History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 — Page 15
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The present editor has followed the track of Gibbon through many parts of his work; he has read his authorities with constant reference to his pages, and must pronounce his deliberate judgment, in terms of the highest admiration as to his general accuracy.
현재의 편집자는 기번의 저작 여러 부분에 걸쳐 그의 행적을 추적해 왔으며, 그의 페이지들을 끊임없이 참조하면서 그의 전거들을 읽었고, 그의 전반적인 정확성에 대해 최고의 찬사로써 신중한 판단을 내려야만 한다.
Many of his seeming errors are almost inevitable from the close condensation of his matter.
그의 외견상 오류들 중 많은 부분은 그의 내용을 긴밀하게 압축하는 과정에서 거의 불가피하게 발생한 것이다.
From the immense range of his history, it was sometimes necessary to compress into a single sentence, a whole vague and diffuse page of a Byzantine chronicler.
그의 역사서가 다루는 방대한 범위로 인해, 비잔틴 연대기 작가의 모호하고 산만한 페이지 전체를 단 하나의 문장으로 압축해야 할 때가 종종 있었다.
Perhaps something of importance may have thus escaped, and his expressions may not quite contain the whole substance of the passage from which they are taken.
그리하여 중요한 무언가가 누락되었을 수도 있으며, 그의 표현들이 인용된 원문 단락의 전체적인 내용을 완전히 담아내지 못했을 수도 있다.
His limits, at times, compel him to sketch; where that is the case, it is not fair to expect the full details of the finished picture.
그의 제약은 때로 그가 개략적으로만 서술하도록 강제하며, 그러한 경우에 완성된 그림의 세세한 세부 사항까지 기대하는 것은 공정하지 않다.
At times he can only deal with important results; and in his account of a war, it sometimes requires great attention to discover that the events which seem to be comprehended in a single campaign, occupy several years.
때로 그는 중요한 결과들만을 다룰 수밖에 없으며, 전쟁에 대한 그의 서술에서는 단 하나의 전역에 포함된 것처럼 보이는 사건들이 실제로는 수년에 걸쳐 있음을 발견하기 위해 상당한 주의가 필요할 때가 있다.
But this admirable skill in selecting and giving prominence to the points which are of real weight and importance—this distribution of light and shade—though perhaps it may occasionally betray him into vague and imperfect statements, is one of the highest excellencies of Gibbon's historic manner.
그러나 실질적인 비중과 중요성을 지닌 요점들을 선별하고 부각시키는 이 탁월한 기술, 즉 빛과 그림자의 배분은, 비록 때때로 그를 모호하고 불완전한 서술로 이끌 수도 있지만, 기번의 역사적 서술 방식이 지닌 가장 뛰어난 특질 중 하나이다.
Vocabulary
- 현재의
- hyeonjae-ui — of the present; currently existing or occurring
- 편집자는
- pyeonjipja-neun — as for the editor; the editor (topic marker)
- 저작
- jeojak — a written work; literary or scholarly composition
- 여러
- yeoreo — several; various; many different
- 부분에
- bubun-e — in the part; at the section or portion
- 걸쳐
- geolchyeo — spanning across; extending over a range
- 그의
- geu-ui — his; belonging to him
- 행적을
- haengjeok-eul — deeds or conduct; one's recorded actions or footsteps
- 추적해
- chujeokae — having traced; tracked or followed a trail
- 왔으며
- wasseuymyeo — has been doing and; continued up to now and
- 끊임없이
- kkeunimeopsi — ceaselessly; without interruption or pause
- 참조하면서
- chamjo-hamyeonseo — while referring to; consulting continuously as one proceeds
- 전거들을
- jeongeo-deul-eul — the sources; primary references or authoritative citations
- 읽었고
- ilgeotgo — read and; having read (connective past tense)
- 전반적인
- jeonbanjeogin — overall; general; relating to the whole scope
- 정확성에
- jeonghwakseong-e — regarding accuracy; concerning correctness or precision
- 대해
- daehae — about; regarding; concerning a topic
- 최고의
- choego-ui — of the highest; supreme or best quality
- 찬사로써
- chansa-rosseo — with praise; by means of high commendation
- 신중한
- sinjunghan — careful; prudent; exercising cautious judgment
- 판단을
- pandan-eul — the judgment; a decision or evaluation (object marker)
- 내려야만
- naeryeoyaman — must render; obliged to make a decision
