Elongate vs. Extend

Elongate vs. Extend

번역을 하다 보면, 기존의 번역된 내용을 참고하거나, 기존의 번역 내용에 사용된 어휘, 용어 등을 참고할 때가 많다. 이것은 시간을 절약하고 번역 속도를 높이는 차원에서 때론 바람직할 수 있지만, 그렇지 않을 때가 있어 신경 쓸 필요가 있다. 기존의 번역 내용, 어휘, 용어 등이 적절치 않은 경우가 종종 있을 수있기 때문이다. 만일, 기존의 번역 내용, 어휘, 용어 등을 아무 생각 없이 차용하는 경우, 오역은 아니더라도 낮은 품질의 번역이 양산될 수 있으므로, 기존의번역 내용, 어휘, 용어를 사용할 때 한번쯤은 생각해 볼 필요가 있다.   

아래의 예는, 기존의 번역 어휘[elongate]가 좋아 보여서 그대로 갖다 쓴 경우이고, 이후에 미국 대리인의 revision를 통해서 그것이 적절치 않은 용어였음을깨달은 경우이다.

관련되는 용어는 elongate (n. elongation) / extend (n. extension) 인데, 이 두단어의 영한사전의 뜻을 봐서는 차이를 느끼기가 쉽지 않다. 그러나, 영영사전, 특히 영영사전의 예문을 보면, 엄연한 차이가 있음을 알 수 있다.

Elongate 연장하다, 길게 하다

make (something) longer, especially unusually so in relation to its width.

If you elongate something or if it elongates, you stretch it so that it becomes longer.

ex. an exercise that elongates the muscles

ex. The cells elongate as they take in water.

Extend 연장하다, 확장하다, 늘리다, 뻗다

to cause (something) to be longer, wider, or cover more area

make longer or wider

If you say that something, usually something large, extends for a particular distance or extends from one place to another, you are indicating its size or position.

ex. to extend a fence / road; extended the subway line into the next town

ex. to extend a deadline / visa

영영사전의 예문을 보면, elongate는 근육을 늘이거나, 세포가 물을 흡수하여늘어나는 경우에, 더 구체적으로는, 예를 들어 밀가루 반죽을 잡아 당겨 국수가락처럼 만들 때처럼, 형상의 변화가 수반되면서 늘어날 때 사용되고;

extend는 울타리/도로 등을 더 길게 연장하거나, 기한/비자 등을 연장할 때처럼, 동일한 것들이 이어져 늘어날 때 (동일한 것을 이어서 늘릴 때) 사용되고 있음을 알 수 있다.

따라서, 아래 예문들에서는 "elongagt(ed)" 보다는 각괄호([])내의 어휘"extend(ed)"를 사용하는 것이 보다 적절하다.

제1 배선과 제2 배선은 서로 교차하는 방향으로 연장하도록 형성된다.
The first wire and the second wire are formed to be elongated[extended] in a direction crossing each other.

색필터는 이웃하는 데이터선 사이를 따라서 열 방향으로 길게 뻗을 수도 있다.
The color filter may be elongated [extended] in the column direction along between the adjacent data lines.

하부 스캔선은 가로 방향으로 길게 뻗어 스캔 신호를 전달한다. 
The lower scan line is elongated [extend] in a horizontal direction to transmit the scan signal.

한편, elongate의 동의어(synonym)에는 extend가 포함되어 있고, 나아가extend는 사전적으로 elongate의 의미도 내포하고 있으므로 국문의 뜻이 애매모호할 때는 elongate 보다는 extend를 사용하는 것이 안전할 것으로 판단된다. 

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