Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 13
One or two stiff gales and the springing of a leak are accidents which experienced navigators scarcely remember to record, and I shall be well content if nothing worse happen to us during our voyage.
한두 번의 강풍과 누수의 발생은 경험 많은 항해사들이 기록할 필요조차 거의 느끼지 못하는 사고들이며, 항해 중 그보다 더 나쁜 일이 일어나지 않는다면 저는 충분히 만족할 것입니다.
Adieu, my dear Margaret.
안녕히 계세요, 사랑하는 마거릿.
Be assured that for my own sake, as well as yours, I will not rashly encounter danger.
저 자신을 위해서뿐만 아니라 당신을 위해서도, 무모하게 위험에 뛰어들지 않겠다는 것을 믿어 주세요.
I will be cool, persevering, and prudent.
저는 침착하고, 끈기 있고, 신중하게 행동할 것입니다.
But success _shall_ crown my endeavours.
하지만 성공은 반드시 저의 노력에 보답할 것입니다.
Wherefore not?
어찌 그렇지 않겠습니까?
Thus far I have gone, tracing a secure way over the pathless seas, the very stars themselves being witnesses and testimonies of my triumph.
지금껏 저는 길 없는 바다 위에서 안전한 길을 개척하며 나아왔고, 별들 자체가 저의 승리를 증언하고 있습니다.
Why not still proceed over the untamed yet obedient element?
길들여지지 않았으나 순종하는 이 원소 위를 계속 나아가지 못할 이유가 어디 있겠습니까?
What can stop the determined heart and resolved will of man?
굳은 마음과 확고한 의지를 가진 인간을 무엇이 막을 수 있겠습니까?
My swelling heart involuntarily pours itself out thus.
벅찬 마음이 저도 모르게 이렇듯 흘러넘칩니다.
But I must finish.
하지만 이제 마무리해야겠습니다.
Heaven bless my beloved sister!
하늘이 사랑하는 누이를 축복하기를!
R.W.
R.W.
Letter 4
편지 4
_To Mrs. Saville, England._
_잉글랜드, 새빌 부인께._
August 5th, 17—.
17—년 8월 5일.
So strange an accident has happened to us that I cannot forbear recording it, although it is very probable that you will see me before these papers can come into your possession.
너무나 기이한 사건이 우리에게 일어나 기록하지 않을 수 없습니다. 비록 이 편지가 당신 손에 닿기 전에 제가 직접 당신을 만날 가능성이 높지만 말입니다.
Last Monday (July 31st) we were nearly surrounded by ice, which closed in the ship on all sides, scarcely leaving her the sea-room in which she floated.
지난 월요일(7월 31일), 우리는 사방에서 배를 에워싸는 얼음에 거의 갇혀, 배가 떠 있을 수 있는 공간조차 거의 남지 않게 되었습니다.
Our situation was somewhat dangerous, especially as we were compassed round by a very thick fog.
짙은 안개가 사방을 둘러싸고 있었기에 우리의 상황은 다소 위험하였습니다.
We accordingly lay to, hoping that some change would take place in the atmosphere and weather.
우리는 대기와 날씨에 어떤 변화가 생기기를 바라며 그에 따라 배를 멈추고 대기하였습니다.
Vocabulary
- 한두
- han-du — One or two; a small number of things
- 번의
- beon-ui — Of times; occurrences (possessive marker attached)
- 강풍과
- gangpung-gwa — Strong wind and; gale wind (with conjunction)
- 누수의
- nusu-ui — Of a leak; water leakage (possessive)
- 발생은
- balsaeng-eun — Occurrence of; the happening of an event
- 경험
- gyeongheom — Experience; personal knowledge gained through events
- 많은
- man-eun — Many; a large number or amount of
- 항해사들이
- hanghae-sa-deul-i — Sailors; navigators (plural subject marker attached)
- 기록할
- girok-hal — To record; worth documenting (future/modifying form)
- 필요조차
- piryo-jocha — Even the need; not even needing to bother
- 거의
- geo-ui — Almost; barely; hardly ever
- 느끼지
- neukkiji — To feel; not feeling (negative verb stem form)
- 못하는
- mot-haneun — Unable to do; failing to perform an action
- 사고들이며
- sago-deul-i-myeo — Accidents; incidents (plural, connective ending)
- 항해
- hanghae — Voyage; sailing across the sea
- 중
- jung — During; in the middle of something
- 그보다
- geuboda — Than that; more than that (comparative)
- 더
- deo — More; further; to a greater degree
- 나쁜
- nappeun — Bad; unpleasant; of poor quality
- 일이
- il-i — A thing; an event or matter (subject marker)
- 일어나지
- il-eonaji — To occur; not happening (negative connective form)
- 않는다면
- an-neundamyeon — If not; on the condition that it does not happen
- 저는
- jeo-neun — I (formal humble); the speaker (topic marker)
- 충분히
- chungbunhi — Sufficiently; enough; to a satisfactory degree
- 만족할
- manjok-hal — To be satisfied; to feel content (future modifier)
- 것입니다
- geot-imnida — It is; formal sentence-ending declarative expression
- 안녕히
- annyeonghi — Peacefully; used in farewell greetings
- 계세요
- gyeseyo — Please stay well; polite farewell to someone staying
- 사랑하는
- saranghaneun — Beloved; dear; loving (modifying form)
- 저
- jeo — I; me (humble first-person pronoun)
- 자신을
- jasin-eul — Oneself; myself (object marker attached)
- 위해서뿐만
- wihaeseo-ppunman — Not only for the sake of; solely for purpose