- 한다
- handa — does; plain form declarative ending
- 외견상
- oegyeonsang — apparently; on the surface; seemingly
- 오류들
- oryu-deul — errors; mistakes; multiple inaccuracies
- 중
- jung — among; in the middle of; within a group
- 많은
- maneun — many; numerous; a large number of
- 부분은
- bubun-eun — the portion; the part (topic marker)
- 내용을
- naeyong-eul — the content; the substance or material (object marker)
- 긴밀하게
- ginmilhage — closely; in a tight and compact manner
- 압축하는
- apchukaneun — compressing; condensing into a smaller form
- 과정에서
- gwajeong-eseo — in the process of; during the course of
- 거의
- geoui — almost; nearly; for the most part
- 불가피하게
- bulgapihage — inevitably; unavoidably; without any other option
- 발생한
- balsaenghan — that occurred; which arose or happened
- 것이다
- geosida — it is the case that; asserting a fact or conclusion
- 역사서가
- yeoksaseo-ga — the history book; a historical work (subject marker)
- 다루는
- daruneun — dealing with; handling or covering a topic
- 방대한
- bangdaehan — vast; enormous in scale or volume
- 범위로
- beomwi-ro — due to the scope; by reason of the range
- 인해
- inhae — due to; because of; owing to a cause
- 연대기
- yeondaegi — chronicle; a historical record ordered by date
- 작가의
- jakga-ui — of the writer; belonging to the author
- 모호하고
- mohohago — vague and; ambiguous and unclear
- 산만한
- sanmanhan — scattered; diffuse; lacking focus or coherence
- 전체를
- jeonche-reul — the entirety; the whole thing (object marker)
- 단
- dan — only; merely; just one
- 하나의
- hana-ui — of one; a single
- 문장으로
- munjang-euro — into a sentence; condensed to one sentence
- 압축해야
- apchukaeya — must compress; obliged to condense
- 할
- hal — to do; future/obligatory modifier form
- 때가
- ttaega — the time; the occasion (subject marker)
- 종종
- jongjong — often; from time to time; frequently
- 있었다
- isseotda — there was; existed (past tense statement)
- 그리하여
- geurihayeo — therefore; as a result; consequently
- 중요한
- jungyohan — important; significant; of great relevance
- 무언가가
- mueongaga — something; an unspecified thing (subject marker)
- 누락되었을
- nurakdoeeosseul — may have been omitted; likely left out
- 수도
- sudo — might also; possibility particle combined with 'also'
- 있으며
- isseuymyeo — there is and; exists while also
- 표현들이
- pyohyeon-deul-i — the expressions; various phrasings (subject marker)
- 인용된
- inyongdoen — quoted; cited from an original source
- 원문
- wonmun — original text; the source document in its original form
- 단락의
- dallak-ui — of the paragraph; belonging to a passage
- 전체적인
- overall; encompassing the whole entirety
- 완전히
- wanjeonhi — completely; fully; in an entirely thorough manner
- 담아내지
- damanaejji — not capturing; failing to contain fully
- 못했을
- motaesseul — may have failed to; possibly could not do
- 있다
- itda — there is; to exist; to be present
- 제약은
- jeyak-eun — the constraint; restriction or limitation (topic marker)
- 때로
- ttaero — sometimes; at times; occasionally
- 그가
- geuga — he; that person (subject marker)
- 개략적으로만
- gaeryakjeogeuro-man — only in outline; merely in a sketchy overview
- 서술하도록
- seosulhadorok — so as to describe; in order to narrate
- 강제하며
- gangjehameyo — forces and; compels while also doing
- 그러한
- geureohan — such; that kind of; in those circumstances
- 경우에
- gyeongue-e — in the case of; in such a situation
- 완성된
- wansengdoen — completed; fully finished or perfected
- 그림의
- geurim-ui — of the picture; belonging to the depiction
- 세세한
- sesehan — minute; very detailed; fine-grained
- 세부
