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Neither Fish Nor Fowl

¿À´ÃÀÇ Ç¥Çö, Neither fish nor fowl, Á÷¿ªÇϸé ÀÌ ¸»Àº fish¹°°í±âµµ ¾Æ´Ï°í fowl »õµµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù°¡ µÇ°Ú´Âµ¥¿ä, neither ¡¦ nor´Â ¹¹¹¹µµ ¾Æ´Ï°í ¹¹¹¹µµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù ¶ó´Â ¸»ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. Either or ÇÏ°í ºñ½ÁÇÏÁö¸¸ ´Ù¸£ÁÒ. Either or´Â ¹¹¹¹³ª ¾Æ´Ï¸é ¹¹¹¹, ÀÌ·¸°Ô ±àÁ¤¹®¿¡ ¾²À̴µ¥ ¹ÝÇØ, neither nor´Â ºÎÁ¤¹®¿¡ ¾²Àδٴ °ÍÀÌ ´Ù¸£ÁÒ. Either or ¾Õ¿¡ n Çϳª¸¸ ºÙ¿©ÁÖ¸é µÇÁÒ. ´Ù½Ã Çѹø ¹Ýº¹ÇÒ²²¿ä, ÇØ¼®Àº ¹¹¹¹µµ ¾Æ´Ï°í ¹¹¹¹µµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù·Î ÇÏ½Ã¸é µÇ°Ú½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í ¹°°í±â¿Í »õ, fish¿Í fowlÀ» ´ëºñÇÑ °ÍÀº f·Î ½ÃÀÛÇÏ´Â ´Ü¾î³¢¸® ÀÏÁ¾ÀÇ ¿îÀ» ¸ÂÃá°ÅÁÒ. Fish´Â Àß ¾Æ½Ã°Ú°í, fowlÀÇ ½ºÆç¸µÀº f o w lÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ ¸»ÀÇ ¶æÀº ¾î¶² »ç¶÷À̳ª »ç¹°À» ƯÁ¤ÇÑ ¹üÁÖ¿¡ Áý¾î³Ö±â Èûµé°Å³ª, Á¤»óÀûÀÎ ¹üÁÖ¿¡ Àß ¸ÂÁö ¾Ê´Â °æ¿ì¿¡ ¾²ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ ¸»ÀÌ ´ÙÀ½ ¿¹¹®¿¡¼± ¾î¶»°Ô ¾²¿´´ÂÁö Àо¼¼¿ä.

¡°This book is neither fish nor fowl. It isn¡¯t a love story, or a murder mystery, or a historical novel. Although it has a little bit of all these. Well, at least it¡¯s fun to read.¡±

Ã¥À» ÀÐ°í ³ª¼­ ±× Ã¥¿¡ °üÇÑ ´À³¦À» ¸»ÇÑ °ÅÁÒ? This book is neither fish nor fowl. ÀÌ Ã¥Àº À̰͵µ Àú°Íµµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù. It¡¯ isn¡¯t a love story ¿¬¾Ö ¼Ò¼³µµ ¾Æ´Ï°í, or a murder mystery, »ìÀÎ »ç°ÇÀ» ÇØ°áÇÏ´Â Ã߸® ¼Ò¼³µµ ¾Æ´Ï°í or a historical novel. ¿ª»ç ¼Ò¼³µµ ¾Æ´Ï¶õ ¸»¾ß. Although it has a little bit of all these. Although´Âºñ·Ï ¹¹¹¹Çϱä ÇÏÁö¸¸ À¸·Î ÇØ¼®ÇÏÁÒ? Although it has a little bit of all these. ÀÌ Ã¥ÀÌ all these, ÀÌ ¸ðµç ¿ä¼Ò¸¦ a little bit, Á¶±Ý¾¿Àº ´Ù °¡Áö°í ÀÖ±ä ÇÏÁö¸¸. Well, at least it¡¯s fun to read.¡± Fun to read, Àб⿡ Àç¹Õ¾ú´Ù, ¾î·µç ÃÖ¼ÒÇÑ Àç¹Ì´Â ÀÖ¾ú¾î. ¶ó´Â ¸»ÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¿¹¹® ¹Ýº¹ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.

