The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 13
In other words, I insert nothing that I deem greatly inferior in interest to the tales in the old version.
다시 말해서, 나는 구판의 이야기들에 비해 흥미가 크게 떨어진다고 생각되는 것은 아무것도 삽입하지 않는다.
Certain passages which, in the original work, are of an objectionable nature, I have slightly varied; but in doing this, I have been particularly careful to render them so as to be perfectly agreeable with Arab manners and customs.
원작에서 불쾌한 성격을 띠는 특정 구절들은 내가 약간 변형하였다. 그러나 이렇게 하는 데 있어서, 나는 아랍의 풍습과 관습에 완전히 부합하도록 표현하는 데 특히 주의를 기울였다.
It was originally my intention to omit almost the whole of the poetry, thinking that the loss of measure and rhyme, and the impossibility of preserving the examples of paronomasia and some other figures with which they abound, would render translations of them generally intolerable to the reader:
원래 나의 의도는 시의 거의 전부를 생략하는 것이었는데, 운율과 각운의 상실, 그리고 시에 풍부하게 담긴 동음이의어와 그 밖의 몇 가지 수사법의 예들을 보존하는 것이 불가능하다는 점이 그 번역을 독자들에게 대체로 견디기 어려운 것으로 만들 것이라고 생각했기 때문이다.
but afterwards I reflected that the character of the work would be thus greatly altered; and its value, as illustrating Arab manners and feelings, much diminished.
그러나 이후에 나는 그렇게 하면 작품의 성격이 크게 바뀌게 되고, 아랍의 풍습과 감정을 보여주는 것으로서의 그 가치가 크게 줄어들 것이라고 생각하였다.
I therefore determined to preserve a considerable number of select pieces, chosen either for their relative merits or because required by the context.
따라서 나는 상당수의 엄선된 작품들을 보존하기로 결정하였는데, 그것들은 상대적인 장점 때문에 혹은 문맥상 필요하기 때문에 선택된 것들이다.
The number of those comprised in the first volume of my translation is nearly half of the number contained in the corresponding portion of the original work; but in several cases I have omitted one or more verses of a piece as unsuitable, or for some other reason; and in a few instances I have given only the first verse or the first couplet.
내 번역본의 첫 번째 권에 포함된 시의 수는 원작의 해당 부분에 수록된 수의 거의 절반에 해당한다. 그러나 여러 경우에 나는 한 편의 시에서 적합하지 않거나 다른 이유로 하나 혹은 그 이상의 연을 생략하였으며, 몇몇 경우에는 첫 번째 연이나 첫 번째 2행 연구만을 제시하였다.
Vocabulary
- 다시
- dasi — Again; once more; repeating an action
- 말해서
- malhaeseo — Speaking; saying; to put it in words
- 나는
- naneun — I; first-person subject pronoun in Korean
- 이야기들에
- iyagideure — To/about the stories; plural stories with particle
- 비해
- bihae — Compared to; in comparison with something else
- 흥미가
- heungmiga — Interest; curiosity as subject of sentence
- 크게
- keuge — Greatly; largely; to a significant degree
- 떨어진다고
- tteoreojindago — That it falls; decreases or drops in level
- 생각되는
- saengakdoeneun — That is thought; considered to be something
- 것은
- geoseun — The thing that; nominalizer with topic particle
- 아무것도
- amugeotdo — Nothing at all; not anything whatsoever
- 않는다
- anneunda — Does not do; plain-form negation of action
- 원작에서
- wonjageseo — From the original work; source text location
- 불쾌한
- bulkwaehan — Unpleasant; disagreeable; causing discomfort
- 성격을
- seonggyeogeul — Character; nature; personality as object
- 띠는
- ttineun — Having; bearing; carrying a certain quality
- 특정
- teukjeong — Specific; particular; a certain designated one
- 구절들은
- gujeoldeureun — The passages; specific phrases as topic
- 내가
- naega — I; first-person subject with subject particle
- 약간
- yakgan — Slightly; a little; somewhat modified
- 변형하였다
- byeonhyeonghayeotda — Modified; altered; transformed into different form
- 그러나
- geureona — However; but; conjunction showing contrast
- 이렇게
- ireoke — Like this; in this way; this manner
- 하는
- haneun — Doing; acting; present modifier of verb 하다
- 데
- de — In doing; place or situation of an action
- 있어서
- isseoseo — Being in; regarding; in the context of
- 풍습과
- pungseupgwa — Customs and; traditional cultural practices
- 관습에
- gwanseube — To customs; established conventions and habits
- 완전히
- wanjeonhi — Completely; fully; entirely without exception
- 표현하는
- Expressing; representing in words or form
- 특히
- teuki — Especially; particularly; above other things
- 주의를
- juuireul — Attention; caution as object of sentence
- 기울였다
- giuryeotda — Paid; devoted; tilted attention toward something
- 원래
- wonrae — Originally; by nature; from the beginning
- 나의
- naui — My; belonging to the first person
- 의도는
- uidoneun — The intention; purpose as topic of sentence
- 시의
- siui — Of poetry; relating to poems or verse
- 거의
- geoui — Almost; nearly; for the most part
- 전부를
- jeonbureul — All of; the entirety as object
- 생략하는
- saengnyakaneun — Omitting; leaving out; skipping over content
- 것이었는데
- geosieonnneunde — Was the thing; it was the case that
- 상실
- sangsil — Loss; losing something valuable or essential
- 그리고
