正文翻译

原创翻译：龙腾网翻译：夏目漱口转载请注明出处

Seventy years before Johannes Gutenberg introduced modern moveable type to Europe in 1440, Korea had already printed the first book using moveable metal type.

韩国使用活字印刷出第一本书的时候，还要再过70年，约翰内斯·古腾堡才将现代活字印刷引入欧洲。

Today, Han-Soo Park is the only person in South Korea continuing to preserve this tradition at his Letterpress Workshop in Paju Book City.

如今，韩素朴是韩国唯一一个在坡州书城举办凸版印刷工坊，延续传承这一传统文化的人。

as printing techniques have advanced, Park has kept an age-old tradition alive by creating poetry books and conducting workshops for Koreans to experience their often-overlooked contribution to the world.

随着印刷技术的进步，韩素朴通过创作诗集，举办讲习班，延续了一个古老传统，让韩国人体验他们对世界做出的经常被忽视的贡献。

Although the publishing industry is becoming more high tech in the digital age,

尽管在数字时代出版印刷行业变得越来越高科技化,

for anyone who appreciates analog beauty, letterpress prints are a true gem.

对于任何一个欣赏美的人来说，凸版印刷才是真正的瑰宝。

printing books for the ages

为时代印刷书籍

30 miles northwest of Seoul,

首尔西北30英里处,

there is a city in Korea dedicated to all things books.

韩国有一个专门出售各种书籍城市。

And this gentleman has been working to save a piece of the country''s printing heritage.

这位先生一直致力于拯救这个国家的印刷遗产。

My name is Han Soo Park,and i run the Letterpress Workshop in Paju Book City.

我叫韩素朴，在坡居书城经营凸版印刷工作室。

This letterpress workshop is the only workshop in korea using the modern letterpress method

这个活版车间是韩国唯一一个使用现代活版印刷技法的车间

That was in practice for about 100 years,from 1890 to 1980.

从1890年到1980年，这种技法已经实践了近100年。

- [Narrator] Okay, so letterpress printing is when you

- [解说员]好的，凸版印刷就是

push raised metal types into the paper.

将凸起的金属花纹压印到纸上。

It is as if you are tattooing the book.

就好比你在书上纹身那样。

- [Narrator] And how does it work exactly?

那么凸版印刷到底是怎么运作的呢？

The first thing you need to do is create a matrix (or mold).

首先您需要做的第一件事是做出一个模具。

Then,from the matrix,you cast individual letters.

然后，在模子上中铸造单个字母。

Next,you assemble pieces of movable type,setting letter by letter and line by line into the frx.

接下来，组合一些可移动的铅字，一个字母接一个字母，一行接一行地置入到框架中。

Now,these assembled types are converted into a final fixed form,ready to use on the press.

现在，这些被组合起来的活字，被转化成最终的固定模板，留作印刷备用。

And print on the papers.

然后印刷在纸上。

Once pressing is done,we have the final product.

印刷一完成，我们就得到了最终的产品。

- [Narrator] And Korea actually has a long history of developing printing techniques,

韩国实际上在发展印刷技术方面有很长的历史,

including the letterpress,which is usually credited

包括这种凸字印刷技术，而这种凸字印刷技术的发展通常被归功于

to Johannes Gutenberg of Germany who introduced printing to Europe.

将印刷术引入欧洲的德国人约翰内斯·古登堡。

Jikji is the oldest existing book printed with movable metal type,

高丽佛经‘直指心体要节’是现存最古老的金属活字印刷书籍,

And it was printed in 1377,70 years before Gutenberg.

它印刷于1377年，比古腾堡早了70年。

- [Narrator] However, in the ’80''s, a new technology,

- 然而，在80年代，一种新技术,

offset printing, took over as the industry standard.

胶版印刷成为了行业标准。

A major difference between today’s offset printing technique and the leterpress method is you can print books a lot quicker and cheaper using offset printing,

如今的胶印术和凸版印刷术的最主要区别是，使用胶印可以更快更便宜地印刷书籍,

But the books can’t stand the test of time.

但是这些书经不起时间的考验。

And while letterpress may not make sense for most printing today, Park has found those who appreciate it as much as he does.

虽然活版印刷对于今天的大多数印刷工作来说可能失去了意义，但韩素朴找到了那些像他一样欣赏凸版印刷的人。

We run education programs for the public and for students.

我们经营的教育项目对公众和学生开放。

You have to see and experience these books in person If you want to understand the true value of letterpress printing.

如果你想了解凸版印刷的真正价值，您必须亲自参观并体验这些书的制作过程。

评论翻译

原创翻译：龙腾网翻译：夏目漱口转载请注明出处

Derptroll

Europeans are constantly credited with inventions already done by other civilizations. It''s so frustrating that the history books haven''t been re-written to at least give some credit to innovators who came before.

欧洲人总是把他其文明已经的拥有的发明记入自己账上。令人沮丧的是，历史书还没有重新编写，没有颁给以前的创新者一些起码的赞誉。

abababbb

I read somewhere that Korea was the first country in the world to invent printing

我曾在某处读到过，韩国是世界上第一个发明印刷术的国家

gokucrazy

wow this is really cool. In school we were always taught that guttenberg invented printing, but my parents told me koreans invented one many years before. I never believed them, but ive been shown wrong. this is really cool!

哇，这真是太妙了。在学校里，我们总是被教导古登堡发明了印刷术，但是我的父母告诉我韩国人早它很多年就发明了印刷术。我从来不相信他们，但是后来我被证实是错的。这真的很妙！

JM TM

look at those machines, so amazing

看看这些机器，太神奇了

BigDH28

Wow 70 years before Gutenberg! Awesome! You learn something new every day!

哇，比古腾堡早了70年！太棒了！你每天都能学到新东西！

Daina

i love how they let the kids use the letter press! Iwant to visit this place :)

我喜欢他们准许孩子们使用凸版印刷机（的那个情景）！我想参观这个地方:)

Chong Jin

the sun is invented by korean and Confucius is korean haha！

太阳是韩国人发明的，孔子是韩国人哈哈！

Connor Wo

Well, printing was actually invented by the Chinese in 200 B.C. sooooooo...

印刷术实际上是中国人在公元前200年发明的。

Connor Wo

The thing is, the printing techniques were invented far before Korean letters were created, Koreans always steal things that belong to other people smh

问题是，印刷技术远在韩国文字出现之前就已经发明了，韩国人总是偷别人的东西

【龙腾网】韩国印刷术创造了历史