한문번역의 측면에서 바라본 표점과 현토의 차이 -고리점을 중심으로-

Abstract

China has established the punctuation principle by designating punctuation to vast classic resources including 《資治通鑑》 and 二十四史 since 1950 onward. In Korea, there are also many cases of punctuation in arranging classic resources or in the reference of them in articles from 1990 onward, but there have been many disputes or trials and errors in applying and accepting the principle of punctuation. One of the greatest causes of such disputes or trials and errors is on the 'Korean type punctuation', which might indicate the compromised one between punctuation and Hyeonto. For the compromise, it is foremost necessary to understand a clear awareness between common feature and different feature of the two methods. Accordingly, this study discussed the difference of punctuation and Hyeonto. Though the difference between the two appears in other punctuation mark such as comma(,), it is apparently shown in the period (。). Like the contemporary sentences that directs simple style, punctuation based on traditional punctuation method marks period per ‘sentence’. But Hyeonto creates descriptive final ending by ‘paragraph’ unit. Accordingly, if it is translated into the contemporary language, it must be transformed properly from a paragraph unit to a sentence base in understanding the writing. It means part of Hyeonto connective ending to final ending. But there happens some errors in the transformation process. This study examined errors in 8 items out of "16 items on ‘punctuation’ and Hyeonto" suggested by Im Gyu Jik a scholar in the later Joseon period. It attempted to explain the errors caused by non transformation and wrong transformation from connective ending to final ending among the most widest translated edition of Hyeonto with specific example sentences. In conclusion, this study argues that there is no compromise between punctuation which treats by 'sentence', and Hyeonto which divides by 'paragraph', and there is a need to modernize Hyeonto to achieve a compromise.