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English → It Preface Level 7/10

There, Margaret, the sun is for ever visible, its broad disk just skirting the horizon and diffusing a perpetual splendour.

Là, Margaret, il sole è eternamente visibile, il suo ampio disco che sfiora appena l'orizzonte e diffonde uno splendore perpetuo.

There—for with your leave, my sister, I will put some trust in preceding navigators—there snow and frost are banished; and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe.

Là—poiché, con il tuo permesso, sorella mia, riporrò una certa fiducia nei navigatori che mi hanno preceduto—là neve e gelo sono banditi; e, navigando su un mare calmo, potremmo essere trasportati verso una terra che supera in meraviglie e in bellezza ogni regione finora scoperta sul globo abitato.

Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes.

Le sue produzioni e caratteristiche potrebbero essere senza eguali, come lo sono senza dubbio i fenomeni dei corpi celesti in quelle solitudini inesplorate.

What may not be expected in a country of eternal light?

Cosa non ci si potrebbe aspettare in una terra di luce eterna?

I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent for ever.

Potrei lì scoprire il meraviglioso potere che attrae l'ago della bussola e potrei regolare un migliaio di osservazioni celesti che richiedono solo questo viaggio per rendere le loro apparenti eccentricità coerenti per sempre.

I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited, and may tread a land never before imprinted by the foot of man.

Sazierò la mia ardente curiosità con la vista di una parte del mondo mai visitata prima, e potrò calpestare una terra mai prima impressa dal piede dell'uomo.

These are my enticements, and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels when he embarks in a little boat, with his holiday mates, on an expedition of discovery up his native river.

Queste sono le mie lusinghe, e sono sufficienti a vincere ogni timore di pericolo o di morte e a indurmi a intraprendere questo arduo viaggio con la gioia che prova un bambino quando s'imbarca in una piccola barca, con i suoi compagni di vacanza, in una spedizione di scoperta lungo il suo fiume natale.

Vocabulary

Là: There; in that place or location.
il: The; masculine singular definite article.
sole: The sun; celestial body providing light.
eternamente: Eternally; forever without end or cessation.
visibile: Visible; capable of being seen.
suo: His, her, its; possessive adjective third person.
ampio: Wide, broad, spacious; having great extent.
disco: Disk; circular flat object or surface.
che: That, which; relative pronoun or conjunction.
sfiora: Touches lightly; grazes or barely brushes.
appena: Barely, scarcely; just or only just.
orizzonte: Horizon; line where earth meets sky.
diffonde: Spreads, broadcasts; diffuses or disperses widely.
uno: One; the number or indefinite article.
splendore: Splendor; brightness, magnificence, or brilliant light.
perpetuo: Perpetual; permanent, eternal, or everlasting.
poiché: Since, because; indicating reason or cause.
con: With; preposition indicating accompaniment or possession.
tuo: Your; possessive adjective second person singular.
permesso: Permission, consent; allowance to do something.
sorella: Sister; female sibling or religious woman.
mia: My; possessive adjective first person singular.
riporrò: I will place; future tense of riponere.
una: A, an; feminine singular indefinite article.
certa: Certain, sure; definite or assured.
fiducia: Confidence, trust; belief in reliability.
nei: In the; contraction of in and i.
navigatori: Navigators; those who navigate ships or seas.
mi: Me; indirect or direct object pronoun.
hanno: Have; third person plural present of avere.
preceduto: Preceded; went before or earlier than.
neve: Snow; frozen precipitation from clouds.
gelo: Frost, ice; frozen state of water.
sono: Am, are; present tense of essere.
banditi: Banished, exiled; outlaws or outcasts.
navigando: Navigating; sailing or traveling by water.
su: On, upon; preposition indicating position.
mare: Sea; large body of salt water.
calmo: Calm, peaceful; free from turbulence.
potremmo: We could; conditional form of potere.
essere: To be; fundamental auxiliary and main verb.
trasportati: Transported, carried; moved from one place.
verso: Toward; preposition indicating direction.
terra: Land, earth; ground or solid surface.
supera: Surpasses, exceeds; goes beyond in quality.
meraviglie: Wonders, marvels; amazing or remarkable things.
bellezza: Beauty; quality of being attractive.
ogni: Every, each; all individual things.
regione: Region, area; distinct geographical or political division.
finora: So far, until now; up to present.
scoperta: Discovery; finding something previously unknown.
globo: Globe, sphere; round representation of earth.
abitato: Inhabited; occupied or lived in by people.
Le: The; feminine plural definite article.
produzioni: Productions, products; things produced or manufactured.
caratteristiche: Characteristics; distinctive qualities or features.
potrebbero: Could, might; conditional form of potere.
senza: Without; preposition indicating absence or lack.
eguali: Equals, matches; comparable things or persons.
lo: Him, it; masculine singular object pronoun.
dubbio: Doubt; uncertainty or lack of conviction.
fenomeni: Phenomena; observable facts or events.
dei: Of the; contraction of di and i.
corpi: Bodies; physical forms or celestial objects.
celesti: Celestial; relating to sky or heavens.
quelle: Those; feminine plural demonstrative pronoun.
solitudini: Solitudes; lonely or isolated places.
inesplorate: Unexplored; not yet investigated or discovered.
Cosa: What, thing; interrogative or relative pronoun.
non: Not; negation particle or adverb.
ci: Us, there; indirect object or locative pronoun.
si: Oneself; reflexive pronoun or impersonal marker.
potrebbe: Could, might; conditional form of potere.

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