History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 — Page 11
The more peaceful and didactic episodes on the development of the Roman law, or even on the details of ecclesiastical history, interpose themselves as resting-places or divisions between the periods of barbaric invasion.
로마법의 발전에 관한, 혹은 심지어 교회사의 세부 사항에 관한 보다 평화롭고 교훈적인 일화들은 야만족 침입의 시기들 사이에 휴식처나 구분점으로서 스스로를 끼워 넣는다.
In short, though distracted first by the two capitals, and afterwards by the formal partition of the empire, the extraordinary felicity of arrangement maintains an order and a regular progression.
요컨대, 처음에는 두 수도에 의해, 그 후에는 제국의 공식적인 분할에 의해 산만해지기는 하지만, 배열의 탁월한 절묘함은 질서와 규칙적인 진행을 유지한다.
As our horizon expands to reveal to us the gathering tempests which are forming far beyond the boundaries of the civilized world—as we follow their successive approach to the trembling frontier—the compressed and receding line is still distinctly visible; though gradually dismembered and the broken fragments assuming the form of regular states and kingdoms, the real relation of those kingdoms to the empire is maintained and defined; and even when the Roman dominion has shrunk into little more than the province of Thrace—when the name of Rome, confined, in Italy, to the walls of the city—yet it is still the memory, the shade of the Roman greatness, which extends over the wide sphere into which the historian expands his later narrative; the whole blends into the unity, and is manifestly essential to the double catastrophe of his tragic drama.
문명 세계의 경계 너머 저 멀리서 형성되고 있는 몰려오는 폭풍을 우리에게 드러내기 위해 우리의 지평선이 확장됨에 따라—떨고 있는 변경을 향한 그것들의 잇따른 접근을 우리가 따라감에 따라—압축되고 후퇴하는 선은 여전히 뚜렷이 보인다; 점차 분열되고 부서진 파편들이 정규 국가와 왕국의 형태를 띠게 되지만, 그 왕국들과 제국 사이의 실질적인 관계는 유지되고 규정된다; 그리고 로마의 지배가 트라키아 속주에 불과할 정도로 줄어들었을 때—로마라는 이름이 이탈리아에서 도시의 성벽 안에만 국한되었을 때—그럼에도 역사가가 후기 서술을 펼쳐나가는 광대한 영역에 걸쳐 뻗어 있는 것은 여전히 로마의 위대함에 대한 기억, 그 그림자이다; 전체는 하나의 통일체로 융합되며, 그의 비극적 드라마의 이중 파국에 명백히 불가결한 요소이다.
But the amplitude, the magnificence, or the harmony of design, are, though imposing, yet unworthy claims on our admiration, unless the details are filled up with correctness and accuracy.
그러나 설계의 광대함, 장엄함, 혹은 조화는, 비록 인상적이기는 하지만, 세부 사항들이 정확성과 엄밀함으로 채워지지 않는다면 우리의 감탄을 받을 자격이 없는 주장에 불과하다.
No writer has been more severely tried on this point than Gibbon.
어떤 작가도 이 점에 있어서 기번보다 더 혹독하게 시험받은 이는 없다.
Vocabulary
- 발전에
- baldeon-e — In development; regarding progress or advancement
- 관한
- gwan-han — Regarding; concerning; related to a topic
- 혹은
- hok-eun — Or; alternatively; either one or another
- 심지어
- simji-eo — Even; going so far as to include
- 세부
- se-bu — Details; minute particulars of something
- 사항에
- sa-hang-e — Regarding matters; concerning specific items or points
- 보다
- bo-da — More than; to look at; to see
- 평화롭고
- pyeonghwa-ropgo — Peaceful and; calm and tranquil in nature
- 교훈적인
- gyohun-jeogin — Instructive; morally edifying; containing a lesson
- 일화들은
- ilhwa-deul-eun — Episodes; anecdotes; short illustrative stories or incidents
- 야만족
- yaman-jok — Barbarian tribes; primitive or uncivilized peoples
- 침입의
- chimip-ui — Of invasion; relating to an incursion or attack
- 시기들
- sigi-deul — Periods; times; specific eras or intervals
- 사이에
- sai-e — Between; among; in the middle of
- 휴식처나
- hyusikcheо-na — A resting place or; a refuge or break
- 구분점으로서
- gubun-jeom-euro-seo — As a dividing point; serving as a marker or boundary
- 스스로를
- seuseu-ro-reul — Oneself; by themselves; referring to self as object
- 끼워
- kkiwo — To insert; to wedge into; to fit between
- 넣는다
- neonnеunda — Puts in; inserts; places something inside something else
- 요컨대
- yo-keon-dae — In short; to sum up; briefly stated
- 처음에는
- cheoeum-e-neun — At first; initially; in the beginning
- 두
- du — Two; the number two
- 수도에
- sudo-e — In the capital; at the capital city
- 의해
- ui-hae — By means of; through; by the agency of
- 그
- geu — That; the; he; referring to something previously mentioned
- 후에는
- hu-e-neun — Afterward; later; after that point in time
- 제국의
- jeguk-ui — Of the empire; belonging to or relating to empire
- 공식적인
- gongsik-jeogin — Official; formal; relating to an authoritative designation
- 분할에
- bunhal-e — Regarding division; concerning partition or splitting apart
- 산만해지기는
- sanman-haejigi-neun — Becoming distracted; tending to become scattered or unfocused
- 하지만
