History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 — Page 13
Guizot goes on to state his own impressions on reading Gibbon's history, and no authority will have greater weight with those to whom the extent and accuracy of his historical researches are known:—
기조는 계속해서 기번의 역사서를 읽은 자신의 인상을 진술하는데, 그의 역사적 연구의 범위와 정확성을 아는 이들에게 이보다 더 큰 권위를 가질 사람은 없을 것이다:—
"After a first rapid perusal, which allowed me to feel nothing but the interest of a narrative, always animated, and, notwithstanding its extent and the variety of objects which it makes to pass before the view, always perspicuous, I entered upon a minute examination of the details of which it was composed;
"처음 빠르게 훑어 읽었을 때는 항상 생동감 있고, 그 방대한 분량과 눈앞에 펼쳐지는 소재의 다양성에도 불구하고 항상 명료한 서술의 흥미만을 느낄 수 있었는데, 그 후 나는 그것을 구성하는 세부 사항들을 면밀히 검토하기 시작했다;
and the opinion which I then formed was, I confess, singularly severe.
그리고 그때 내가 형성한 의견은, 솔직히 말하자면, 유독 가혹한 것이었다.
I discovered, in certain chapters, errors which appeared to me sufficiently important and numerous to make me believe that they had been written with extreme negligence;
나는 어떤 장들에서, 극도의 태만으로 쓰여졌다고 믿게 할 만큼 충분히 중요하고 수많은 오류들을 발견했다;
in others, I was struck with a certain tinge of partiality and prejudice, which imparted to the exposition of the facts that want of truth and justice, which the English express by their happy term _misrepresentation_.
다른 장들에서는, 사실의 서술에 진실과 공정성의 결여를 부여하는 일종의 편파성과 편견의 색채에 충격을 받았는데, 이를 영국인들은 _misrepresentation_이라는 적절한 표현으로 나타낸다.
Some imperfect (_tronquées_) quotations; some passages, omitted unintentionally or designedly cast a suspicion on the honesty (_bonne foi_) of the author;
일부 불완전한 (_tronquées_) 인용들; 의도치 않게 또는 고의로 생략된 일부 구절들은 저자의 성실함(_bonne foi_)에 의혹을 던졌다;
and his violation of the first law of history—increased to my eye by the prolonged attention with which I occupied myself with every phrase, every note, every reflection—caused me to form upon the whole work, a judgment far too rigorous.
그리고 역사의 제일 법칙에 대한 그의 위반은—모든 문구, 모든 주석, 모든 성찰에 오랫동안 주의를 기울임으로써 내 눈에 더욱 부각되었는데—작품 전체에 대해 지나치게 엄격한 판단을 내리게 만들었다.
After having finished my labors, I allowed some time to elapse before I reviewed the whole.
나의 작업을 마친 후, 나는 전체를 다시 검토하기 전에 얼마간의 시간이 흐르도록 두었다.
