The Semantic Subject of A Nominal Phrase

[원문]:The biggest firestorm by far was generated by the teacher-testing program. The Arkansas Education Association (AEA) went ballistic, accusing me of degrading teachers and using them as scapegoats. For the first time in my life, I was charged with racism, on the assumption that a higher percentage of black teachers would fail the test. Cynics accused Hillary and me of grandstanding to increase our popularity among people who would otherwise oppose any tax increase. (My Life, Bill Clinton)


[원문역]:가장 심한 반발은 교사시험 프로그램에 대한 것이었다. 아칸소교육협회는 격분해서, 내가 교사들을 무시하고 희생양으로 삼고 있다고 비난했다. 나는 난생처음으로 인종차별주의자라는 비난을 받았다. 내가 많은 흑인 교사들이 탈락할 것으로 가정하고 있다는 주장이었다. 냉소주의자들은 사람들이 세금 인상에 반대하고 나설까봐 힐러리와 내가 연기를 해가며 인기몰이를 하고 있다고 비난했다. (빌 클린턴의 마이 라이프, 도서출판 물푸레]


[on the assumption that]:1)역자는 “내가 많은 흑인 교사들이 탈락할 것으로 가정하고 있다” 운운하고 있는데요. 오역이죠. 2)그것은 원저의 저자 빌 클린턴, 즉 I를 비난하는 유권자들의 “가정”이죠. 3)on the assumption 대신에 based on the assumption이라고 할 수도 있지만 의미는 같아요. (=based on the foundation)


[정역]:교사시험 프로그램이 무엇보다도 가장 심한 반발을 야기했다. 아칸소교육협회는 내가 교사들을 비하하고 희생양으로 삼고 있다며 격분했다. 나는 내 생애 처음으로 인종차별주의자라는 비난을 받기도 했는데, 그것은 그들이 백인 보다 아주 많은 흑인 교사들이 이 교사시험에 대거 탈락할 것이라는 가정을 하고서였다. 냉소주의자들은 또한 나의 아내와 내가 사람들이 세금 인상에 반대하고 나설까봐 힐러리와 내가 술수를 부리고 있다고 비난했다.


[comments]::1)Why jump to your conjecture prematurely? Why don't you use your brain? Why prejudge the conclusion only with a glimpse of the beginning?


2)The translator has got it wrong. Utterly wrong in that they (the two co-translators) have misconstrued the statement in question {{I was charged with racism, on the assumption that a higher percentage of black teachers would fail the test.}}to mean to the effect that "they charged me with racism because they thought I was biased against black teachers who I assumed a higher percentage of black teachers would fail the test."


3)That's not it. You've got to find out the semantic subject of the nominal phrase "the assumption." Which pronoun do you think is the subject of the noun phrase "the assumption?" The pronoun they is the answer, so the statement in question can be restated (or paraphrased) as: I was charged with racism because they assumed that a higher percentage of black teachers would fail the test.


4)If the Korean version were to be correct, the original version should have been as one of the two following statements. One: I became the butt of racism charge because they thought I was biased against black teachers a higher percentage of whom I thought would fail the test. Two: They accused me of my being a racist because they thought I was biased against black teachers a higher percentage of whom I presumed would fail the test.