East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North — Page 172
The old man was so glad to get him, for he had not had an apprentice for many a day, that he brought out a flask from his chest and sat down to drink with the soldier.
노인은 오랫동안 도제가 없었던 터라 그를 얻게 되어 매우 기뻐하며, 궤짝에서 플라스크를 꺼내 병사와 함께 앉아 술을 마셨습니다.
Before long the drink got into his head, and when the soldier saw this he persuaded him to go up to the palace and tell the _King_ that he would undertake to make the checkers for the _Princesses_.
얼마 지나지 않아 술기운이 그의 머릿속에 올라왔고, 병사는 이것을 보고 그를 설득하여 궁궐로 올라가 왕께 공주들을 위한 체커를 만들겠다고 아뢰게 했습니다.
He was ready to do that on the spot; he had made finer and grander things in his day, he said.
그는 당장이라도 그렇게 할 준비가 되어 있었으며, 전성기에는 더 훌륭하고 웅장한 것들을 만들었다고 말했습니다.
When the _King_ heard there was some one outside who could make the checkers he was not long in coming out.
왕은 체커를 만들 수 있는 사람이 밖에 있다는 말을 듣고 곧바로 나왔습니다.
"Is it true what you say, that you can make such checkers as my daughters want?" he asked.
"내 딸들이 원하는 그런 체커를 만들 수 있다는 말이 사실이오?" 라고 그가 물었습니다.
"Yes, it is no lie," said the goldsmith; that he would answer for.
"예, 거짓말이 아닙니다," 라고 금세공사가 말했습니다. 그것만은 보장할 수 있다고 했습니다.
"That's well!" said the _King_.
"잘됐소!" 라고 왕이 말했습니다.
"Here is the gold to make them with; but if you do not succeed you will lose your life, since you have come and offered yourself, and they must be finished in three days."
"여기 체커를 만들 금이 있소. 하지만 스스로 자원하여 왔으니 성공하지 못하면 목숨을 잃을 것이며, 사흘 안에 완성해야 하오."
The next morning when the goldsmith had slept off the effects of the drink, he was not quite so confident about the job.
다음 날 아침, 금세공사가 술기운을 자고 깨어났을 때, 그는 그 일에 대해 그다지 자신이 없었습니다.
He wailed and wept and blew up his apprentice, who had got him into such a scrape while he was drunk.
그는 울부짖고 눈물을 흘리며 술에 취해 있는 동안 자신을 그런 곤경에 빠뜨린 도제에게 화풀이했습니다.
Vocabulary
- 노인은
- no-in-eun — The old man (topic marker attached)
- 오랫동안
- o-raet-dong-an — For a long time
- 도제가
- do-je-ga — The apprentice (subject marker attached)
- 없었던
- eop-sseot-deon — Had not existed; was absent (past modifier)
- 터라
- teo-ra — Because of the situation; given the circumstances
- 얻게
- eot-ge — So as to obtain or gain something
- 되어
- doe-eo — Becoming; having come to be
- 매우
- mae-u — Very; extremely
- 기뻐하며
- gi-ppeo-ha-myeo — Being happy; rejoicing while doing something
- 궤짝에서
- gwe-jjak-e-seo — From the chest or box
- 꺼내
- kkeo-nae — Taking out; pulling something out
- 병사와
- byeong-sa-wa — With the soldier
- 함께
- ham-kke — Together; along with
- 앉아
- an-ja — Sitting down
- 술을
- sul-eul — Alcohol; liquor (object marker attached)
- 마셨습니다
- ma-syeot-seum-ni-da — Drank (formal polite past tense)
- 얼마
- eol-ma — Some amount; how much
- 지나지
- ji-na-ji — Not passing; not going by (negated form)
- 않아
- a-na — Not doing; negation continuation form
- 술기운이
- sul-gi-un-i — The effect of alcohol; intoxication
- 머릿속에
- meo-rit-sso-ge — Inside the head; in one's mind
- 올라왔고
- ol-la-wat-go — Rose up; came up (and then)
- 병사는
- byeong-sa-neun — The soldier (topic marker attached)
- 설득하여
- seol-deuk-ha-yeo — Having persuaded; by persuading someone
- 궁궐로
- gung-gwol-lo — To the palace (directional marker attached)
- 올라가
- ol-la-ga — Going up; ascending
- 왕께
- wang-kke — To the king (honorific dative marker)
- 공주들을
- gong-ju-deul-eul — The princesses (plural, object marker attached)
- 위한
- wi-han — For the sake of; intended for
- 만들겠다고
- man-deul-get-da-go — Saying that he would make something
- 아뢰게
- a-roe-ge — So as to humbly report to royalty
- 했습니다
- haet-seum-ni-da — Did; made someone do (formal past)
- 당장이라도
- dang-jang-i-ra-do — Even right now; immediately if needed
- 그렇게
- geu-reo-ke — Like that; in that way
