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Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man—I was told the chief's son—in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man—and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder-blades.

그래서 그는 그 늙은 흑인을 무자비하게 두들겨 팼고, 그의 부족 사람들이 큰 무리를 이루어 넋을 잃고 그 광경을 지켜보는 동안, 어떤 남자가—추장의 아들이라고 들었는데—늙은이가 고함치는 소리를 듣고 절박한 나머지 백인을 향해 창으로 조심스럽게 찌르기를 시도했고—물론 창은 너무도 쉽게 어깨뼈 사이를 파고들었다.

Then the whole population cleared into the forest, expecting all kinds of calamities to happen, while, on the other hand, the steamer Fresleven commanded left also in a bad panic, in charge of the engineer, I believe.

그러자 주민 전체가 온갖 재앙이 닥칠 것을 예상하며 숲속으로 달아났고, 한편 프레슬레벤이 지휘하던 증기선도 엔지니어의 지휘 하에 크게 당황한 채 그곳을 떠났다고 나는 생각한다.

Afterwards nobody seemed to trouble much about Fresleven's remains, till I got out and stepped into his shoes.

그 후 내가 나서서 그의 자리를 물려받을 때까지 아무도 프레슬레벤의 유해에 대해 별로 신경 쓰지 않는 것 같았다.

I couldn't let it rest, though; but when an opportunity offered at last to meet my predecessor, the grass growing through his ribs was tall enough to hide his bones.

그렇다고 나는 그냥 내버려 둘 수가 없었다. 하지만 마침내 전임자를 찾아볼 기회가 생겼을 때, 그의 갈비뼈 사이로 자란 풀은 뼈를 가릴 만큼 충분히 높이 자라 있었다.

They were all there.

뼈들은 모두 그 자리에 있었다.

The supernatural being had not been touched after he fell.

그 초자연적인 존재는 쓰러진 후 아무도 건드리지 않았던 것이다.

And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures.

그리고 마을은 폐허가 되어 있었고, 오두막들은 무너진 울타리 안에서 검게 입을 벌린 채 썩어 기울어져 있었다.

A calamity had come to it, sure enough.

재앙이 그곳을 덮친 것이 틀림없었다.

The people had vanished.

사람들은 사라져 버렸다.

Mad terror had scattered them, men, women, and children, through the bush, and they had never returned.

광기 어린 공포가 남자, 여자, 아이 할 것 없이 모두를 숲속으로 뿔뿔이 흩어지게 했고, 그들은 다시는 돌아오지 않았다.

What became of the hens I don't know either.

닭들이 어떻게 되었는지는 나도 모른다.

I should think the cause of progress got them, anyhow.

어쨌든 문명의 진보라는 명분이 그것들도 집어삼켰을 것이라고 생각한다.

However, through this glorious affair I got my appointment, before I had fairly begun to hope for it.

하지만 이 영광스러운 사건 덕분에 나는 채 기대를 품기도 전에 임명장을 받게 되었다.