- 아니라
- anira — But also; not just this but also that
- 당신을
- dangsin-eul — You (formal); the person addressed (object marker)
- 위해서도
- wihaeseo-do — Also for the sake of; for the benefit of too
- 무모하게
- mumohage — Recklessly; rashly; without care for danger
- 위험에
- wiheom-e — Into danger; into a risky situation
- 뛰어들지
- ttwi-eodeulji — To jump into; not rushing into danger
- 않겠다는
- an-ketda-neun — Will not; a promise not to do something
- 것을
- geot-eul — The fact that; thing (object marker attached)
- 믿어
- mid-eo — Believe; trust (informal verb form)
- 주세요
- juseyo — Please do for me; polite request ending
- 침착하고
- chimchak-hago — Calmly and; composed and steady in behavior
- 끈기
- kkeungi — Perseverance; tenacity; persistent determination
- 있고
- itgo — Having and; possessing (connective verb form)
- 신중하게
- sinjung-hage — Carefully; prudently; with careful consideration
- 행동할
- haengdong-hal — To act; to behave (future modifier form)
- 하지만
- hajiman — But; however; nonetheless (contrast conjunction)
- 성공은
- seonggong-eun — Success; achievement (topic marker attached)
- 반드시
- bandeusi — Surely; without fail; certainly must happen
- 저의
- jeo-ui — My; belonging to me (humble possessive)
- 노력에
- noryeok-e — To effort; to one's hard work (dative marker)
- 보답할
- bodap-hal — To reward; to repay effort or kindness
- 어찌
- eojji — How; why; in what way (rhetorical question word)
- 그렇지
- geureoji — Isn't that so; isn't it like that
- 않겠습니까
- an-kessseumnikka — Will it not be so; formal rhetorical question ending
- 지금껏
- jigeumkkeot — Until now; up to this point in time
- 길
- gil — Road; path; route or way forward
- 없는
- eomneun — Without; lacking; that does not exist
- 바다
- bada — Sea; ocean; large body of water
- 위에서
- wi-eseo — Above; on top of (locative marker attached)
- 안전한
- anjeon-han — Safe; secure; free from danger
- 길을
- gil-eul — Path; road (object marker attached)
- 개척하며
- gaecheok-hamyeo — Pioneering and; blazing a new trail forward
- 나아왔고
- na-awatgo — Has advanced and; has come forward progressively
- 별들
- byeol-deul — Stars; celestial bodies (plural form)
- 자체가
- jache-ga — Itself; the very thing itself (subject marker)
- 승리를
- seungri-reul — Victory; triumph (object marker attached)
- 증언하고
- jeungon-hago — Testifying and; bearing witness to something
- 있습니다
- issseumnida — There is; it exists (formal present tense)
- 길들여지지
- gildeul-yeoji-ji — Not being tamed; not domesticated or controlled
- 않았으나
- an-asseuna — Although not; even though it did not happen
- 순종하는
- sunjong-haneun — Obedient; compliant; yielding to authority
- 이
- i — This; these (demonstrative pronoun or article)
- 원소
- wonso — Element; fundamental natural substance or force
- 위를
- wi-reul — Above; over (object marker attached)
- 계속
- gyesok — Continuously; keeping on doing something
- 나아가지
- na-agaji — To advance; not moving forward (negative form)
- 못할
- mot-hal — Unable to do; incapable of doing (modifier)
- 이유가
- iyu-ga — Reason; cause; grounds for something (subject marker)
- 어디
- eodi — Where; anywhere; rhetorical place question word
- 있겠습니까
- it-kessseumnikka — Could there be; formal rhetorical question ending
- 굳은
- gud-eun — Firm; solid; steadfast in resolve or character
- 마음과
- ma-eumgwa — Heart and; mind and (with conjunction)
- 확고한
- Firm; unwavering; resolute in determination
- 의지를
- uiji-reul — Will; determination; strong intent (object marker)
- 가진
- gajin — Having; possessing (past modifier form)
- 인간을
- ingan-eul — Human being; a person (object marker attached)
- 무엇이
- mueot-i — What; what thing (subject marker attached)
- 막을
- mak-eul — To block; to stop; to prevent (modifier form)
- 수
- su — Ability; possibility; can (auxiliary noun)
- 벅찬
- beokcan — Overwhelming; bursting with emotion or feeling
- 마음이
- ma-eum-i — Heart; feelings; mind (subject marker attached)
- 저도
- jeo-do — Even I; I also (humble first person with 도)
- 모르게
- moreuге — Without knowing; unawares; unconsciously
- 이렇듯
- ireotdeut — Like this; in this manner; thus
- 흘러넘칩니다
- heulleo-neomchimnida — Overflows; spills over with emotion (formal)
- 이제
- ije — Now; at this point; from this moment
- 마무리해야겠습니다
- mamuri-haeyagetseumnida — I must wrap up; I should finish now (formal)
