His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, and if his name - in contrast to the names of other gifted abominations, de Sade's, for instance, or Saint-Just's, Fouche's, Bonaparte's, etc. - has been forgotten today, it is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance, misanthropy, immorality, or, more succinctly, wickedness, but because his gifts and his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history: to the fleeting realm of scent.
아~ 진짜 긴 한문장.
succinct - 간단명료한 blackguard - 깡패, 건달, 불량배, 악당-1쪽
Baldini held the candlestick up in that direction, his gaze following the boy's index finger towards a cupboard and falling upon a bottle filled with a greyish yellow balm.
'Storax?' he asked.
Grenouille nodded. 'Yes. That's in it too. Storax.' And then he squirmed as if doubling up with a cramp and muttered the word at least a dozen times to himself: 'Storaxstoraxstoraxstorax...'
Baldini held his candle up to this lump of humankind wheezing 'storax' and thought: either he is possessed, or a thieving imposter, or truly gifted.
귀엽고 웃음이 나는 장면. 스토렉스스토렉스스토렉스스토렉스스토렉스스토렉스
storax - 때죽나무과의 총칭, 소합향 imposter - 사기꾼, 협잡꾼 squirm - 꿈틀거리다, 몸부림치다, 주저주저하다, 어색해하다 cramp - 경련, 쥐, 심한 복통 wheeze - 쌕쌕거리다, (소리를) 쌕쌕 내다. -84쪽
Never in his life had he felt so secure, certainly not in his mother's belly. The world could go up in flames out there, but here he would not even notice it. He began to cry softly. He did not know whom to thank for such good fortune. -141쪽
Yes, it seemed to him as he looked back over it that he was a man to whom fortune had been especially kind, and that fate had led him down some tortuous paths, but that ultimately they had proved to be the right ones - how else would it have been possible for him to have found his way here, into this dark chamber, at the goal of his desires? He was, now that he really considered it, a truly blessed individual!
Feelings of humility and gratitude welled up within him. 'I thank you,' he said softly, 'I thank you, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, for being what you are!' So touched was he by himself.
성취를 거짓없이 들이쉬다. 목표가 무엇인지 알았기에 성취도 알았다. 나도 알고 싶다.
tortuous-구불구불한, 비틀린, 비꼬인, 솔직하지 못한, 완곡한, 사악한.-254쪽
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