Vocabulary

그래서
geulaeseo — Therefore; so; as a result of that
그는
geuneun — He (subject marker attached)
geu — He; that; the (pronoun or determiner)
늙은
neulgeun — Old; aged (adjective modifying a noun)
흑인을
heuginеul — Black person (object form)
무자비하게
mujabihage — Mercilessly; without compassion or pity
두들겨
dudeulgyeo — Beating; pounding repeatedly and hard
팼고
pyaessgo — Struck hard; beat and then (continued action)
그의
geuui — His; belonging to him (possessive)
부족
bujok — Tribe; ethnic or cultural clan group
사람들이
saramddeuri — People (subject form, plural)
keun — Big; large; great in size
무리를
murireul — Group; crowd; flock (object form)
이루어
irueo — Forming; making up; constituting a group
넋을
neokseul — Soul; spirit; one's senses (object form)
잃고
ilko — Losing; having lost (and then continuing)
광경을
gwanggyeongeul — Scene; spectacle; sight (object form)
지켜보는
jikyeoboneun — Watching; observing closely (present modifier)
동안
dongan — During; while; for a period of time
어떤
eotteon — A certain; some; what kind of
남자가
namjaga — Man; male person (subject form)
추장의
chujangui — Chief's; belonging to the tribal chief
아들이라고
adeulirago — Said to be the son of (reported speech)
들었는데
deureonnеunde — Heard that; was told but (contrast follows)
늙은이가
neulgeuniga — Old man; elderly person (subject form)
고함치는
gohamchineun — Shouting; yelling loudly (present modifier)
소리를
sorireul — Sound; noise; voice (object form)
듣고
deutgo — Hearing; listening and then (continuing)
절박한
jeolbakhan — Desperate; urgent; in dire circumstances
나머지
nameoji — The rest; remainder; out of desperation
백인을
baegineul — White person (object form)
향해
hyanghae — Toward; in the direction of
창으로
changeuro — With a spear; using a spear
조심스럽게
josimseureobge — Carefully; cautiously; with great care
찌르기를
jjireugireul — Stabbing; thrusting with a pointed object (object form)
시도했고
sidohaessgo — Attempted; tried and then (continued)
물론
mullon — Of course; naturally; needless to say
창은
changeun — The spear (topic marker attached)
너무도
neomudo — Far too; excessively; all too easily
쉽게
swibge — Easily; without difficulty
어깨뼈
eokkaebyeo — Shoulder blade; scapula bone
사이를
saireul — Between; gap; space between (object form)
파고들었다
pagodeuреotda — Penetrated; dug deep into something
그러자
geurеoja — Then; at that moment; whereupon
주민
jumin — Resident; inhabitant; local villager
전체가
jeonchega — The whole; entire population (subject form)
온갖
ongat — All kinds of; every sort of
재앙이
jaeangi — Disaster; calamity; catastrophe (subject form)
닥칠
dakchil — About to befall; coming disaster (future modifier)
것을
geoseul — Thing; fact that (object nominalizer form)
예상하며
yesanghамyeo — Anticipating; expecting while doing something else
숲속으로
supsogeuro — Into the forest; toward the woods
달아났고
daranassgo — Fled; ran away and then (continued)
한편
hanpyeon — Meanwhile; on the other hand
지휘하던
jihwidadeon — Was commanding; used to command (past modifier)
증기선도
jeunggisеondo — Steamship also; steamboat too
엔지니어의
enjinieoui — Engineer's; belonging to the engineer
지휘
jihwi — Command; direction; leadership control
하에
hae — Under; beneath the authority of
크게
keuge — Greatly; largely; to a great degree
당황한
danghwanghan — Flustered; panicked; bewildered in a situation
chae — While still in a state of; as is
그곳을
geugoseul — That place (object form); that location
떠났다고
tteonassдаgo — Said to have left; reportedly departed
나는
naneun — I; me (topic/subject form)
생각한다
saenggakhanda — Think; believe; am of the opinion
hu — After; following; later in time
내가
naega — I (subject marker form, emphatic)
나서서
naseoseo — Coming forward; stepping up to act
자리를
jarireul — Position; place; seat (object form)
물려받을
mullyeobadeul — To inherit; take over (future modifier form)
때까지
ttaekkaji — Until; up to the time when
아무도
amudo — Nobody; no one at all
유해에
yuhaee — Remains; corpse; mortal remains (locative form)
대해
daehae — About; regarding; concerning something
별로
byeоllo — Not particularly; not especially (with negative)
신경
singyeong — Nerve; concern; worry; attention
쓰지
sseuji — Not caring; not paying attention (negative form)
않는
anneun — Not doing (present negative modifier)
geot — Thing; fact; nominalizer particle
같았다
gatasstda — Seemed like; appeared to be
그렇다고
geureohdago — Even so; that being said; nevertheless
그냥
geunyang — Just; simply; as is; without doing anything
내버려
naebeolyeo — Leaving alone; abandoning; neglecting something
dul — To leave; to let be; two (here: leave)
수가
suga — Ability; possibility (subject form nominalizer)
없었다
eopseossda — Did not exist; there was none; impossible
