The Prince — Page 12
Machiavelli concludes his letter to Vettori thus: "And as to this little thing [his book], when it has been read it will be seen that during the fifteen years I have given to the study of statecraft I have neither slept nor idled; and men ought ever to desire to be served by one who has reaped experience at the expense of others. And of my loyalty none could doubt, because having always kept faith I could not now learn how to break it; for he who has been faithful and honest, as I have, cannot change his nature; and my poverty is a witness to my honesty."
마키아벨리는 베토리에게 보내는 편지를 다음과 같이 마무리한다: "이 작은 것[그의 책]에 관해서는, 읽고 나면 내가 국정 연구에 바친 15년 동안 나는 잠을 자거나 게으름을 피운 적이 없었음을 알게 될 것입니다; 그리고 사람들은 언제나 타인의 희생으로 경험을 쌓은 자에게 봉사받기를 원해야 합니다. 나의 충성심에 대해서는 아무도 의심할 수 없을 것이니, 나는 항상 신의를 지켜왔기에 이제 와서 그것을 저버리는 법을 배울 수 없기 때문입니다; 나처럼 신실하고 정직했던 자는 자신의 본성을 바꿀 수 없으며, 나의 가난이 나의 정직함을 증언합니다."
Before Machiavelli had got _The Prince_ off his hands he commenced his "Discourse on the First Decade of Titus Livius," which should be read concurrently with _The Prince_.
마키아벨리는 《군주론》을 완성하기 전에 《티투스 리비우스의 첫 번째 10년에 관한 담론》을 시작하였는데, 이 작품은 《군주론》과 함께 읽어야 한다.
These and several minor works occupied him until the year 1518, when he accepted a small commission to look after the affairs of some Florentine merchants at Genoa.
이 작품들과 몇 가지 소소한 저작들이 그를 1518년까지 사로잡았으며, 그 해에 그는 제노바에 있는 피렌체 상인들의 사무를 돌보는 소규모 임무를 맡았다.
In 1519 the Medicean rulers of Florence granted a few political concessions to her citizens, and Machiavelli with others was consulted upon a new constitution under which the Great Council was to be restored; but on one pretext or another it was not promulgated.
1519년에 피렌체의 메디치 가문 통치자들은 시민들에게 몇 가지 정치적 양보를 허용하였고, 마키아벨리는 다른 이들과 함께 대의회를 복원할 새 헌법에 관해 자문을 받았으나, 이런저런 구실로 인해 그것은 공포되지 않았다.
Vocabulary
- 보내는
- bonaeneun — sending; that sends
- 편지를
- pyeonjireul — letter (object particle)
- 다음과
- daeumeun — the following; as follows
- 같이
- gachi — same way; similarly; together
- 마무리한다
- mamurihandа — finishes; concludes; wraps up
- 작은
- jageun — small; little; young
- 그의
- geuui — his; his own
- 관해서는
- gwanhaesoneun — regarding; concerning; about
- 읽고
- ilkko — read; reading (conjunctive)
- 나면
- namyeon — when finished; once done
- 내가
- naega — I; me (subject particle)
- 국정
- gukjeong — state affairs; national politics
- 연구에
- yeonguue — research; study (dative particle)
- 바친
- bachin — dedicated; devoted to
- 15년
- sipobnyeon — fifteen years
- 동안
- doangan — during; while; throughout
- 나는
- naneun — I; me (topic particle)
- 잠을
- jameul — sleep (object particle)
- 자거나
- jageona — slept or; sleep or
- 게으름을
- geeureumu — laziness; idleness (object particle)
- 피운
- piun — indulged in; practiced
- 적이
- jeogi — time; occasion when
- 없었음을
- eopseosseumi — was not; did not have
- 알게
- alge — come to know; realize
- 것입니다
- geosimbnida — it is; that is the case
- 그리고
- geurigo — and; and then; also
- 사람들은
- saramdeure — people (topic particle)
- 언제나
- eonjena — always; at all times; ever
- 타인의
- taeinui — other's; another's; others'
- 희생으로
- huisaengeuro — at cost of; through sacrifice of
- 경험을
- gyeongheome — experience (object particle)
- 쌓은
- ssaeun — accumulated; built up; stacked
- 자에게
- jaegee — to the person; to one
- 봉사받기를
- bongsabaekgireul — be served; receive service
- 원해야
- wonhaeyaa — should desire; must want
- 합니다
- hambnida — does; it is; formal ending
- 나의
- nauui — my; mine; my own
- 충성심에
- chungseongsime — loyalty; faithfulness (dative particle)
- 대해서는
- daehaesoneun — regarding; concerning; about
- 아무도
- amudo — no one; nobody; anyone
- 의심할
- uisimshal — suspect; doubt; question
- 없을
- eopseul — will not; cannot be
- 것이니
- geosini — because it is; so that
- 항상
- hangsang — always; at all times; constantly
- 신의를
- sinuireul — faith; good faith (object particle)
- 지켜왔기에
- jikyeowassgigee — have kept; have maintained
- 이제
- ije — now; at this moment; from now
- 와서
- waseo — come; coming; having come
- 그것을
- geugeoseul — it; that (object particle)
- 저버리는
- jeobeorinun — abandon; betray; desert
- 법을
- beobseul — law; method; way (object particle)
- 배울
- baeuul — learn; study; be taught
- 없기
- eopgi — not; cannot; lack of
- 때문입니다
- ttaemunimbnida — because; due to; that is why
- 나처럼
- nacheorom — like me; as I do
- 신실하고
- sinsirago — faithful; sincere; honest and
- 정직했던
- jeongjikaessdeon — was honest; had been upright
- 자는
- janeun — person who; one who
- 자신의
- jasinui — one's own; self; own
- 본성을
- bonseongeu — nature; character (object particle)
- 바꿀
- bakkul — change; alter; convert
- 없으며
- eobseumyeo — cannot; will not and
- 가난이
- ganangi — poverty; poor (subject particle)
- 정직함을
- jeongjikameul — honesty; integrity (object particle)
- 증언합니다
- jeungeone hambnida — testifies; bears witness; proves
- 완성하기
- wanseonghagi — completing; finishing; accomplishing
- 전에
- jeonee — before; prior to; previously
- 번째
- beontchae — ordinal; number in sequence
- 10년에
- sipnyeonee — in ten years; ten-year period
- 관한
- gwanhan — regarding; concerning; about
- 담론
- damron — discourse; discussion; treatise
- 시작하였는데
- sijakshayeosneunee — began; started; have commenced
- 작품은
- jakkumeun — work; artwork (topic particle)
- 함께
- hamkke — together; with; along with
- 읽어야
- ilgeoya — should read; must read
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