Translation of "처음에는" in English

처음에는,

It starts off...

처음에는 아무것도 모르죠.

It knows nothing in the beginning:

‎처음에는 덤덤하게 지냈는데

And that was fine at first.

처음에는 비록 망설이기는 했지만

Even those that were hesitant at the beginning

처음에는 노랫말을 곧이곧대로 받아들였지요.

And at first, I took the words at face value.

처음에는 형태 없는 덩어리였다가

And at first, it's just an amorphous blob,

처음에는 실크로 시작해서 레이온이 되었네요.

It starts off silk, yet it emerges a rayon blend.

처음에는 그 종이를 쓰레기통에 넣었어요.

I threw it in the garbage can.

‎처음에는 별다른 특징을 ‎찾아보기 힘들었죠

Initially, it all just seems like much of the same thing.

‎처음에는 ‎물고기를 잡는 줄 알았죠

Initially, I thought... "She's hunting the fish."

처음에는 별 문제가 되지 않았습니다.

At first, it isn't really a problem.

처음에는 임원 수십 명이 체포되었습니다

Over two dozen executives were initially arrested.

‎처음에는 너무 막막했죠 ‎흔적을 포착하기가 어려웠어요

And that was very frustrating at first, so difficult to discern.

처음에는 반응을 보이지만 나중에는 조정 능력이 생깁니다.

fear and diving for cover in a war zone, for example --

‎처음에는 ‎물에 들어가기가 힘들었어요 ‎물살이 거세서 수영하기 두렵기로 ‎손꼽히는 바다니까요

In the beginning, it's a hard thing to get in the water. It's one of the wildest, most scary places to swim on the planet.

‎처음에는 상상하기 힘들었어요 ‎문어가 이 관계에 ‎관심을 보일 줄 몰랐죠

It was difficult to imagine at first that she was getting anything out of the relationship.