- sebu — detail; specific particulars or fine points
- 사항까지
- sahang-kkaji — even up to the specifics; including every detail
- 기대하는
- gidaehaneun — expecting; anticipating or hoping for something
- 것은
- geoseun — the thing that; nominalizer with topic marker
- 공정하지
- gongjeonghaji — not fair; lacking fairness or impartiality
- 않다
- anta — is not; negation ending for adjectives or verbs
- 그는
- geuneun — he; that person (topic marker)
- 결과들만을
- gyeolgwa-deul-man-eul — only the results; exclusively the outcomes
- 다룰
- darul — to deal with; future modifier form of 'handle'
- 수밖에
- subakke — no choice but to; can only do one thing
- 없으며
- eopseuymyeo — there is not and; does not exist while also
- 전쟁에
- jeonjaeng-e — in war; concerning battle or armed conflict
- 대한
- daehan — regarding; about; pertaining to a subject
- 서술에서는
- seosul-eseo-neun — in the description; within the narration (topic)
- 전역에
- jeonyeok-e — in the campaign; throughout a military operation
- 포함된
- pohamdoen — included; contained within; encompassed
- 것처럼
- geotcheoreom — as if; like; in a manner that seems
- 보이는
- boineun — appearing; seeming; that looks a certain way
- 사건들이
- sageon-deul-i — the events; incidents or occurrences (subject marker)
- 실제로는
- siljeoro-neun — in reality; actually; as a matter of fact
- 수년에
- sunyeon-e — over several years; across multiple years
- 있음을
- isseum-eul — the fact that there is; existence as object
- 발견하기
- balgyeonhagi — to discover; to find something out
- 위해
- wihae — for the purpose of; in order to achieve
- 상당한
- sangdanghan — considerable; substantial; quite significant
- 주의가
- juui-ga — attention; caution (subject marker)
- 필요할
- piryohal — will be necessary; required in that situation
- 그러나
- geureona — however; but; nevertheless
- 실질적인
- siljiljeogin — substantial; practical; having real significance
- 비중과
- bijung-gwa — weight and; importance and significance
- 중요성을
- jungyoseong-eul — the importance; significance (object marker)
- 지닌
- jinin — possessing; holding; that carries or has
- 요점들을
- yojeom-deul-eul — the key points; main arguments (object marker)
- 선별하고
- seonbyeolhago — selecting and; choosing carefully and then
- 부각시키는
- bugaksikineun — highlighting; making prominent or emphasizing
- 이
- i — this; referring to something nearby or just mentioned
- 탁월한
- takwolhan — outstanding; excellent; remarkably superior
- 기술
- gisul — skill; technique; art or craft
- 즉
- jeuk — namely; that is to say; in other words
- 빛과
- bit-gwa — light and; brightness and (conjunction)
- 그림자의
- geurimja-ui — of shadow; belonging to the shade or darkness
- 배분은
- baebun-eun — the distribution; allocation of elements (topic marker)
- 비록
- birok — although; even though; despite the fact that
- 때때로
- ttaettaero — sometimes; occasionally; now and then
- 그를
- geureul — him; that person (object marker)
- 불완전한
- burwanjeonhan — incomplete; imperfect; lacking full thoroughness
- 서술로
- seosul-lo — into description; toward a form of narration
- 이끌
- ikkeul — to lead; to guide toward a direction
- 있지만
- itjiman — although there is; even though it exists
- 역사적
- yeoksajeoк — historical; pertaining to history or the past
- 서술
- seosul — narration; description; written account
- 방식이
- bangsik-i — the method; way or style (subject marker)
- 가장
- gajang — most; the greatest degree of a quality
- 뛰어난
- ttwieonan — outstanding; excellent; surpassing others
- 특질
- teukjil — characteristic quality; distinctive trait or attribute
- 하나이다
- hana-ida — is one of; constitutes one among several
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