- hajiman — However; but; nevertheless; introducing contrast
- 배열의
- baeyeol-ui — Of arrangement; concerning the ordering or layout
- 탁월한
- tagwol-han — Outstanding; excellent; exceptionally superior in quality
- 절묘함은
- jeolmyo-ham-eun — The exquisiteness; the superb cleverness or ingenuity
- 질서와
- jilseo-wa — Order and; discipline and; systematic arrangement and
- 규칙적인
- gyuchik-jeogin — Regular; systematic; following a consistent pattern or rule
- 진행을
- jinhaeng-eul — Progress; advancement; the ongoing movement forward
- 유지한다
- yuji-handa — Maintains; keeps; preserves a state or condition
- 문명
- munmyeong — Civilization; an advanced stage of human social development
- 세계의
- segye-ui — Of the world; belonging to or concerning the world
- 경계
- gyeonggye — Border; boundary; the line dividing two areas
- 너머
- neomeo — Beyond; across; on the other side of
- 저
- jeo — That over there; yonder; distant referent
- 멀리서
- meolli-seo — From afar; from a distant place or location
- 형성되고
- hyeongseong-doego — Being formed and; taking shape and developing
- 있는
- inneun — That is; existing; present participle modifier
- 몰려오는
- mollyeo-oneun — Swarming in; rushing toward; approaching in a mass
- 폭풍을
- pokpung-eul — Storm; a violent tempest or turbulent weather event
- 우리에게
- uri-ege — To us; for us; directed toward ourselves
- 드러내기
- deureonae-gi — Revealing; exposing; making something visible or apparent
- 위해
- wi-hae — For; in order to; for the sake of
- 우리의
- uri-ui — Our; belonging to us; possessive of we
- 지평선이
- jipyeongseon-i — The horizon; the line where sky meets earth
- 확장됨에
- hwagjang-doem-e — As it expands; upon being enlarged or extended
- 따라
- ttara — According to; following; as something progresses or changes
- 떨고
- tteolgo — Trembling and; shaking and; quivering nervously
- 변경을
- byeongyeong-eul — The frontier; the border region; peripheral boundary area
- 향한
- hyang-han — Toward; directed at; aimed in the direction of
- 그것들의
- geugeot-deul-ui — Their; of those things; possessive of those objects
- 잇따른
- ittareun — Successive; consecutive; following one after another
- 접근을
- jeopsgeun-eul — Approach; drawing near; the act of coming closer
- 우리가
- uri-ga — We; us as subject; first person plural subject marker
- 따라감에
- ttagagam-e — In following; as we trace or track along
- 압축되고
- Being compressed and; condensed and reduced in scope
- 후퇴하는
- hutoe-haneun — Retreating; withdrawing; moving back or receding
- 선은
- seon-eun — The line; a boundary line as topic of sentence
- 여전히
- yeojeon-hi — Still; yet; as before; continuing unchanged
- 뚜렷이
- tteuryeot-i — Clearly; distinctly; visibly apparent or well-defined
- 보인다
- bo-inda — Is seen; appears; is visible to the eye
- 점차
- jeomcha — Gradually; little by little; progressively over time
- 분열되고
- bunyeol-doego — Being divided and; fragmenting and splitting apart
- 부서진
- buseo-jin — Broken; shattered; having been destroyed or fractured
- 파편들이
- papyeon-deul-i — Fragments; shards; broken pieces of a larger whole
- 정규
- jeonggyu — Regular; standard; formal; properly organized or established
- 국가와
- gukga-wa — State and; nation and; a political country and
- 왕국의
- wangguk-ui — Of a kingdom; belonging to a monarchical state
- 형태를
- hyeongtae-reul — Form; shape; the outward structure of something
- 띠게
- ttige — To take on; to come to assume a form
- 되지만
- doe-jiman — Becomes but; turns into yet with contrast following
- 왕국들과
- wangguk-deul-gwa — With kingdoms; alongside multiple monarchical states
- 제국
- jeguk — Empire; a large state ruled by an emperor
- 사이의
- sai-ui — Between; of the space or relationship between things
- 실질적인
- siljiiljeogin — Substantive; real; having actual practical significance
- 관계는
- gwangye-neun — The relationship; the connection as topic of sentence
- 유지되고
- yuji-doego — Is maintained and; is kept and preserved ongoing
- 규정된다
- gyujeong-doenda — Is defined; is prescribed; is formally determined or stipulated
- 그리고
- geurigo — And; furthermore; additionally connecting clauses or ideas
- 지배가
- jibae-ga — Dominion; rule; control or authority over a territory
- 속주에
- sokju-e — In the province; in a subordinate administrative territory
- 불과할
- bulgwah-al — Amounting to only; being no more than; merely
- 정도로
- jeongdo-ro — To the extent of; to the degree of something
- 줄어들었을
- jul-eo-deureot-eul — When it had diminished; having shrunk or reduced greatly
