Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World — Page 7
_Yahoo_ as I am, it is well known through all _Houyhnhnmland_, that, by the instructions and example of my illustrious master, I was able in the compass of two years (although I confess with the utmost difficulty) to remove that infernal habit of lying, shuffling, deceiving, and equivocating, so deeply rooted in the very souls of all my species; especially the Europeans.
제가 비록 _야후_에 불과하지만, _후이늠 나라_ 전체에 잘 알려진 바와 같이, 저는 저명하신 주인님의 가르침과 모범 덕분에 2년이라는 기간 동안 (비록 극도의 어려움이 있었음을 고백하지만) 거짓말하고, 얼버무리고, 속이고, 말을 흐리는 그 지독한 습성을 제거할 수 있었습니다. 이 습성은 저희 종족 모두의, 특히 유럽인들의 영혼 깊숙이 뿌리박혀 있던 것이었습니다.
I have other complaints to make upon this vexatious occasion; but I forbear troubling myself or you any further.
이 성가신 경우에 대해 제가 할 불평이 더 있습니다만, 저 자신이나 여러분을 더 이상 괴롭히는 일은 삼가겠습니다.
I must freely confess, that since my last return, some corruptions of my _Yahoo_ nature have revived in me by conversing with a few of your species, and particularly those of my own family, by an unavoidable necessity; else I should never have attempted so absurd a project as that of reforming the _Yahoo_ race in this kingdom; but I have now done with all such visionary schemes for ever.
솔직히 고백하건대, 마지막으로 돌아온 이후로, 불가피한 사정으로 인해 여러분 종족 중 몇몇, 특히 제 가족과 대화를 나누다 보니 제 _야후_적 본성의 타락한 면모가 제 안에서 다시 살아났습니다. 그렇지 않았더라면 저는 이 왕국에서 _야후_ 종족을 개혁한다는 그토록 터무니없는 계획을 시도하지 않았을 것입니다. 하지만 이제 저는 그러한 모든 공상적인 계획과 영원히 결별하였습니다.
Vocabulary
- 제가
- je-ga — I (subject marker, humble/neutral first person)
- 비록
- bi-rok — Although, even though, despite the fact that
- 불과하지만
- bul-gwa-ha-ji-man — It is only/merely, but; no more than
- 전체에
- jeon-che-e — Throughout the whole, across the entirety of
- 잘
- jal — Well, skillfully, properly
- 알려진
- al-lyeo-jin — Known, well-known, recognized by others
- 바와 같이
- ba-wa ga-chi — Just as, as is known or stated
- 저는
- jeo-neun — I (topic marker, polite/humble first person)
- 저명하신
- jeo-myeong-ha-sin — Honorable, distinguished, of great renown
- 주인님의
- ju-in-nim-eui — Of my master, belonging to the respected owner
- 가르침과
- ga-reu-chim-gwa — Teachings and; instruction along with something else
- 모범
- mo-beom — Example, model, exemplary behavior to follow
- 덕분에
- deok-bun-e — Thanks to, owing to, because of someone's help
- 기간
- gi-gan — Period, duration, span of time
- 동안
- dong-an — During, while, for a period of time
- 극도의
- geuk-do-eui — Extreme, of the utmost degree or intensity
- 어려움이
- eo-ryeo-um-i — Difficulty, hardship (subject form)
- 있었음을
- i-sseo-seum-eul — That there was/existed (nominalized past, object form)
- 고백하지만
- go-baek-ha-ji-man — I confess/admit, but; acknowledging something reluctantly
- 거짓말하고
- geo-jit-mal-ha-go — Lying, telling falsehoods, and (connecting form)
- 얼버무리고
- eol-beo-mu-ri-go — Evading, dodging the truth, speaking evasively
- 속이고
- so-gi-go — Deceiving, tricking, cheating someone (connecting form)
- 말을 흐리는
- mal-eul heu-ri-neun — Being vague, obscuring one's speech, speaking unclearly
- 지독한
- ji-dok-han — Terrible, severe, awful, deeply ingrained habit
- 습성을
- seup-seong-eul — Habit, ingrained tendency (object form)
- 제거할 수 있었습니다
- je-geo-hal su i-sseo-sseum-ni-da — Was able to remove, eliminate, or get rid of
- 습성은
