앨리스 프로젝트: 영어 따라 말하기

It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation—as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim’s. It was like him. Quietness and value—the description applied to both.

(그것은 디자인이 단순하고 군더더기 없는 백금 시곗줄이었다. 요란한 장식이 아니라 재료 그 자체만으로 그 가치를 부족함 없이 드러내고 있었다. 모든 좋은 물건들이 그러하듯이. 심지어 그 시계에 어울릴 만한 가치가 있었다. 델라는 그 시곗줄을 보자마자, 그것이 짐의 것이 되어야 한다는 사실을 깨달았다. 그것은 짐과 비슷했다. 조용한 가운데 우러나오는 가치. 짐과 시곗줄 모두에게 어울리는 말이었다.)

-----------

It was a platinum fob chain

(그것은 백금 시곗줄이었다)

✔platinum: 백금.

✔fob chain: 시계의 쇠줄.

simple and chaste in design,

(디자인이 단순하고 군더더기 없는)

✔chaste: 순결한, 순수한, 단순한. (성적으로는 순결함을, 디자인에서는 극히 단순함을 의미)

properly proclaiming its value

(그 가치를 부족함 없이 드러내면서)

✔properly: 적절하게, 적당하게

✔proclaim: 선언하다, 공공연하게 드러내다

by substance alone

(재료 자체만으로)

✔by substance: 재료로, 본질적으로

and not by meretricious ornamentation

(요란한 장식으로가 아니라)

✔meretricious: 요란한, 허울 뿐인, 겉치레의

✔ornamentation: 장식

—as all good things should do.

(모든 좋은 물건들이 으레 그러하듯이)

It was even worthy of The Watch.

(심지어 짐의 그 시계에 어울리는 가치가 있었다)

✔worthy of [명사]: [명사]의 가치가 있다

As soon as she saw it

(델라는 그것을 보자마자)

she knew that it must be Jim’s.

(그것이 짐의 것이 되어야 한다는 사실을 알았다)

It was like him.

(그것은 짐과 비슷했다.)

Quietness and value

(조용함과 가치)

—the description applied to both.

(-이와 같은 묘사가 둘 모두에게 적용되었다.)

It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation—as all good things should do. It was even worthy of The Watch. As soon as she saw it she knew that it must be Jim’s. It was like him. Quietness and value—the description applied to both.

(그것은 디자인이 단순하고 군더더기 없는 백금 시곗줄이었다. 요란한 장식이 아니라 재료 그 자체만으로 그 가치를 부족함 없이 드러내고 있었다. 모든 좋은 물건들이 그러하듯이. 심지어 그 시계에 어울릴 만한 가치가 있었다. 델라는 그 시곗줄을 보자마자, 그것이 짐의 것이 되어야 한다는 사실을 깨달았다. 그것은 짐과 비슷했다. 조용한 가운데 우러나오는 가치. 짐과 시곗줄 모두에게 어울리는 말이었다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim’s present.

She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out.

(오, 다음 두 시간은 장밋빛 날개를 달고 가볍게 걸어갔다. 뒤죽박죽된 비유는 신경쓰지 마시라. 그녀는 짐의 선물을 찾아 가게들을 이잡듯이 뒤졌다.

델라는 마침내 그것을 찾았다. 그건 정말로 다른 누구도 아닌 짐을 위해 만들어진 것이었다. 모든 가게를 탈탈 털었지만, 어떤 가게에도 그와 같은 것은 없었다.)

----------------

Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings.

(오, 그리고 다음 2시간은 장밋빛 날개를 달고 가볍게 걸어갔다.)

✔trip: 경쾌하게 걷다. 사뿐사뿐 가볍게 걷다. ('걸려 비틀거리다'라는 뜻이 더 자주 쓰이니 주의.)

✔on rosy wings: 장밋빛 날개를 달고

Forget the hashed metaphor.

(뒤죽박죽된 비유는 신경쓰지 마시라.)

✔hash: 고기 등을 잘게 썰다. 저미다. 뒤섞다. (hash browns: 찐 감자를 잘게 썰어 기름에 튀긴 것.)