- 하늘이
- haneul-i — Heaven; the sky (subject marker attached)
- 누이를
- nui-reul — Sister; female sibling (object marker attached)
- 축복하기를
- chukbok-hagireul — To bless; blessing (nominalizer with object marker)
- 편지
- pyeonji — Letter; written correspondence sent to someone
- 부인께
- buin-kke — To Mrs.; respectful address to a married woman
- 년
- nyeon — Year; used to count or indicate years
- 8월
- palwol — August; the eighth month of the year
- 5일
- oil — The fifth day; fifth of the month
- 너무나
- neomuna — So very; extremely; to such a great degree
- 기이한
- giihan — Strange; bizarre; remarkably unusual or odd
- 사건이
- sageon-i — Event; incident; an occurrence (subject marker)
- 우리에게
- uri-ege — To us; happening to our group (dative marker)
- 일어나
- il-eoна — To happen; to occur; to arise (connective form)
- 기록하지
- girok-haji — To record; not recording (negative connective form)
- 않을
- an-eul — Will not; not going to (negative modifier form)
- 없습니다
- eopsseumnida — There is not; does not exist (formal negative)
- 비록
- birok — Although; even though; even if (concessive)
- 편지가
- pyeonji-ga — Letter (subject marker attached); a written message
- 당신
- dangsin — You; formal second-person pronoun
- 손에
- son-e — Into the hand; in one's possession (dative)
- 닿기
- dahgi — To reach; arriving at; touching (nominalized form)
- 전에
- jeon-e — Before; prior to a certain time or event
- 제가
- je-ga — I (humble); the speaker (subject marker attached)
- 직접
- jikjeop — Directly; in person; firsthand without intermediary
- 만날
- mannal — To meet; to encounter (future modifier form)
- 가능성이
- ganeungseong-i — Possibility; likelihood (subject marker attached)
- 높지만
- nopjiman — High but; although the probability is high
- 말입니다
- mal-imnida — I mean; that is to say (formal emphatic ending)
- 지난
- jinan — Last; past; previous (modifier for time)
- 월요일
- woryoil — Monday; the second day of the week
- 7월
- chirwol — July; the seventh month of the year
- 31일
- samsibilil — The 31st day; thirty-first of the month
- 우리는
- uri-neun — We; our group (topic marker attached)
- 사방에서
- sabang-eseo — From all directions; from every side around
- 배를
- bae-reul — Ship; boat (object marker attached)
- 에워싸는
- ewo-ssaneun — Surrounding; encircling; closing in around
- 얼음에
- eoreum-e — In ice; by the ice (locative marker attached)
- 갇혀
- gachyeo — Trapped; confined; enclosed (connective form)
- 배가
- bae-ga — The ship; a boat (subject marker attached)
- 떠
- tteo — To float; to drift on water (connective form)
- 있을
- issseul — Existing; to be present (future modifier form)
- 있는
- inneun — Existing; present (present modifier form)
- 공간조차
- gonggan-jocha — Even the space; not even room to exist
- 남지
- namji — To remain; not remaining (negative connective)
- 않게
- an-ke — So as not to; in a way that does not
- 되었습니다
- doeossseumnida — It became; it resulted in (formal past tense)
- 짙은
- jiteun — Thick; dense; deep (modifier for fog or color)
- 안개가
- angae-ga — Fog; mist (subject marker attached)
- 사방을
- sabang-eul — All sides; every direction (object marker attached)
- 둘러싸고
- dulleo-ssago — Surrounding and; encircling and enveloping
- 있었기에
- isseotgi-e — Because it was; since it existed (causal form)
- 우리의
- uri-ui — Our; belonging to us (possessive marker)
- 상황은
- sanghwang-eun — Situation; circumstances (topic marker attached)
- 다소
- daso — Somewhat; to some extent; rather
- 위험하였습니다
- wiheom-hayeossseumnida — Was dangerous; it was a risky situation (formal past)
- 대기와
- daegi-wa — Atmosphere and; the air and (with conjunction)
- 날씨에
- nalssi-e — In the weather; regarding weather conditions
- 어떤
- eotteon — Some; a certain kind of; what kind of
- 변화가
- byeonhwa-ga — Change; a shift or alteration (subject marker)
- 생기기를
- saenggi-gireul — For arising; for occurring (nominalized object form)
- 바라며
- bara-myeo — Hoping for and; wishing while doing something
- 그에
- geu-e — To that; according to that (dative marker)
- 따라
- ttara — Following; according to; in accordance with
- 멈추고
- meomchu-go — Stopped and; pausing and waiting (connective)
- 대기하였습니다
- daegi-hayeossseumnida — Waited; stood by; was on standby (formal past)
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