영어 원문

All those I think who have lived as literary men―working daily as literary laborers―will agree with me that three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write. But then he should so have trained himself that he shall be able to work continuously during those three hours―so have tutored his mind that it shall not be necessary for him to sit nibbling at his pen, and gazing at the wall before him, till he shall have found the words with which he wants to express his ideals. It had at this time become my custom―and it still is my custom, though of late I have become a little lenient to myself―to write with my watch before me, and to require from myself two hundred and fifty words every quarter of an hour, I have found that the two hundred and fifty words have been forthcoming as regularly as my watch went.

주제

문필가에게는 하루에 세 시간이 원고작성의 최대ㆍ최적 시간인가 보다.

해석

All those I think who have lived as literary men―working daily as literary laborers―will agree with me that three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.

문필가 생활을 해온 모든 사람들, 즉 매일매일 문필작업을 하는 사람들은 하루에 세 시간이 글을 쓸 수 있는 최대․최적 시간이라는 내 말에 동의할 것이라고 생각한다.

※ literary[lítərèri] man 문필가

But then he should so have trained himself that he shall be able to work continuously during those three hours―so have tutored his mind that it shall not be necessary for him to sit nibbling at his pen, and gazing at the wall before him, till he shall have found the words with which he wants to express his ideals.

그러나 한편 그는 이 세 시간동안 쉬지않고 일할 수 있기 위해서 그렇게 훈련해왔어야만 한다. 즉 그가 그의 생각을 표현할 말을 찾을 때까지 그의 펜을 물어뜯고 그 앞에 있는 벽을 응시하지 않도록 그의 정신을 단련했어야만 한다.

※ tutor [t(j)ú:tər]

① [가정교사로서] ∼에게 가르치다

ex) He tutored a boy in German. 그는 소년에게 독일어를 가르쳤다.

②【재귀용법 또는 수동형으로】[자신]을 억제하다

ex) tutor oneself to be patient 참으려고 자제하다

※ tutor one's mind 정신을 단련하다

※ nibble [níbl]

① 조금씩 물어뜯다; 조금씩 먹다【atㆍofㆍon】

② [물고기가 미끼를] 입질하다【at】

It had at this time become my custom―and it still is my custom, though of late I have become a little lenient to myself―to write with my watch before me, and to require from myself two hundred and fifty words every quarter of an hour, I have found that the two hundred and fifty words have been forthcoming as regularly as my watch went.

최근 내가 나자신에게 조금은 관대해졌다 할지라도 내앞에 시계를 놓고 15분에 250자를 써내는 것을 지금껏 나의 습관으로 해왔고 또 여전히 그것이 나의 습관이다. 나는 나의 시계바늘이 감에 따라 250자의 단어들이 규칙적으로 떠오르는 것을 알았다.

※ of late 최근에

※ lenient [lí:niənt]

[대우ㆍ마음씨ㆍ성향 따위가] 인자한, 관대한(mild), 자비로운

※ forthcoming [fò:rθkmiŋ]

① 가까이 다가오는(coming forth), 곧 나타나려고 하는, 때가 가까와오는, 닥쳐오는

ex) the announcement of forthcoming books 근간 서적 예고

② 가까이 준비되어 있는, 곧 입수되는

ex) The promised money is not forthcoming.

약속한 돈이 안 나오고 있다.