사전 편찬은 마음을 가다듬게 하면서도, 동시에 많은 것을 깨닫게 하고 매료시키는 예술이다.
Lexicography is a chastening as well as an illuminating and fascinating art.
Lexicography is a chastening as well as an illuminating and fascinating art.
영어는 편집자의 변덕에 따라 늘릴 수도 있고, 마음대로 줄일 수도 있는 괴물 같은 아코디언과 같다.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.
미국 영어는 어디에서나 영어를 뒤흔드는 가장 큰 영향력이다.
American English is the greatest influence of English everywhere.
American English is the greatest influence of English everywhere.
일을 끝마치는 것은 엄청나게 즐거운 감옥으로부터의 안도이자 해방이다.
To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison.
To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison.
저속함은 그에 상응하는 해독제를 찾기 마련이며, 시대가 흐르면 거칠었던 옛 표현들도 부드러워진다. 유용하거나 혹은 짐이 되는 온갖 구별들도 생겨났다 사라지고, 또다시 나타났다 사라지기를 반복한다.
Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish and die again.
Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die, reflourish and die again.
1776년 결별 당시, 북아메리카의 영어는 동해안 인디언들의 언어에서 몇 단어 유입된 것을 제외하고는, 미국 개척자들이 본국이라 불렀던 곳의 언어와 근본적으로 다르지 않았다.
In 1776, at the point of severance, except for an infusion of words from east coast Indian languages, the English language of North America was not in any radical way dissimilar from that of what the American settlers called the mother country.
In 1776, at the point of severance, except for an infusion of words from east coast Indian languages, the English language of North America was not in any radical way dissimilar from that of what the American settlers called the mother country.
컴퓨터 사용자들은 개인용 컴퓨터가 가진 기적 같은 능력이 오류를 피하는 데서 비롯된다는 것을 곧 깨닫게 된다.
Computer users soon learn that the miraculous powers of personal computers are based on avoidance of error.
Computer users soon learn that the miraculous powers of personal computers are based on avoidance of error.
존슨 박사와 헤스터 린치 트레일 부인, 그리고 그 시대 성인들이 쓰던 언어는 당시의 엄숙한 언어로, 일기의 친밀한 페이지에서조차 세련되고 멋스러웠으며 범상치 않았고, 그 교육 규율은 엄격하고 실용적이었다.
The language of Doctor Johnson and Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale, and that of their adult contemporaries, was the stately language of the time, polished, stylish, unordinary, even in the intimate pages of their diaries, and the regime of instruction was severe and practical.
The language of Doctor Johnson and Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale, and that of their adult contemporaries, was the stately language of the time, polished, stylish, unordinary, even in the intimate pages of their diaries, and the regime of instruction was severe and practical.