어린 왕자 원서 필사하기 - 49

"Ah!" The little prince was disappointed. "Has it any mountains?"

 

"I couldn't tell you." said the geographer.

 

"And towns, and rivers, and deserts?"

 

"I couldn't tell you that, either."

 

"But you are a geographer!"

"Exactly." the geographer said. "But I am not an explorer. I haven't a single explorer on my planet.

 

It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts.

 

The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.

 

He does not leave his desk. But he receives the explorers in his study.

 

He asks them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels.

 

And if the recollections of any one among them seem interesting to him, the geographer orders an inquiry into that explorer's moral character."

 

"Why is that?"

 

"Because an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer.

 

So would an explorer who drank too much."

 

"Why is that?" asked the little prince.

 

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"Ah!" The little prince was disappointed. "Has it any mountains?"

"아!"  어린 왕자는 실망했습니다. "산은 있나요?"

 

"I couldn't tell you." said the geographer.

"잘 모르겠어" 지리학자가 말했습니다.

 

"And towns, and rivers, and deserts?"

"도시는요? 강은요? 사막은요?"

 

"I couldn't tell you that, either."

"그것들도 잘 모르겠어"

 

"But you are a geographer!"

"당신은 지리학자인데요?"

 

"Exactly." the geographer said. "But I am not an explorer. I haven't a single explorer on my planet.

"맞아" 지리학자가 말했습니다. "하지만 나는 탐험가는 아니야. 내 별을 한번도 탐험한 적이 없어.

 

It is not the geographer who goes out to count the towns, the rivers, the mountains, the seas, the oceans, and the deserts.

"도시, 강, 산, 바다, 대양, 사막등의 수를 세기 위해서 다니는 것은 지리학자가 아니야.

 

The geographer is much too important to go loafing about.

지리학자는 너무 중요한 사람이기 때문에 돌아다닐 시간이 없단다.

 

He does not leave his desk. But he receives the explorers in his study.

그는 그의 책상을 떠나지 않는다. 하지만 그의 연구들은 탐험가들에게 받아.

 

He asks them questions, and he notes down what they recall of their travels.

그는 탐험가들에게 질문을 하지. 그리고 그들이 그들의 여행에 대해서 이야기하면 그것을 적어나간다.

 

And if the recollections of any one among them seem interesting to him, the geographer orders an inquiry into that explorer's moral character."

그리고 흥미로운 것이 있다면 지리학자는 탐험가의 인간성을 조사한다.

 

"Why is that?"

"그건 왜요?"

 

"Because an explorer who told lies would bring disaster on the books of the geographer.

"왜냐하면 거짓말을 하는 탐험가는 지리학자의 연구에 큰 재앙을 가져오기 때문이야.

 

So would an explorer who drank too much."

"술을 많이 먹는 탐험가도 마찬가지고"

 

"Why is that?" asked the little prince.

"그건 또 왜요?" 어린왕자가 물었다.

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loaf : 돌아다니다.

 

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