✔hashed metaphor: 마구 뒤섞인 비유. 짬뽕이 된 비유. 앞의 '날개를 달고... 걸어갔다'를 가리키는 말입니다. '2시간이 즐겁고 빠르게 지나갔다'라는 의미의 비유인데, 날개를 달았으면 날아가야 하는데 사뿐사뿐 걸어갔다고 했으니 일관성 없는 짬뽕 비유라는 뜻이죠.

She was ransacking the stores for Jim’s present.

(델라는 짐의 선물을 찾아 가게들을 이잡듯이 뒤지고 있었다.)

✔ransack [장소] for [목표물]: [목표물]을 찾아 [장소]를 샅샅이 뒤지다.

She found it at last.

(델라는 마침내 그것을 발견했다.)

It surely had been made for Jim and no one else.

(그것은 정말로 다른 누구도 아닌 짐을 위해 만들어진 것이었다.)

There was no other like it in any of the stores,

(어떤 가게에도 그것과 같은 것은 없었다)

and she had turned all of them inside out.

(그리고 그녀는 모든 가게를 탈탈 털었었다.)

✔turn [목적어] inside out: [목적어]를 뒤집어 놓다. 샅샅이 뒤지다.

Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. Forget the hashed metaphor. She was ransacking the stores for Jim’s present.

She found it at last. It surely had been made for Jim and no one else. There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out.

(오, 다음 두 시간은 장밋빛 날개를 달고 가볍게 걸어갔다. 뒤죽박죽된 비유는 신경쓰지 마시라. 그녀는 짐의 선물을 찾아 가게들을 이잡듯이 뒤졌다.

델라는 마침내 그것을 찾았다. 그건 정말로 다른 누구도 아닌 짐을 위해 만들어진 것이었다. 모든 가게를 탈탈 털었지만, 어떤 가게에도 그와 같은 것은 없었다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.

“I buy hair,” said Madame. “Take yer hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it.”

Down rippled the brown cascade.

“Twenty dollars,” said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.

“Give it to me quick,” said Della.

----------------------------------------

“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.

("내 머리카락을 사 주실래요?" 델라가 물었다.)

“I buy hair,” said Madame.

("머리카락은 사요." 마담이 말했다.)

✔I buy hair: 현재형으로, '나는 머리카락을 구입하는 비즈니스를 한다'는 뜻입니다.

“Take yer hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it.”

("모자 벗고 한번 봅시다.")

✔yer: your. 말이 짧아 상대를 존중하지 않는 느낌이 좀 있습니다.

Down rippled the brown cascade.

(갈색빛의 계단 분수가 아래로 물결쳤다.)

“Twenty dollars,” said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.

("20달러." 마담이 능숙한 손길로 풍성한 머리카락을 들어올리며 말했다.)

✔lift: 들어올리다

✔mass: 덩어리. 여기서는 치렁치렁하고 풍성한 머리카락.

✔practised: 숙련된, 능숙한

“Give it to me quick,” said Della.

("바로 주세요." 델라가 말했다.)

“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della.

“I buy hair,” said Madame. “Take yer hat off and let’s have a sight at the looks of it.”

Down rippled the brown cascade.

“Twenty dollars,” said Madame, lifting the mass with a practised hand.

“Give it to me quick,” said Della.

("내 머리카락을 사 주실래요?" 델라가 물었다. "머리카락은 사요." 마담이 말했다. "모자 벗고 한번 봅시다." 갈색의 계단 분수가 물결치며 떨어졌다. "20달러." 풍성한 머리카락을 능숙한 손길로 들어올리며 마담이 말했다. "바로 주세요." 델라가 말했다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Where she stopped the sign read: “Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds.” One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the “Sofronie.”

(델라가 멈춘 곳에는 다음과 같은 간판이 있었다. '마담 소프로니. 모든 종류의 머리카락 제품 취급.' 2층까지 한달음에 올라간 델라는 숨을 헐떡이며 마음을 진정시켰다. 마담은 몸집이 크고 지나치게 흰 피부에 차가운 느낌으로, 전혀 '소프로니'스러워 보이지 않았다.)