- geurigo — And; also; additionally connecting two elements
- 시에
- sie — In poetry; within the poem or verse
- 풍부하게
- pungbuhage — Richly; abundantly; in great plentiful amount
- 담긴
- damgin — Contained in; filled with; held within
- 그
- geu — That; the; a demonstrative determiner
- 밖의
- bakkui — Outside of; other than; beyond that
- 몇
- myeot — Several; a few; how many in number
- 가지
- gaji — Kind; type; sort of something
- 예들을
- yedeureul — The examples; instances as object of sentence
- 보존하는
- bojonhaneun — Preserving; keeping; maintaining intact
- 것이
- geosi — The thing; nominalizer as subject particle
- 불가능하다는
- bulganeungehadaneun — That it is impossible; cannot be achieved
- 점이
- jeomi — The point; aspect; fact as subject
- 번역을
- beonyeogeul — The translation; act of translating as object
- 독자들에게
- dokjadeureoge — To the readers; for the audience of text
- 대체로
- daechero — Generally; mostly; on the whole
- 견디기
- gyeondigi — Enduring; bearing; tolerating difficulty
- 어려운
- eoryeoun — Difficult; hard; not easy to do
- 것으로
- geoseuro — As something; in the form of a thing
- 만들
- mandeul — Make; create; will turn into something
- 것이라고
- geosirago — That it would be; quoting a prediction
- 생각했기
- saengakhaetgi — Thought; because one had considered something
- 때문이다
- ttaemunida — It is because; the reason is that
- 이후에
- ihoue — After this; from this point onward
- 그렇게
- geureoke — Like that; in that way; that manner
- 하면
- hamyeon — If one does; when doing that action
- 작품의
- jakpumui — Of the work; relating to artistic creation
- 성격이
- seonggyeogi — The character; nature as subject of sentence
- 바뀌게
- bakkwige — To be changed; become altered in nature
- 되고
- doego — Becomes and; turns into, connecting clauses
- 감정을
- gamjeongeul — Emotions; feelings as object of sentence
- 보여주는
- boyeojuneun — Showing; demonstrating; revealing to others
- 가치가
- gachiga — The value; worth as subject of sentence
- 줄어들
- jureodeul — Will decrease; diminish; reduce in amount
- 생각하였다
- saengakayeotda — Thought; considered; held a particular opinion
- 따라서
- ttaraseo — Therefore; consequently; as a result
- 상당수의
- sangdangsuui — Of a considerable number; quite many
- 작품들을
- The works; artistic pieces as object
- 보존하기로
- bojonagiro — Decided to preserve; to keep and maintain
- 결정하였는데
- gyeoljeongayeonneunde — Decided; made a decision with background context
- 그것들은
- geugeotdeureun — Those things; they as topic of sentence
- 상대적인
- sangdaejegin — Relative; comparative; not absolute in value
- 장점
- jangjeom — Advantage; merit; positive quality or strength
- 때문에
- ttaemune — Because of; due to; on account of
- 혹은
- hogeun — Or; alternatively; either one option
- 문맥상
- munmaeksang — Contextually; in terms of textual context
- 필요하기
- piryohagi — Being necessary; needing; required for purpose
- 선택된
- seongtaegdoen — Selected; chosen; picked from among options
- 것들이다
- geotdeurida — They are things; these are the items
- 내
- nae — My; mine; belonging to the speaker
- 번역본의
- beonyeokbonui — Of the translation; relating to translated version
- 첫
- cheot — First; the initial one in sequence
- 번째
- beonjjae — Ordinal suffix; indicating order or rank
- 권에
- gwone — In the volume; within the book edition
- 포함된
- pohamdoen — Included; contained; encompassed within something
- 수는
- suneun — The number; count as topic of sentence
- 원작의
- wonjagui — Of the original work; from source text
- 해당
- haedang — Corresponding; relevant; applicable to that
- 부분에
- bubune — In the section; within that particular part
- 수의
- suui — Of the number; relating to a count
- 절반에
- jeolbane — To the half; equaling fifty percent
- 해당한다
- haedanghanda — Corresponds to; amounts to; equals that portion
- 여러
- yeoreo — Several; various; many different instances
- 경우에
- gyeonguee — In the case; in certain circumstances
- 한
- han — One; a single; one unit of something
- 편의
- pyeonui — Of a piece; relating to one work
- 시에서
- sieseo — From a poem; within a poetic work
- 적합하지
- jeokaphaji — Not suitable; not fitting; inappropriate for context
- 않거나
- ankgeona — Or not; either not doing or otherwise
- 다른
- dareun — Different; other; another distinct one
- 이유로
- iyuro — For the reason; due to that cause
- 하나
- hana — One; a single item or instance
- 이상의
- isangui — Or more; at least one additional one
- 생략하였으며
- saengnyakayeoteumyeo — Omitted and; left out while continuing
- 몇몇
- myeotmyeot — Some; a few; several particular cases
- 경우에는
- gyeongueeneun — In some cases; under certain circumstances
- 제시하였다
- jesihayeotda — Presented; offered; put forward for consideration
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