- seup-seong-eun — The habit/tendency (topic marker form)
- 저희
- jeo-hui — We/our (humble first-person plural)
- 종족
- jong-jok — Race, tribe, species, ethnic or biological group
- 특히
- teuk-hi — Especially, particularly, in particular
- 유럽인들의
- yu-reop-in-deul-eui — Of Europeans, belonging to European people
- 영혼
- yeong-hon — Soul, spirit, inner essence of a person
- 깊숙이
- gip-su-gi — Deeply, far deep within something
- 뿌리박혀
- ppu-ri-bak-hyeo — Deeply rooted, firmly embedded in something
- 있던
- it-deon — Which existed, that was there (past modifier)
- 것이었습니다
- geo-si-eot-seum-ni-da — It was the case that; formal past tense ending
- 성가신
- seong-ga-sin — Annoying, bothersome, troublesome, vexing
- 경우에
- gyeong-u-e — In the case of, regarding a particular situation
- 불평이
- bul-pyeong-i — Complaint, grievance (subject form)
- 자신이나
- ja-sin-i-na — Oneself or; either oneself or someone else
- 여러분을
- yeo-reo-bun-eul — You all (plural, polite, object form)
- 이상
- i-sang — More than, beyond, no longer (above a point)
- 괴롭히는
- goe-rop-hi-neun — Tormenting, troubling, bothering someone continuously
- 삼가겠습니다
- sam-ga-get-seum-ni-da — I will refrain from, I will abstain respectfully
- 솔직히
- sol-jik-hi — Honestly, frankly, to speak the truth
- 고백하건대
- go-baek-ha-geon-dae — To be honest, frankly confessing, speaking openly
- 마지막으로
- ma-ji-ma-geu-ro — Finally, lastly, for the last time
- 돌아온
- do-ra-on — Returned, having come back (past modifier)
- 이후로
- i-hu-ro — Since then, from that point onward
- 불가피한
- bul-ga-pi-han — Unavoidable, inevitable, impossible to escape
- 사정으로 인해
- sa-jeong-eu-ro in-hae — Due to circumstances, because of a certain situation
- 몇몇
- myeot-myeot — Some, a few, several (indefinite small number)
- 가족과
- ga-jok-gwa — With family, together with one's family members
- 대화를 나누다
- dae-hwa-reul na-nu-da — To have a conversation, to exchange dialogue
- 본성의
- bon-seong-eui — Of one's nature, relating to innate character
- 타락한
- ta-rak-han — Corrupt, depraved, morally fallen or degraded
- 면모가
- myeon-mo-ga — Aspect, facet, side of one's character (subject)
- 안에서
- an-e-seo — From within, inside, from the interior
- 다시
- da-si — Again, once more, anew
- 살아났습니다
- sa-ra-nat-seum-ni-da — Came back to life, revived, was reawakened
- 그렇지 않았더라면
- geu-reot-ji an-at-deo-ra-myeon — If that had not been the case; hypothetical past condition
- 왕국에서
- wang-guk-e-seo — In the kingdom, within the realm
- 개혁한다는
- gae-hyeok-han-da-neun — Of reforming, relating to the plan to reform
- 그토록
- geu-to-rok — So much, to such a degree, that extremely
- 터무니없는
- teo-mu-ni-eom-neun — Absurd, groundless, utterly unreasonable or preposterous
- 계획을
- gye-hoek-eul — Plan, scheme (object form)
- 시도하지 않았을 것입니다
- si-do-ha-ji an-at-seul geo-sim-ni-da — Would not have attempted; hypothetical past negative result
- 하지만
- ha-ji-man — However, but, yet (contrastive conjunction)
- 이제
- i-je — Now, from now on, at this point
- 공상적인
- gong-sang-jeo-gin — Fanciful, fantastical, based on idle imagination
- 영원히
- yeong-won-hi — Forever, eternally, permanently
- 결별하였습니다
- gyeol-byeol-ha-yeot-seum-ni-da — Have parted ways with, bid farewell permanently
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