The chief difference between what city planners did in the past and what they do now is the range of their activities. Architects, for example, have traditionally worked with the design of individual buildings―schools, office buildings, apartment houses, or private houses. But more and more it has been realized that each of these structures must function in an existing or future setting. Just as an individual word may lose meaning when it is not related to other words in the sentence, so too the individual building does not function, if not designed as part of its surroundings.

해석

The chief difference between what city planners did in the past and what they do now is the range of their activities.

과거의 도시계획 입안자가 했던 일과 현재 그들이 하고 있는 일의 주된 차이는 그들의 활동 범위에 있다.

Architects, for example, have traditionally worked with the design of individual buildings―schools, office buildings, apartment houses, or private houses.

예를 들어보면 건축가들은 전통적으로 개별적인 건축물들 즉 학교, 사무실, 아파트, 또는 개인 주택들은 설계해왔다.

※ architect

건축가

But more and more it has been realized that each of these structures must function in an existing or future setting.

그러나 점차 이들 각각의 건축물들은 현재 및 미래의 배경속에서 기능을 해야 하는 것으로 인식되었다.

※ future setting

미래의 배경

Just as an individual word may lose meaning when it is not related to other words in the sentence, so too the individual building does not function, unless it is designed not only for the use of an individual but for that of his neighbors.

마치 각각의 단어가 문장 속에 있는 다른 단어와 연관지어지지 않을 때 의미가 파악될 수 없는 것과 마찬가지로, 개별적 주위환경의 일부로서 설계되지 않는다면 개개의 건물로서도 제 기능을 발휘할 수 없는 것이다.