Vocabulary
- 기조는
- gijoneun — As for the keynote or underlying tone
- 계속해서
- gyesokhaeseo — Continuously, without stopping, in succession
- 역사서를
- yeoksasseoreul — History book (as object of verb)
- 읽은
- ilgeun — Having read; past tense modifier for reading
- 자신의
- jasinui — One's own; belonging to oneself
- 인상을
- insangeul — Impression (as object of verb)
- 진술하는데
- jinsurhaneunde — Stating, declaring, or describing something
- 그의
- geuui — His; belonging to him
- 역사적
- yeoksajeok — Historical; relating to history
- 연구의
- yeonguui — Of research or study (possessive)
- 범위와
- beomwiwa — Scope and; range together with something
- 정확성을
- jeonghwakseongεul — Accuracy, precision (as object of verb)
- 아는
- aneun — Who knows; present modifier of knowing
- 이들에게
- ideulege — To these people; for those individuals
- 이보다
- iboda — More than this; compared to this
- 더
- deo — More; to a greater degree
- 큰
- keun — Big, large, great
- 권위를
- gwonwiреул — Authority, prestige (as object of verb)
- 가질
- gajil — Will have; future modifier of possessing
- 사람은
- sarameun — As for the person; the individual
- 없을
- eopseul — Will not exist; future modifier of absence
- 것이다
- geosida — It is the case that; expresses certainty
- 처음
- cheoeum — First time; beginning, initially
- 빠르게
- ppareuge — Quickly, rapidly, at fast pace
- 훑어
- hulheo — Skimming, scanning through quickly
- 읽었을
- ilgeosseul — Had read; past hypothetical modifier
- 때는
- ttaeneun — As for the time when; at the moment
- 항상
- hangsang — Always, at all times, constantly
- 생동감
- saengdonggam — Sense of vitality, liveliness, vivid energy
- 있고
- itgo — There is; exists and (connective form)
- 그
- geu — That, the; third-person demonstrative pronoun
- 방대한
- bangdaehan — Vast, enormous, extensive in scale
- 분량과
- bullyangwa — Volume, quantity, and (connective form)
- 눈앞에
- nunape — Before one's eyes; right in front
- 펼쳐지는
- pyeolchyeojineun — Unfolding, spreading out, being displayed
- 소재의
- sojaеui — Of the subject matter or material
- 다양성에도
- dayangseongedo — Even with diversity; despite variety
- 불구하고
- bulguhago — Despite, in spite of, regardless of
- 명료한
- myengnyohan — Clear, lucid, easily understandable
- 서술의
- seosurui — Of narration or description (possessive)
- 흥미만을
- heungmimaneul — Only the interest or fascination
- 느낄
- neukkil — Will feel; future modifier of feeling
- 수
- su — Ability, possibility; can (auxiliary noun)
- 있었는데
- isseonnеunde — There was; existed but (contrastive)
- 후
- hu — After, later, subsequent to
- 나는
- naneun — I, as for me (first-person subject)
- 그것을
- geugeoseul — It, that thing (as object of verb)
- 구성하는
- guseonghraneun — Composing, constituting, making up
- 세부
- sebu — Details, particulars, fine points
- 사항들을
- sahaengdeureul — Matters, items, particulars (plural object)
- 면밀히
- myeonmilhi — Closely, meticulously, with careful attention
- 검토하기
- geomtohagi — Examining, reviewing, investigating carefully
- 시작했다
- sijakaessda — Began, started (past tense)
- 그리고
- geurigo — And, and then (conjunction)
- 그때
- geuttae — At that time, then, at that moment
- 내가
- naega — I (as subject, first-person nominative)
- 형성한
- hyeongseonghan — Formed, shaped, developed (past modifier)
- 의견은
- uigyeoneun — As for the opinion or view
- 솔직히
- soljikhi — Honestly, frankly, straightforwardly
- 말하자면
- malhajaмyeon — So to speak; to put it plainly
- 유독
- yudok — Particularly, especially, unusually so
- 가혹한
- gahokhan — Harsh, severe, cruel, merciless
- 것이었다
- geosiеоssda — It was the case; it turned out to be
- 어떤
- eotteon — Certain, some kind of, what kind of
- 장들에서
- jangdeureseo — In the chapters (plural locative)
- 극도의
- geukdoui — Of extreme degree; utmost, maximum
- 태만으로
- taemaneuro — With negligence or carelessness
- 쓰여졌다고
- sseuryeojyeossago — Was said to have been written
- 믿게
- mitge — To make believe; so as to believe
- 할
- hal — Will do; future modifier of doing
- 만큼
- mankeum — As much as; to the extent of
- 충분히
