 던져버릴까 염려되어 미리 밝혀두는 것이 마땅하겠기에 말하건대, 계속 읽어나가다 보면 또 다른, 훨씬 더 긴 사랑 이야기가 뒤에 펼쳐지며, 그 이야기에서는 실망하지 않기를 바란다.

Vocabulary

먼저: meonjeo — First, before anything else
나는: naneun — I (subject marker attached)
오래: orae — For a long time, long ago
전의: jeonui — Of before, previous, prior
사랑: sarang — Love, affection between people
이야기를: iyagireul — Story or tale (object form)
쓰려: sseuryeo — Intending to write something
한다: handa — Does, intends to do
장군이: jangguneui — General (military rank, subject form)
백악관에: baegakgwane — At/to the White House
진정한: jinjeongan — True, genuine, authentic
민주주의가: minjujuuiga — Democracy (subject form)
무엇인지를: mueosinjireul — What something is (object clause)
세상에: sesange — To the world, in the world
보여준: boyeojun — Showed, demonstrated to someone
지: ji — Since, after (time elapsed marker)
얼마: eolma — How much, how many, some amount
지나지: jinaji — Not having passed (negated form)
않은: aneun — Not (adjective negation modifier)
시절의: sijeorui — Of a certain period or era
이야기다: iyagida — It is a story or tale
초대부터: chodaebuteo — From the first (inaugural) president
여섯: yeoseot — Six (native Korean number)
번째까지의: beonjjaekkajieui — Up to the nth ordinal position
대통령: daetongnyeong — President (head of state)
시대가: sidaega — Era, age, period (subject form)
막을: mageul — Curtain, end (object form, metaphorical)
내리고: naerigo — Lowering, bringing down (curtain)
새로운: saeroun — New, fresh, novel
시작되었다: sijakdoeeotda — Something new began or started
정치적: jeongchijeok — Political, relating to politics
시대에: sidaee — In an era or period
대해: daehae — About, regarding, concerning something
말하고: malhago — Speaking, telling, talking about
있다: itda — To exist, to be, to have
민주주의에: minjujuuie — Regarding or toward democracy
대한: daehan — About, regarding, concerning
믿음을: mideeumeul — Faith, belief, trust (object form)
정상에: jeongsange — At the top, summit, apex
더욱: deouk — Even more, increasingly, further
굳은: gudeun — Firm, solid, strong, resolute
결의를: gyeoruireul — Resolution, determination (object form)
품은: pumeun — Harboring, holding within oneself
일부: ilbu — Some, a portion, certain people
신사들이: sinsadeuri — Gentlemen (plural subject form)
나타났다: natannatda — Appeared, emerged, showed up
그리고: geurigo — And, and then, furthermore
실제로: siljjero — Actually, in reality, in practice
올랐다: ollatda — Rose, climbed, ascended to top
이런: ireon — This kind of, such, like this
각: gak — Each, every (individual)
주에서: jueseo — In/from each state or province
수없이: sueopshi — Countless times, innumerably
나타났고: natannatgo — Appeared and (continued narrative)
그들은: geudeureun — They (topic form)
매우: maeu — Very, extremely, highly
영리하여: yeongnirhayeo — Being clever, sharp, intelligent
헌법의: heonbeobui — Of the constitution
찾아내어: chajanaeo — Having found out, discovered
기어: gieo — Crawling, creeping into somewhere
들어가서는: deureobaseoneun — Having entered and then doing so
민중의: minjungui — Of the people, the masses
밤을: bameul — Night (object form)
훔쳤기에: humchyeotgie — Because they stole something
그: geu — That, the (demonstrative pronoun)
시대를: sidaereul — Era, period (object form)
시대라: sidaera — It is the era/age of
부를: bureul — To call, name something (object form)
만하다: manhada — Worth doing, deserving of
지나자: jinaja — Once time passed, after passing
영혼은: yeonghoeneun — Soul, spirit (topic form)
없으나: eopseuna — Without, lacking, but not having
많은: maneun — Many, much, a lot of
두뇌를: dunoeereul — Brain, intellect (object form)
가진: gajin — Having, possessing something
어떤: eotteon — Some, certain, what kind of
존재들이: jonjaedeuri — Beings, entities (plural subject form)
등장하여: deungjangayeo — Having appeared, emerged on scene
헌법에서: heonbeobeseo — From within the constitution
더: deo — More, additionally, further
찾아냈다: chajannaetda — Found, discovered, uncovered something
큰: keun — Big, large, great
컸기: kweotgi — Because it was big or large
때문이며: ttaemunimyeo — Because of, due to something
훔쳤다: humchyeotda — Stole, took by theft
하지만: hajiman — However, but, nevertheless
내: nae — My, mine (possessive)
이야기보다: iyagiboda — More than the story, compared to
책보다: chaekboda — More than the book
너무: neomu — Too much, excessively
앞서: apseo — Ahead, before, in advance
나가고: nagago — Going ahead, moving forward
독자에게: dokjaege — To the reader (dative form)
미리: miri — In advance, beforehand, ahead of time
이: i — This (demonstrative pronoun/determiner)
첫: cheot — First, initial
번째: beonjjae — Ordinal number suffix (first, second...)
이야기는: iyagineun — The story (topic form)
몇: myeot — A few, how many, several
장이: jangi — Chapter or page (subject form)
지나면: jinamyeon — If/when time or pages pass
끝을: kkeuteul — End, conclusion (object form)
맺을: majeul — To conclude, tie up, finish
것이다: geosida — It is the case that, will be
그것도: geugeotdo — And that too, moreover, even so
행복한: haengbokhan — Happy, joyful, blissful
결말이: gyeolmari — Ending, conclusion (subject form)
아닌: anin — Not being, not that
끝으로: kkeuteuro — As an ending, toward the end
그렇지: geureochi — That's right, if not so
않다면: antamyeon — If it were not the case
책은: chaekeun — The book (topic form)
존재하지: jonjaeahji — To exist (negated clause form)
않을: aneul — Will not (future negation modifier)
테니까: tenikka — Because it surely will be so
독자가: dokjaga — The reader (subject form)
책을: chaekeul — The book (object form)
것이: geosi — The thing that (subject clause)
계속: gyesok — Continuously, keep on, ongoing
읽어나가다: ilgeonagada — To continue reading along progressively
보면: bomyeon — If you look, if you try doing
또: tto — Also, again, another
다른: dareun — Different, another, other
훨씬: hwolssin — Much more, far more, by far
긴: gin — Long (adjective modifier)
이야기가: iyagiga — A story or tale (subject form)
뒤에: duie — Behind, after, in the back
펼쳐지며: pyeolchyeojimyeo — Unfolding and also continuing
이야기에서는: iyagieneseun — In that story (topic form)
실망하지: silmanghaji — Not being disappointed (negated form)
않기를: ankeureul — Hope that one does not (object clause)
바란다: baranda — Hope, wish, desire something

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