¡°This book is neither fish nor fowl. It isn¡¯t a love story, or a murder mystery, or a historical novel. Although it has a little bit of all these. Well, at least it¡¯s fun to read.¡±

ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀº ¾²ÀÎÁö 400³âÀÌ ³Ñ¾ú´Ù°í ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¿µ±¹ÀÇ ´ë¹®È£ ¼ÎÀͽºÇǾ ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀ» »ç¿ëÇß¾úÁÒ. µÎ¹øÂ° ¿¹¹®Àº ÀÌÂÊÀ¸·Îµç ÀúÂÊÀ¸·Îµç ¹æÇâÀ» Á¤ÇÏÁö ¾Ê°í ÀÖ´Â ±¹È¸ÀÇ¿ø¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­ ¾î¶² »ç¶÷ÀÌ ºÒÆòÇÏ´Â ¾ê±é´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ·± »ç¶÷À» ¹ÚÁã°°Àº »ç¶÷À̶ó°íµµ ÇÏÁÒ?

¡°This man is neither a democrat nor republican, he calls himself an independent ? neither fish nor fowl. He always votes according to what will help him get elected again back home.¡±

ÀÌ »ç¶÷Àº ¹ÎÁÖ´ç¿øµµ ¾Æ´Ï°í °øÈ­´ç¿øµµ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó³×. Neither a democrat, nor republican, ¹¹¹¹µµ ¾Æ´Ï°í ¹¹¹¹µµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù, democratÀº ¹ÎÁÖ´ç¿ø, republicanÀº °øÈ­´ç¿øÀ» ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. He calls himself an independent, independent, µ¶¸³ÀûÀ̶ó´Â ¸»Àº ¾îµð¿¡µµ ¼Ò¼ÓµÅÀÖÁö ¾ÊÀº ¹«¼Ò¼ÓÀ» ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¿©±â¼­´Â an independent, ¸í»ç·Î ¹«¼Ò¼Ó ÀÇ¿øÀ̶õ ¶æÀ¸·Î ¾²¿´½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í ÇѸ¶µð µ¡ºÙÀÌÁÒ. Neither fish nor fowl. ¹°°í±âµµ ¾Æ´Ï°í »õµµ ¾Æ´Ñ ¹«¼Ò¼ÓÀ̶ó³×. He always votes/ according to, ¹«¾ù¹«¾ù¿¡ µû¶ó¼­¶ó´Â ¸»ÀÌÁÒ, according to/ what will help him get elected ±× »ç¶÷Àº Ç×»ó ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ Ãâ½Å ¼±°Å±¸¿¡¼­ ´Ù½Ã ¼±ÃâµÇ´Âµ¥ µµ¿òÀÌ µÉÁö ¿©ºÎ¿¡ µû¶ó¼­ Ç¥¸¦ ´øÁø´Ù³×. ¿©±â¼­ vote´Â ±¹È¸¿¡ »óÁ¤µÈ ¿©·¯ ¾È°Ç¿¡ °üÇØ ±¹È¸ÀÇ¿øµéÀÌ Ç¥°áÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ» ¸»ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. Neither fish nor fowl, Àç¹ÌÀִ ǥÇöÀÔ´Ï´Ù. À̼٠À̾߱⿡µµ ÀÌ¿Í ºñ½ÁÇÑ ¹ÚÁã ¾ê±â°¡ ³ª¿ÀÁö ¾Ê½À´Ï±î? À°Áö µ¿¹°µé Æí¿¡ ¼³¶§´Â ³¯°³¸¦ Á¢°í, »õµé Æí¿¡ ¼³¶§´Â ³¯°³¸¦ Æì¼­ ¾çÂÊ¿¡ ´Ù ³¢·Á°í ÇÏ´ø ¹ÚÁã°¡ °á±¹Àº ¾î´À ÂÊ¿¡µµ ³¢ÀÌÁö ¸øÇÏ°Ô µÈ´Ù´Â ¾ê±â¿´ÁÒ? ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀ» »ç¶÷ÇÑÅ× ¾µ¶§´Â ÀÏÁ¾ÀÇ opportunist, ±âȸÁÖÀÇÀÚ¸¦ ºÎ¸£´Â ¸»À̶ó°í »ý°¢ÇÏ½Ã¸é µÇ°Ú½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ Ç¥ÇöÀÇ ¶æÀ» »ý°¢ÇϽø鼭 ¾Õ¿¡ ¿¹¹® ´Ù½Ã Çѹø µé¾îº¸¼¼¿ä.

¡°This man is neither a democrat or republican, he calls himself an independent ? neither fish nor fowl. He always votes according to what will help him get elected again back home.¡±

Neither fish nor fowl, À̰͵µ Àú°Íµµ ¾Æ´Ï´Ù ¶ó´Â ¶æÀÔ´Ï´Ù. Àß ±â¾ïÇϼ¼¿ä.





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