- chungbunhi — Sufficiently, enough, adequately
- 중요하고
- jungyo hago — Important and (connective form)
- 수많은
- sumaneun — Numerous, countless, very many
- 오류들을
- oryudeureul — Errors, mistakes (plural as object)
- 발견했다
- balgyeonhaessda — Discovered, found (past tense)
- 다른
- dareun — Other, different, another
- 장들에서는
- jangdeureseonеun — As for in the other chapters
- 사실의
- sasilui — Of facts; factual (possessive)
- 서술에
- seosuле — In the narration or description
- 진실과
- jinsilgwa — Truth and (connective form)
- 공정성의
- gongjeongsеongui — Of fairness or impartiality (possessive)
- 결여를
- gyeolyeoreul — Lack, absence, deficiency (as object)
- 부여하는
- buyeohaneun — Giving, granting, imparting to something
- 일종의
- iljongui — A kind of, a sort of, one type of
- 편파성과
- pyeonpaseонggwa — Partiality and (connective form)
- 편견의
- pyeongyeonui — Of prejudice or bias (possessive)
- 색채에
- saekchaeе — In the hue or tinge, coloring of
- 충격을
- chunggkyeogeul — Shock, impact (as object of verb)
- 받았는데
- badannеunde — Received, felt; experienced but (contrastive)
- 이를
- ireul — This (as object); referring to aforementioned
- 영국인들은
- yeonggugindеuleun — As for the English people (plural subject)
- 적절한
- jeokjeolhan — Appropriate, suitable, fitting
- 표현으로
- pyohyeoneuro — With the expression; using the term
- 나타낸다
- natanaenda — Expresses, represents, shows (present tense)
- 일부
- ilbu — Some, a part of, certain portion
- 불완전한
- burwanjeonhan — Incomplete, imperfect, partial
- 인용들
- inyongdeul — Quotations, citations (plural form)
- 의도치
- uidochi — Not intending; unintentionally (negative form)
- 않게
- anke — So as not to; without doing
- 또는
- ttoneun — Or, alternatively, otherwise
- 고의로
- gouro — Deliberately, intentionally, on purpose
- 생략된
- saengnyakdoen — Omitted, left out, excluded (past modifier)
- 구절들은
- gujeoldeureun — As for the passages or phrases (plural)
- 저자의
- jeojaui — Of the author; author's (possessive)
- 성실함
- seongssilham — Sincerity, integrity, faithfulness
- 에
- e — At, in, to (location/direction particle)
- 의혹을
- uihogeul — Suspicion, doubt (as object of verb)
- 던졌다
- deonjyeossda — Threw, cast (past tense)
- 역사의
- yeoksaui — Of history; historical (possessive)
- 제일
- jeil — First, number one, most important
- 법칙에
- beopchike — Regarding the law or rule
- 대한
- daehan — Regarding, about, concerning
- 위반은
- wibanеun — As for the violation or breach
- 모든
- modeun — Every, all, entire
- 문구
- mungu — Phrase, wording, written expression
- 주석
- juseok — Annotation, commentary, footnote
- 성찰에
- seongchare — In reflection, contemplation, introspection
- 오랫동안
- oraetdongan — For a long time, over a long period
- 주의를
- jуuireul — Attention, caution (as object of verb)
- 기울임으로써
- giurimeurосseo — By devoting or directing one's attention
- 내
- nae — My; first-person possessive
- 눈에
- nune — In my eyes; to my perception
- 더욱
- deouk — Even more, further, increasingly
- 부각되었는데
- bugakdoеonnеunde — Became prominent, highlighted, stood out but
- 작품
- jakpum — Work of art, literary work, piece
- 전체에
- jeonchee — Over the whole; regarding the entirety
- 대해
- daehae — About, regarding, concerning
- 지나치게
- jinachige — Excessively, too much, overly
- 엄격한
- eomgyeokhan — Strict, rigorous, stern
- 판단을
- pandaneul — Judgment, verdict (as object of verb)
- 내리게
- naerige — So as to make a judgment; to render
- 만들었다
- mandeureossda — Made, caused, created (past tense)
- 나의
- naui — My, mine (first-person possessive)
- 작업을
- jageоbeul — Work, task, operation (as object)
- 마친
- machin — Having finished; completed (past modifier)
- 전체를
- jeonchereul — The whole, entirety (as object)
- 다시
- dasi — Again, once more, anew
- 전에
- jeone — Before, prior to, in advance of
- 얼마간의
- eolmaganui — Some amount of; a certain amount of
- 시간이
- sigani — Time (as subject of verb)
- 흐르도록
- heuреudorok — So that time flows; letting time pass
- 두었다
- duеоssda — Left, placed, allowed to remain (past)
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