The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 1

Vocabulary

삽화

saphwa — Illustration or picture accompanying a text

저

jeo — I, me (humble/formal first-person pronoun)

원문을

wonmuneul — Original text (object marker attached)

읽을

ilgeul — To read (future/modifier verb form)

수

su — Ability or possibility (auxiliary noun)

없는

eomneun — Not having; without; lacking something

이들을

ideureul — These people (plural, object marker attached)

위해

wihae — For the sake of; for the benefit of

영어

yeongeo — The English language

산문으로

sanmuneuro — In prose form (as opposed to verse)

옮김

olmgim — Translation; act of transferring or rendering text

목차

mokcha — Table of contents of a book

초판

chopan — First edition of a published work

서문

seomun — Preface or foreword of a book

재판

jaepan — Second edition; reprint of a publication

제

je — Ordinal prefix meaning 'number' or 'the Nth'

권

gwon — Volume; counter for books or volumes

각주

gakju — Footnote at the bottom of a page

교수

gyosu — Professor; university-level academic teacher

기사

gisa — Knight; also can mean article or report

소중한

sojunghan — Precious, dear, cherished, highly valued

동반자에게

dongbanja-ege — To a companion or partner (dative form)

감사하는

gamsahaneun — Grateful, thankful (modifier form)

저자로부터

jeoja-robuteo — From the author (ablative/source particle)

이

i — This (demonstrative determiner)

번역은

beonyeogeun — Translation (topic marker attached)

제가

jega — I (humble subject form with subject marker)

년에

nyeon-e — In the year (time particle attached)

출판한

chulpanhan — Published (past modifier form of 출판하다)

여성

yeoseong — Woman; female; the female gender

저자

jeoja — Author; writer of a book or work

라는

raneun — Called; titled; known as (quoting modifier)

제목의

jemok-ui — Of the title; titled (possessive particle)

작품을

jakpumeul — Work of art or literature (object marker)

보완하기

bowanhagi — Supplementing; complementing; making more complete

위한

wihan — For the purpose of; intended for

것입니다

geosipnida — It is (formal sentence-ending copula form)

저는

jeoneun — I (humble topic form with topic marker)

그

geu — That; the (demonstrative or article-like determiner)

책에

chaek-e — In the book (locative particle attached)

전체를

jeonchereul — The entirety; the whole (object marker attached)

수록하면

surokhamyeon — If one includes or incorporates into a publication

너무

neomu — Too; excessively; overly much

방대해질

bangdaehaejil — Will become vast or excessively large

것이기에

geosigige — Because it would be; since it is

이미

imi — Already; by now; previously completed

완성되어

wansongdoeeo — Having been completed; already finished

있던

itdeon — That existed; that had been (past modifier)

번역을

beonyeogeul — Translation (object marker attached)

요약하였으며

yoyakhayyeoseumeyo — Summarized and (connective past tense form)

이제

ije — Now; from now on; at this point

그것을

geugeoseul — That thing; it (object marker attached)

완전한

wanjeonhan — Complete; perfect; whole; fully intact

형태로

hyeongtaero — In the form of; in the shape of

출판합니다

chulpanhamnida — Publish (formal present tense statement)

여기서

yeogiseo — Here; at this place or point

방금

banggeum — Just now; a moment ago

언급한

eongeuphan — Mentioned; referred to (past modifier form)

작품에서

jakpumeseo — In the work; from the literary piece

다룬

darun — Dealt with; treated; covered (past modifier)

두

du — Two (native Korean numeral)

가지

gaji — Kind, type, sort (counter for types)

주요

juyo — Main; major; primary; key

논점에

nonjeome — On the argument or point of debate

대해

daehae — About; regarding; concerning a topic

논하지

nonhaji — To discuss/argue (negated connective form)

않겠습니다

ankessseumnida — Will not do (formal negative future intention)

거기에

geogie — There; to that place or point

쓴

sseun — Written (past modifier form of 쓰다)

내용에

naeyong-e — To the content; regarding the content

더하거나

deohageona — To add or to supplement (connective form)

철회할

cheolhoihal — To withdraw or retract (future modifier form)

것이

geosi — Thing that; the fact that (subject form)

없습니다

eopseumnida — There is not; does not exist (formal)