- 준비가
- jun-bi-ga — Preparation; readiness (subject marker attached)
- 있었으며
- i-sseo-seu-myeo — Was ready and; existed and (connective)
- 전성기에는
- jeon-seong-gi-e-neun — In one's prime; at peak period
- 더
- deo — More; even more
- 훌륭하고
- hul-lyung-ha-go — Excellent and; splendid and
- 웅장한
- ung-jang-han — Grand; magnificent; imposing
- 것들을
- geot-deul-eul — Things (plural, object marker attached)
- 만들었다고
- man-deul-eot-da-go — Saying that he made; claimed to have made
- 말했습니다
- mal-haet-seum-ni-da — Said; spoke (formal polite past tense)
- 왕은
- wang-eun — The king (topic marker attached)
- 수
- su — Ability; possibility (used in can/cannot)
- 밖에
- bak-ke — Outside; only (limiting particle usage)
- 말을
- mal-eul — Words; speech (object marker attached)
- 듣고
- deut-go — Hearing; after listening and then
- 곧바로
- got-ba-ro — Immediately; straight away
- 나왔습니다
- na-wat-seum-ni-da — Came out; emerged (formal polite past)
- 딸들이
- ttal-deul-i — The daughters (plural, subject marker)
- 원하는
- won-ha-neun — Wanting; that one desires (modifier)
- 그런
- geu-reon — That kind of; such
- 사실이오
- sa-sil-i-o — Is it true? (formal/archaic question form)
- 라고
- ra-go — Quotation marker; saying that
- 물었습니다
- mul-eot-seum-ni-da — Asked; inquired (formal polite past)
- 예
- ye — Yes (formal/polite)
- 거짓말이
- geo-jit-mal-i — A lie; falsehood (subject marker attached)
- 아닙니다
- a-nim-ni-da — It is not; this is not so (formal)
- 금세공사가
- geum-se-gong-sa-ga — The goldsmith (subject marker attached)
- 그것만은
- geu-geot-man-eun — That at least; only that much
- 보장할
- bo-jang-hal — Will guarantee; to guarantee something
- 잘됐소
- jal-dwaet-so — That is good; well done (archaic formal)
- 여기
- yeo-gi — Here; this place
- 금이
- geum-i — Gold (subject marker attached)
- 있소
- it-so — There is; it exists (archaic formal)
- 하지만
- ha-ji-man — However; but
- 스스로
- seu-seu-ro — By oneself; voluntarily
- 자원하여
- ja-won-ha-yeo — Having volunteered; by volunteering
- 왔으니
- wat-eu-ni — Since you came; because you came
- 성공하지
- seong-gong-ha-ji — Succeed (negated form following)
- 못하면
- mot-ha-myeon — If one cannot do; if one fails
- 목숨을
- mok-sum-eul — One's life (object marker attached)
- 잃을
- il-eul — Will lose; to lose (future modifier)
- 것이며
- geo-si-myeo — It will be so, and; (formal connective)
- 사흘
- sa-heul — Three days
- 안에
- an-e — Within; inside of (time/space)
- 완성해야
- wan-seong-hae-ya — Must complete; must finish
- 하오
- ha-o — Must do (archaic/formal imperative ending)
- 다음
- da-eum — Next; the following
- 날
- nal — Day
- 아침
- a-chim — Morning
- 술기운을
- sul-gi-un-eul — The effect of alcohol (object marker)
- 자고
- ja-go — Sleeping off; sleeping and then
- 깨어났을
- kkae-eo-nat-seul — When he woke up (past modifier form)
- 때
- ttae — When; at the time of
- 대해
- dae-hae — Regarding; about; concerning
- 그다지
- geu-da-ji — Not so much; not particularly
- 자신이
- ja-sin-i — Confidence; self-assurance (subject marker)
- 없었습니다
- eop-sseot-seum-ni-da — Did not have; there was not (formal)
- 울부짖고
- ul-bu-jit-go — Crying out loudly; wailing and
- 눈물을
- nun-mul-eul — Tears (object marker attached)
- 흘리며
- heul-li-myeo — Shedding tears while doing something
- 취해
- chwi-hae — Being drunk; intoxicated
- 동안
- dong-an — During; while; for the duration of
- 자신을
- ja-sin-eul — Oneself; himself (object marker)
- 곤경에
- gon-gyeong-e — Into trouble; in a difficult situation
- 빠뜨린
- ppa-tteu-rin — Who put into; having caused to fall in
- 도제에게
- do-je-e-ge — To the apprentice (dative marker attached)
- 화풀이했습니다
- hwa-pul-i-haet-seum-ni-da — Took out anger; vented frustration on someone
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