어린 왕자 원서 필사하기 - 52

So then the seventh planet was the Earth.

 

The Earth is not just an ordinary planet!

 

One can count, there 111 kings (not forgetting, to be sure, the Negro kings among them), 7000 geographers, 900,000 businessmen, 7,500,000 tipplers, 311,000,000 conceited men- that is to say, about 2,000,000,000 grown-ups.

 

To give you an idea of the size of the Earth, I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain, over the whole of the six continents, a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps.

 

Seen from a slight distance, that would make a splendid spectacle.

 

The movements of this army would be regulated like those of the ballet in the opera.

 

First would come the turn of the lamplighters of New Zealand and Australia.

 

Having set their lamps alight, these would go off to sleep.

 

Next, the lamplighters of China and Siberia would enter for their steps in the dance, and then they too would be waved

back into the wings.

 

After that would come the turn of the lamplighters of Russia and the Indies;then those of Africa and Europe, then those of South America; then those of South America; then those of North America.

 

And never would they make a mistake in the order of their entry upon the stage.

 

It would be magnificent.

 

Only the man who was in charge of the single lamp at the North Pole, and his colleague who was responsible for the single lamp at the South Pole- only these two would live free from toil and care: they would be busy twice a year.

 

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So then the seventh planet was the Earth.

그래서 일곱번째 행성은 지구였다. 

The Earth is not just an ordinary planet!

지구는 평범한 행성이 아니었다. 

 

One can count, there 111 kings (not forgetting, to be sure, the Negro kings among them), 7000 geographers, 900,000 businessmen, 7,500,000 tipplers, 311,000,000 conceited men- that is to say, about 2,000,000,000 grown-ups.

111명의 왕(그들중에는 니그로 왕이 있음을 잊지마라)이 있있고, 7000명의 지리학자가 있고, 90만명의 사업가, 7백5십만명의 술꾼, 3억1천1백만명의 자만심이 가득한 사람이 있다. 다시말하면 20억명의 어른이 있다는 말이다. 

 

To give you an idea of the size of the Earth, I will tell you that before the invention of electricity it was necessary to maintain, over the whole of the six continents, a veritable army of 462,511 lamplighters for the street lamps.

지구의 크기에 대한 것을 알려주자면, 전기의 발명 이전에는 6개의 대륙 전체를 밝히기 위해 462,511명의 램프지기군이 필요했을거야. 

 

Seen from a slight distance, that would make a splendid spectacle.

조금 떨어진 곳에서 보여지는 그 광경은 멋진 모습을 펼쳐낼지도 모른다. 

 

The movements of this army would be regulated like those of the ballet in the opera.

이 군대의 움직임은  오페라에 나오는 발레의 그것처럼 통제될 것이다. 

 

First would come the turn of the lamplighters of New Zealand and Australia.

첫번째는 뉴질랜드와 오스트레일라의 램프지기의 차례가 올 것이다. 

 

Having set their lamps alight, these would go off to sleep.

그들의 램프가 켜지면, 그들은 잠을 자러 간다. 

 

Next, the lamplighters of China and Siberia would enter for their steps in the dance, and then they too would be waved

back into the wings.

다음으로는 중국과 시베리아의 램프지기들이 춤을 추러 들어오고  그들 역시 윙으로 사라진다.

 

After that would come the turn of the lamplighters of Russia and the Indies;then those of Africa and Europe, then those of South America; then those of South America; then those of North America.

그뒤에 러시아와 인도의 램프지기들의 순서가 온다. 다음으로는 아프리카와 유럽, 남아메리카,북아메리카 램프지기들의 차례이다.

 

And never would they make a mistake in the order of their entry upon the stage.

무대에 들어오는 순서를 결코 틀리지 않는다. 

 

It would be magnificent.

그것은 장엄하다. 

 

Only the man who was in charge of the single lamp at the North Pole, and his colleague who was responsible for the single lamp at the South Pole- only these two would live free from toil and care: they would be busy twice a year.

북극과 남극에서 하나의 램프를 맡은 사람들만이 힘들게 일하거나 돌보는 것으로부터 자유롭다. 왜냐면 일년에 두번만 바쁘기 때문이다.

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that is to say : 다시 말하면

 

veritable : 진정한

 

slight  :  약간의

 

splendid : 정말 멋진, 훌륭한

 

regulate : 단속하다. 조정하다. 

 

toil : 힘들게 일하다.