- 때
- ttae — Time; when; a moment or period of occurrence
- 이름이
- ireum-i — The name; the designation as subject of clause
- 도시의
- dosi-ui — Of the city; belonging to or within a city
- 성벽
- seongbyeok — City wall; fortification wall surrounding a city
- 안에만
- ane-man — Only within; solely inside; confined only to inside
- 국한되었을
- gukhан-doeeot-eul — When it was confined; having been limited or restricted
- 그럼에도
- geureom-edo — Even so; nevertheless; despite that; notwithstanding
- 역사가가
- yeoksaga-ga — The historian; a scholar who studies and writes history
- 후기
- hugi — Later period; latter phase; subsequent era or stage
- 서술을
- seosul-eul — Narration; description; the act of writing or recounting
- 펼쳐나가는
- pyeolchyeo-naganeun — Unfolding; spreading out; developing and extending a narrative
- 광대한
- gwangdae-han — Vast; immense; extremely wide or large in scope
- 영역에
- yeongyeok-e — In the domain; in the realm or sphere of
- 걸쳐
- geolchyeo — Spanning; across; extending over a range or area
- 뻗어
- ppeodeo — Stretching; extending; reaching outward in space
- 것은
- geot-eun — The thing; the fact; nominalizer as topic marker
- 위대함에
- widaeham-e — Regarding greatness; concerning magnificence or grandeur
- 대한
- daehan — About; concerning; regarding a subject or topic
- 기억
- gieok — Memory; recollection; the ability to remember things
- 그림자이다
- geurimja-ida — Is a shadow; is a dim reflection of something past
- 전체는
- jeonche-neun — The whole; the entirety as topic of sentence
- 하나의
- hana-ui — One; a single; of one unified thing
- 통일체로
- tongilche-ro — Into a unified whole; as a single cohesive unit
- 융합되며
- yunghap-doemyeo — Merging and; fusing together and combining into one
- 그의
- geu-ui — His; of him; possessive referring to a male
- 비극적
- bigeukjeok — Tragic; relating to tragedy or catastrophic downfall
- 드라마의
- deurama-ui — Of the drama; relating to a dramatic work or story
- 이중
- ijung — Double; dual; twofold in nature or structure
- 파국에
- paguk-e — In the catastrophe; at the point of final ruin
- 명백히
- myeongbaek-hi — Obviously; clearly; manifestly evident to all
- 불가결한
- bulgagyeol-han — Indispensable; essential; absolutely necessary and unavoidable
- 요소이다
- yoso-ida — Is an element; is a factor or component
- 그러나
- geureona — However; but; yet; introducing a contrasting statement
- 설계의
- seolgye-ui — Of the design; relating to a plan or scheme
- 광대함
- gwangdaeham — Vastness; immensity; the quality of being enormous
- 장엄함
- jangeoмham — Grandeur; sublimity; majestic and imposing magnificence
- 조화는
- johwa-neun — The harmony; the balance or accord as topic
- 비록
- birok — Although; even though; despite the fact that
- 인상적이기는
- insangjeoigi-neun — Though impressive; while being striking or remarkable
- 사항들이
- sa-hang-deul-i — The matters; the items or particulars as subject
- 정확성과
- jeonghwakseong-gwa — Accuracy and; correctness and precision and exactness
- 엄밀함으로
- eommil-ham-euro — With rigor; with strictness; with precise exactitude
- 채워지지
- chaeweo-jiji — Being filled; not being filled if negated following
- 않는다면
- anneundamyeon — If not; unless; in the case that it does not
- 감탄을
- gamtan-eul — Admiration; wonder; the feeling of being impressed
- 받을
- bad-eul — To receive; worthy of receiving something
- 자격이
- jagyeok-i — Qualification; worthiness; the right or entitlement to something
- 없는
- eomneun — Without; lacking; not having or possessing something
- 주장에
- jujang-e — Regarding a claim; concerning an assertion or argument
- 불과하다
- bulgwahada — Is merely; is nothing more than; amounts only to
- 어떤
- eotteon — Any; some; what kind of; a certain type of
- 작가도
- jakga-do — Even a writer; any author; also a writer
- 이
- i — This; these; a demonstrative referring to something near
- 점에
- jeom-e — On this point; regarding this aspect or matter
- 있어서
- iss-eoseo — In; regarding; when it comes to a matter
- 더
- deo — More; further; to a greater degree or extent
- 혹독하게
- hokdok-hage — Harshly; severely; in a rigorous or stringent manner
- 시험받은
- siheom-bad-eun — Having been tested; who has undergone scrutiny or examination
- 이는
- i-neun — This person; this one; referring to a previously mentioned person
- 없다
- eopda — There is not; does not exist; to lack something
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