Science fiction · Short stories · 1889
In the Year 2889
2889년
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A short story imagining a day in the life of a newspaper owner in the year 2889. It depicts speculative technologies such as telephotes and pneumatic transport.
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“Little though they seem to think of it, the people of this twenty-ninth century live continually in fairyland.”
In the Year 2889 · Jules Verne and Michel Verne
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Little though they seem to think of it, the people of this twenty-ninth century live continually in fairyland.
비록 그들이 생각지도 못하는 것 같지만, 이 29세기의 사람들은 끊임없이 동화의 세계에 살고 있습니다.
Surfeited as they are with marvels, they are indifferent in presence of each new marvel.
그들은 놀라운 일들에 너무 익숙해져서 새로운 놀라운 일이 생겨도 무관심합니다.
To them all seems natural.
그들에게는 모든 것이 자연스러워 보입니다.
Could they but duly appreciate the refinements of civilization in our day; could they but compare the present with the past, and so better comprehend the advance we have made!
그들이 오늘날 문명의 정교함을 제대로 이해할 수만 있다면, 현재와 과거를 비교하여 우리가 이룬 발전을 더 잘 이해할 수만 있다면!
How much fairer they would find our modern towns, with populations amounting sometimes to 10,000,000 souls; their streets 300 feet wide, their houses 1000 feet in height; with a temperature the same in all seasons; with their lines of aërial locomotion crossing the sky in every direction!
그들이 오늘날의 도시들을 얼마나 더 아름답게 여길까요? 인구가 때로는 1천만 명에 달하고, 거리는 폭이 300피트, 집은 높이가 1000피트이며, 계절에 관계없이 기온이 일정하고, 공중 교통망이 사방으로 하늘을 가로지르고 있습니다!
If they would but picture to themselves the state of things that once existed, when through muddy streets rumbling boxes on wheels, drawn by horses--yes, by horses!--were the only means of conveyance.
만일 그들이 진흙탕 길을 따라 말이 끄는 바퀴 달린 상자들이 덜컹거리며 지나다니던 옛 시절의 모습을 떠올려 본다면, 그것이 유일한 교통수단이었을 것이다. 그렇다, 말이 끄는 상자들이었다!
Think of the railroads of the olden time, and you will be able to appreciate the pneumatic tubes through which to-day one travels at the rate of 1000 miles an hour.
옛날의 철도를 생각해 보면, 오늘날 시속 1000마일의 속도로 이동하는 데 사용되는 공기 튜브의 중요성을 이해할 수 있을 것이다.
Would not our contemporaries prize the telephone and the telephote more highly if they had not forgotten the telegraph?
만일 우리 시대 사람들이 전신을 잊지 않았더라면 전화와 텔레포터를 더 높이 평가하지 않았겠습니까?
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Book details
- Title
- In the Year 2889 (2889년)
- Author
- Jules Verne and Michel Verne
- First published
- 1889
- Genre
- Science fiction, Short stories
- Original language
- English
- Translations in app
- 21 languages
- Price
- Free