Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience — Page 11
Some things are really necessaries of life in some circles, the most helpless and diseased, which in others are luxuries merely, and in others still are entirely unknown.
어떤 집단에서는 가장 무력하고 병든 사람들에게 진정한 생활 필수품인 것들이, 다른 집단에서는 단순한 사치품에 불과하고, 또 다른 집단에서는 전혀 알려져 있지 않기도 하다.
The whole ground of human life seems to some to have been gone over by their predecessors, both the heights and the valleys, and all things to have been cared for.
인간 삶의 모든 영역이, 높은 곳과 낮은 곳 모두, 선조들에 의해 이미 탐구되었으며 모든 것이 이미 돌보아진 것처럼 보인다고 느끼는 사람들이 있다.
According to Evelyn, "the wise Solomon prescribed ordinances for the very distances of trees; and the Roman prætors have decided how often you may go into your neighbor's land to gather the acorns which fall on it without trespass, and what share belongs to that neighbor."
에블린에 따르면, "지혜로운 솔로몬은 나무들 사이의 간격에 관한 규정까지 정하였으며, 로마의 법무관들은 이웃의 땅에 떨어진 도토리를 줍기 위해 불법 침입 없이 얼마나 자주 그 땅에 들어갈 수 있는지, 그리고 이웃에게 돌아갈 몫이 얼마인지를 결정하였다."
Hippocrates has even left directions how we should cut our nails; that is, even with the ends of the fingers, neither shorter nor longer.
히포크라테스는 심지어 손톱을 어떻게 깎아야 하는지에 대한 지침까지 남겼는데, 즉 손가락 끝과 가지런하게, 더 짧지도 더 길지도 않게 깎으라는 것이다.
Undoubtedly the very tedium and ennui which presume to have exhausted the variety and the joys of life are as old as Adam.
삶의 다양함과 기쁨을 모두 소진했다고 자처하는 바로 그 권태와 무료함이 아담만큼이나 오래된 것임은 의심할 여지가 없다.
But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little has been tried.
그러나 인간의 능력은 결코 측정된 적이 없으며, 시도된 것이 너무나 적기에 어떤 전례를 들어 인간이 무엇을 할 수 있는지를 판단해서도 안 된다.
Whatever have been thy failures hitherto, "be not afflicted, my child, for who shall assign to thee what thou hast left undone?"
지금까지 어떤 실패를 겪었든 간에, "괴로워하지 말라, 나의 아이여, 네가 하지 못한 것을 누가 너에게 따질 수 있으랴?"
We might try our lives by a thousand simple tests; as, for instance, that the same sun which ripens my beans illumines at once a system of earths like ours.
우리는 수천 가지 단순한 기준으로 우리의 삶을 시험해 볼 수 있다. 예를 들어, 내 콩을 익히는 바로 그 태양이 동시에 우리 것과 같은 수많은 지구들을 비추고 있다는 사실처럼.
If I had remembered this it would have prevented some mistakes.
만약 내가 이것을 기억했더라면 몇 가지 실수를 막을 수 있었을 것이다.
Vocabulary
- 어떤
- eotteon — A certain; some kind of person or thing
- 집단에서는
- jipdan-eseo-neun — In a group; within a certain community
- 가장
- gajang — Most; the greatest degree of something
- 무력하고
- muryeokhago — Powerless and; being helpless or weak
- 병든
- byeongdeun — Sick; afflicted with illness or disease
- 사람들에게
- saramdeul-ege — To people; directed toward certain individuals
- 진정한
- jinjeongan — True; genuine or authentic in nature
- 생활
- saenghwal — Daily life; everyday living and lifestyle
- 필수품인
- pilsupumin — Being a necessity; an essential required item
- 것들이
- geotdeuri — Things that; plural marker for certain items
- 다른
- dareun — Other; different from what was mentioned
- 단순한
- dansunhan — Simple; merely basic without complexity
- 사치품에
- sachipume — As a luxury item; an extravagant unnecessary good
- 불과하고
- bulgwahago — Being nothing more than; merely amounting to
- 또
- tto — Also; again; in addition to that
- 전혀
- jeonhyeo — Not at all; completely without any degree
- 알려져
- allyeojyeo — Becoming known; being made aware to others
- 있지
- itji — Exists; is present in a state
- 않기도
- ankido — Also not; sometimes failing to occur
- 하다
- hada — To do; basic verb meaning to perform
- 인간
- ingan — Human being; humankind or a person
- 삶의
- salmui — Of life; belonging to one's existence
- 모든
- modeun — All; every single one without exception
- 영역이
- yeongyeogi — Domain or field; area of human activity
- 높은
- nopeun — High; elevated in position or level
- 곳과
- gotgwa — Place and; a location alongside another
- 낮은
- najeun — Low; at a lesser height or level
- 곳
- got — Place; a physical or conceptual location
- 모두
- modu — All; everyone or everything together
- 선조들에
- seonjodeul-e — By ancestors; relating to those who came before
- 의해
- uihae — By means of; through the agency of
- 이미
- imi — Already; having happened before now