---------------------

Where she stopped the sign read:

(그녀가 멈춘 곳에는 다음과 같이 적힌 간판이 있었다.)

✔read: 과거형이어서 '레드'로 읽습니다.

“Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds.”

("마담 소프로니. 모든 종류의 머리카락 제품.")

✔Mme: Madame.

One flight up Della ran,

(델라는 한 층을 달려 올라갔다.)

✔flight: '비행'이라는 뜻이지만 여기서는 한 층을 향해 쭉 이어진 계단. 계단의 단 하나하나는 step 또는 stair이며, flight은 한 층까지의 계단 전체를 지칭합니다. 따라서 stair를 쓸 때는 복수 -s를 붙여 stairs로 씁니다.

and collected herself, panting.

(그리고 숨을 몰아쉬며 마음을 진정시켰다.)

✔collect oneself: 마음을 진정시키다. 자신을 다잡다.

✔pant: 숨을 헐떡이다.

Madame, large, too white, chilly,

(몸집이 크고 지나치게 흰 피부에 차가운 느낌의 마담은)

✔chilly: 냉담한, 차가운, 쌀쌀맞은.

hardly looked the “Sofronie.”

(전혀 '소프로니'스러워 보이지 않았다.)

✔Sofronie: 이런 이름의 특정 캐릭터가 있는 것은 아니고, 'Sofronie'라는 이름에서 부드럽고 우아한 느낌이 나지만 실제 인물은 전혀 그런 느낌이 아니라는 의미입니다.

Where she stopped the sign read: “Mme. Sofronie. Hair Goods of All Kinds.” One flight up Della ran, and collected herself, panting. Madame, large, too white, chilly, hardly looked the “Sofronie.”

(델라가 멈춘 곳에는 다음과 같은 간판이 있었다. '마담 소프로니. 모든 종류의 머리카락 제품 취급.' 2층까지 한달음에 올라간 델라는 숨을 헐떡이며 마음을 진정시켰다. 마담은 몸집이 크고 지나치게 흰 피부에 차가운 느낌으로, 전혀 '소프로니'스러워 보이지 않았다.)

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

ONE dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

While the mistress of the home is gradually subsiding from the first stage to the second, take a look at the home. A furnished flat at $8 per week. It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.

In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring. Also appertaining thereunto was a card bearing the name “Mr. James Dillingham Young.”

The “Dillingham” had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week. Now, when the income was shrunk to $20, though, they were thinking seriously of contracting to a modest and unassuming D. But whenever Mr. James Dillingham Young came home and reached his flat above he was called “Jim” and greatly hugged by Mrs. James Dillingham Young, already introduced to you as Della. Which is all very good.

Della finished her cry and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag. She stood by the window and looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87 with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn’t go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. Something fine and rare and sterling—something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim.

There was a pier glass between the windows of the room. Perhaps you have seen a pier glass in an $8 flat. A very thin and very agile person may, by observing his reflection in a rapid sequence of longitudinal strips, obtain a fairly accurate conception of his looks. Della, being slender, had mastered the art.

Suddenly she whirled from the window and stood before the glass. Her eyes were shining brilliantly, but her face had lost its color within twenty seconds. Rapidly she pulled down her hair and let it fall to its full length.

Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair. Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.

So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.

On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.

(...)

Now, there were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took a mighty pride. One was Jim’s gold watch that had been his father’s and his grandfather’s. The other was Della’s hair. Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty’s jewels and gifts. Had King Solomon been the janitor, with all his treasures piled up in the basement, Jim would have pulled out his watch every time he passed, just to see him pluck at his beard from envy.

So now Della’s beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. It reached below her knee and made itself almost a garment for her. And then she did it up again nervously and quickly. Once she faltered for a minute and stood still while a tear or two splashed on the worn red carpet.

On went her old brown jacket; on went her old brown hat. With a whirl of skirts and with the brilliant sparkle still in her eyes, she fluttered out the door and down the stairs to the street.

- The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry