낙선재본 『어우야담』의 번역 오류와 의미

Abstract

Narratives in the late Joseon Dynasty emerged with the expansion of the readership who wanted to read interesting works, and their demands were directly drawn. The translation of Yadam into Korean was also a product of the result of riding on this trend. Among the Korean versions of Yadam that have been revealed so far, this study focused on the Nakseonjae version of EouYadam, whose translation aspects and characteristics have not yet been thoroughly clarified. However, unlike the other Korean version of EouYadam in Nakseonjae version, there were too many errors in translation. The translation error of Nakseonjae version of EouYadam did not occur in the process of copying the Chinese or Korean texts, but rather occurred in the process of reading and recording the story of the Chinese texts by the translator. Translation errors appeared in the form of translating proper nouns into different sounds, or translating Chinese characters with different sounds, resulting in a different meaning from the original context, or confusing the flow of stories. All of these errors occurred because the writer did not understand the meaning of the terms and sentences used in the work and copied the notes sung by the reader. Nevertheless, in Nakseonjae version of EouYadam, the author reveals himself and does not omit the critique that reveals the truth or justification of the case, but were omited the descriptions that obscure the facts, such as ‘unwal (諺曰)’ and ‘hokwal (或曰)’. This is clearly distinct from the way in which the Chinese version of the saga is weaved into a new saga collection through reprint. This is because the Korean version of Yadam trusts the original author's objective information and opinions and focuses on translation into Korean. As such, Nakseonjae version of EouYadam is not a collection of works that can examine the translator's special translational characteristics. Rather, it is a collection of works with the most translation errors among the Korean translations of Yadam. Nevertheless, most of Nakseonjae version works of EouYadam were a collection of works intended to reflect the needs of contemporary readers in that they translated interesting stories on the subject of strangeness. In addition, it has an important meaning in that it is a Korean version of Yadam that clearly shows the actual aspects of errors that may exist in the field of oral speech.