- 탐구되었으며
- tamgudoeeosseumyeo — Was explored and; having been investigated already
- 것이
- geosi — The thing that; nominalizer indicating a fact
- 돌보아진
- dolboajin — Being cared for; tended to by someone
- 것처럼
- geotcheoreom — As if; like a certain thing or situation
- 보인다고
- boindago — Appears to; seems to look a certain way
- 느끼는
- neukkineun — Feeling; who senses or perceives something
- 사람들이
- saramdeuri — People who; certain individuals in context
- 있다
- itda — There is; to exist or to have
- 따르면
- ttareumyeon — According to; based on what someone says
- 지혜로운
- jihyeroun — Wise; having great wisdom and knowledge
- 나무들
- namdeul — Trees; plural form of the word tree
- 사이의
- saiui — Between; in the space among things
- 간격에
- ganggyeoge — Regarding spacing; the gap or interval between
- 관한
- gwanhan — Regarding; related to a certain topic
- 규정까지
- gyujeongkkaji — Even regulations; rules extending to specific details
- 정하였으며
- jeonghayeosseumyeo — Established and; set rules or decisions formally
- 이웃의
- iusui — Neighbor's; belonging to someone living nearby
- 땅에
- ttange — On the land; on the ground or property
- 떨어진
- Fallen; having dropped down to the ground
- 줍기
- jupgi — Picking up; the act of collecting objects
- 위해
- wihae — For the purpose of; in order to do
- 불법
- bulbeop — Illegal; against the law or regulations
- 침입
- chimip — Trespassing; unlawful entry into someone's property
- 없이
- eopsi — Without; lacking or in the absence of
- 얼마나
- eolmana — How much; to what extent or degree
- 자주
- jaju — Often; frequently occurring with regularity
- 그
- geu — That; referring to a previously mentioned thing
- 들어갈
- deureogal — To enter; the act of going inside somewhere
- 수
- su — Ability; possibility of doing something
- 있는지
- inneunii — Whether there is; questioning possibility or existence
- 그리고
- geurigo — And; connecting two clauses or ideas together
- 이웃에게
- iusege — To the neighbor; directed toward someone nearby
- 돌아갈
- doragal — To return to; going back to someone
- 몫이
- moksi — Share that; one's portion or allotted part
- 얼마인지를
- eolmainjireul — How much it is; the amount to determine
- 결정하였다
- gyeoljeonghayeotda — Decided; made an official determination or ruling
- 심지어
- simjieo — Even; going so far as to include
- 손톱을
- sontopuel — Fingernails; the hard covering on finger tips
- 어떻게
- eotteoke — How; in what manner or way something
- 깎아야
- kkakkaya — Should cut; must trim in a certain way
- 하는지에
- haneunje — Regarding doing; about how something is done
- 대한
- daehan — About; concerning a particular subject or topic
- 지침까지
- jichimkkaji — Even guidelines; instructions extending to specific details
- 남겼는데
- namgyeonneunde — Left behind; provided or recorded for posterity
- 즉
- jeuk — That is; namely or in other words
- 손가락
- songarak — Finger; one of the digits of the hand
- 끝과
- kkeutgwa — Tip and; the end point alongside something
- 가지런하게
- gajireonhage — Evenly; in a neat and aligned manner
- 더
- deo — More; to a greater degree or extent
- 짧지도
- jjalbijido — Not too short; neither shorter than required
- 길지도
- giljido — Not too long; neither longer than required
- 않게
- ange — So as not to; avoiding a certain state
- 깎으라는
- kkakeuraneun — Instructing to cut; directive to trim neatly
- 것이다
- geosida — It is the case that; a concluding statement
- 다양함과
- dayanghamgwa — Variety and; diversity alongside another concept
- 기쁨을
- gippeumeul — Joy; happiness or delight as an object
- 소진했다고
- sojinhaetdago — Claiming to have exhausted; depleted all resources
- 자처하는
- jacheoaneun — Claiming to be; presenting oneself as something
- 바로
- baro — Exactly; precisely or right at that point
- 권태와
- gwontaewa — Ennui and; boredom alongside another feeling
- 무료함이
- muryoami — Tedium that; the state of being bored
- 오래된
- oraedoen — Old; having existed for a long time
- 것임은
- geotimeun — The fact that it is; a nominal assertion
- 의심할
- uisimhal — To doubt; questioning the truth of something
- 여지가