하지만
hajiman — However; but; nevertheless
마침내
machimna e — Finally; at last; eventually
전임자를
jeonimjareul — Predecessor; former occupant of post (object form)
찾아볼
chajaboldu — To look for; to go and find (future modifier)
기회가
gihwega — Opportunity; chance (subject form)
생겼을
saenggyeosseul — Had arisen; had come about (past perfect modifier)
ttae — Time; moment; when
갈비뼈
galbibyeo — Rib bone; ribs of the body
사이로
sairo — Between; through the gap of
자란
jaran — Grown; having grown (past modifier)
풀은
pureun — Grass; weeds; herb plants (topic form)
뼈를
byeoreul — Bone; bones (object form)
가릴
garil — To cover; to hide from view (future modifier)
만큼
mankeum — As much as; enough to; to the extent of
충분히
chungbunhi — Sufficiently; enough; adequately
높이
nopi — Highly; tall; at a great height
자라
jara — Growing; having grown (connective form)
있었다
isseossda — Was; existed; had been (past state)
뼈들은
byeodeureun — The bones (topic form, plural)
모두
modu — All; everyone; everything; altogether
자리에
jarie — In place; in position; at the spot
초자연적인
chojayeonjeokgin — Supernatural; beyond natural explanation
존재는
jonjaeaneun — Being; existence; entity (topic form)
쓰러진
sseurеojin — Fallen; collapsed; toppled (past modifier)
건드리지
geondeuriji — Not touching; not disturbing (negative form)
않았던
anassdeon — Had not done; did not (past retrospective modifier)
것이다
geosiда — It is the case that; indeed it was so
그리고
geurigo — And; also; furthermore
마을은
maeureun — The village (topic form)
폐허가
pyehеoga — Ruins; rubble; state of desolation (subject form)
되어
doeo — Having become; turned into (connective form)
있었고
isseossgo — Was in a state and; existed and (continued)
오두막들은
odumakdeureun — The huts; small shacks (topic form, plural)
무너진
muneojin — Collapsed; crumbled; fallen down (past modifier)
울타리
ultari — Fence; enclosure; barrier around a space
안에서
aneseo — Inside; within; from the interior of
검게
geomge — Darkly; blackly; in a dark manner
입을
ibeul — Mouth; opening (object form)
벌린
bеollin — Opened wide; gaping (past modifier)
썩어
sseogeo — Rotting; decaying (connective form)
기울어져
giureojyeo — Tilted; leaning; having tilted over
덮친
deopchhin — Having collapsed onto; overtaken (past modifier)
것이
geosi — The thing that; the fact that (subject form)
틀림없었다
teullimeopseossda — Was certainly; must have been; no doubt
사람들은
saramdeureun — The people (topic form, plural)
사라져
sarajyeo — Having disappeared; vanished (connective form)
버렸다
beoryeossda — Did completely; went ahead and did (completion)
광기
gwanggi — Madness; insanity; wild frenzy
어린
eorin — Young; childlike; tinged with (modifier)
공포가
gongpoga — Terror; fear; horror (subject form)
남자
namja — Man; male person
여자
yeoja — Woman; female person
아이
ai — Child; kid; young person
hal — To do; can do (future/potential modifier here: regardless)
없이
eopsi — Without; lacking; regardless of
모두를
modureul — Everyone; all of them (object form)
뿔뿔이
ppulppuri — Scattered; in all directions; separately
흩어지게
heuteojige — To be scattered; to disperse (causative form)
했고
haessgo — Did; caused and then (continued action)
그들은
geudeureun — They (topic form, plural)
다시는
dasineun — Never again; not once more (emphatic topic)
돌아오지
doraoji — Not returning; not coming back (negative form)
않았다
anassda — Did not; was not (past negative)
닭들이
dakdeuri — The chickens (subject form, plural)
어떻게
eotteoke — How; in what way; what happened to
되었는지는
doeeonneuniineun — What became of; what happened to (topic)
나도
nado — I also; even I; me too
모른다
moreunda — Do not know; am unaware of
어쨌든
eojjaessdeun — Anyway; regardless; in any case
문명의
munmyeongui — Civilization's; of civilization (possessive form)
진보라는
jinboraneun — Called progress; so-called advancement (topic modifier)
명분이
myeongbuni — Justification; cause; pretext (subject form)
그것들도
geugeotdeuldo — Those things too; them as well
집어삼켰을
jibeosaмkyeosseul — Had devoured; swallowed up (past perfect modifier)
것이라고
geosilago — It is said to be the case that
i — This; these (demonstrative determiner)
영광스러운
yeonggangseureoun — Glorious; honorable; splendid (ironic here)
사건
sагeon — Incident; event; affair; case
덕분에
deokbune — Thanks to; owing to; because of
기대를
gidaereul — Expectation; hope; anticipation (object form)
품기도
pumgido — Even harboring; even holding (expectation)
전에
jeone — Before; prior to; earlier than
임명장을
immyeongjанgeul — Letter of appointment; commission document (object form)
받게
badge — To receive; came to receive (resultative form)
되었다
doeeossda — Became; came to be; resulted in
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