「1931년 쿨파크와 밸릴리」: “hole”의 번역에 대하여

• 영문명: “Coole Park and Ballylee, 1931”: On Translation of ‘Hole’ into Korean
• 발행기관: 한국예이츠학회
• 저자명: 우철환(Cheol Hwan Woo)
• 간행물 정보: 『한국 예이츠 저널』32권, 29~43쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.12.30

국문 초록

In December, 2007 the present writer wrote a paper on the errors in interpretation in which I raised an objection to the two Korean professors' translation of ‘hole’ which appear in the first stanza of “Coole Park and Ballylee, 1931” into Korean 구멍. Instead, the present writer insisted that ‘hole’ means ‘a deep place in a body of water’, one of the definitions of the word as described in Webster's Third New International Dictionary in that the meaning harmonizes well with the whole poem. But in May, 2009, Mr. Kim, Sangmoo, Professor Emeritus of Young Nam University read his paper to the effect that the present writer was wrong. His paper subjected the present writer to a thorough examination into the matter. In the course of close examination, the present writer came upon a book entitled A Yeats Dictionary. The present writer consulted the book for some hint leading to the solution of the present issue. At last the present writer found what he wanted in its entry, Coole Park. It read, “The lake further fascinated Yeats because its only drain was a narrow subterranean passage which caused the lake to double and treble its size in winter.” All quess-works are needed no more. The present writer had to own that he made a mistake by his hasty conclusion. The ‘hole’ was the only drain in Coole lake, so that its translation into ‘구멍’ in Korean does not mar the meaning of the poem. In addition, this research proved fruitful in some other way. In the process of solving the above-mentioned point in question, the present writer faced a problematical and arbitrary way of Prof. Kim's presenting his argument in his paper. This gave the present writer a motivation to suggest, although in a crude way, a desirable mode of presenting arguments in paper.

키워드

쿨 파크 밸릴리 영혼 백조 쿨 호수 Coole Park Ballylee soul swan Coole Lake