- yeojiga — Room for; space or possibility for doubt
- 없다
- eopda — There is not; to not exist or lack
- 그러나
- geureona — However; but introducing a contrasting statement
- 인간의
- inganui — Human's; belonging to or of humankind
- 능력은
- neungnyeogeun — Ability; human capacity or potential as topic
- 결코
- gyeolko — Never; absolutely not under any circumstances
- 측정된
- cheukjeongdoen — Measured; having been quantified or assessed
- 적이
- jeogi — Time or experience of; instance of having done
- 없으며
- eopseumyeo — Does not exist and; lacking something moreover
- 시도된
- sidodoen — Attempted; having been tried or tested before
- 너무나
- neomuna — Far too; extremely or excessively so
- 적기에
- jeokgie — Because it is too little; being insufficient
- 전례를
- jeollyereul — Precedent; a prior example used as reference
- 들어
- deureo — Citing; bringing up an example or evidence
- 인간이
- ingani — Human; a person as the subject of discourse
- 무엇을
- mueoseul — What; asking about an unspecified thing
- 할
- hal — To do; capable of performing an action
- 있는지를
- inneunjireul — Whether one can; questioning possibility or capability
- 판단해서도
- pandanhaesodo — Even by judging; making conclusions based on evidence
- 안
- an — Not; negation before a verb or action
- 된다
- doenda — Should not; it becomes or is acceptable
- 지금까지
- jigeumkkaji — Until now; up to the present moment
- 실패를
- silpaereul — Failure; an unsuccessful attempt or outcome
- 겪었든
- gyeokkeotdeun — Whether having experienced; regardless of past trials
- 간에
- gane — Regardless of; no matter which or what
- 괴로워하지
- goerowoaji — Do not anguish; refrain from suffering distress
- 말라
- malla — Do not; imperative prohibition against an action
- 나의
- naui — My; belonging to the speaker or narrator
- 아이여
- aiyeo — O child; a vocative address to a young one
- 네가
- nega — You; second person subject in informal speech
- 하지
- haji — Do; performing an action or not doing
- 못한
- motan — Could not do; failed or was unable to
- 것을
- geoseul — The thing that; nominalizer as object marker
- 누가
- nuga — Who; asking which person did something
- 너에게
- neoege — To you; directed toward the second person
- 따질
- ttajil — To question; to hold accountable or blame
- 우리는
- urineun — We; first person plural as topic marker
- 수천
- sucheon — Thousands; a very large number of things
- 가지
- gaji — Kinds; types or varieties of something
- 기준으로
- gijuneuro — By standards; using criteria as a measure
- 우리의
- uriui — Our; belonging to us collectively
- 삶을
- salmeul — Life; one's existence as an object
- 시험해
- siheomhae — To test; examining or trying something out
- 볼
- bol — To see; to try and observe something
- 예를
- yereul — Example; an illustrative instance or case
- 내
- nae — My; first person possessive informal form
- 콩을
- kongeul — Beans; legume crops as an object
- 익히는
- ikhineun — Ripening or cooking; bringing to maturity or heat
- 태양이
- taeyangi — The sun; the star at center of solar system
- 동시에
- dongsie — At the same time; simultaneously occurring together
- 우리
- uri — Our; we as a collective pronoun
- 것과
- geotgwa — Thing and; a fact alongside another concept
- 같은
- gateun — Same; identical or similar to something else
- 수많은
- sumaneun — Countless; an extremely large number of things
- 비추고
- bichugo — Shining on; illuminating something with light
- 있다는
- ittaneun — That there is; expressing an existing fact
- 사실처럼
- sassilcheoreom — Like the fact that; similar to a truth
- 만약
- manyak — If; introducing a hypothetical or conditional situation
- 내가
- naega — I; first person subject in informal speech
- 이것을
- igeoseul — This; referring to a nearby thing as object
- 기억했더라면
- gieokhaetdeollamyeon — If I had remembered; a past counterfactual condition
- 몇
- myeot — A few; some small number of things
- 실수를
- silsureul — Mistakes; errors or blunders as an object
- 막을
- makeul — To prevent; stopping something from occurring
- 있었을
- isseosseul — Could have been; a past possibility or potential
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