The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 2
should have initial capitals in an edition far too careful to admit a supposition of inadvertence, when [Greek] at the beginning of Books vi. and xiii., and [Greek] at the beginning of Book xvii. have no initial capitals, I cannot determine.
debería tener mayúsculas iniciales en una edición demasiado cuidadosa como para admitir una suposición de inadvertencia, cuando [Griego] al comienzo de los Libros vi. y xiii., y [Griego] al comienzo del Libro xvii. no tienen mayúsculas iniciales, no puedo determinarlo.
No other Books of the "Odyssey" have initial capitals except the three mentioned unless the first word of the Book is a proper name.
Ningún otro Libro de la «Odisea» tiene mayúsculas iniciales excepto los tres mencionados, a menos que la primera palabra del Libro sea un nombre propio.
S. BUTLER.
S. BUTLER.
_July_ 25, 1900.
_Julio_ 25, 1900.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION
PREFACIO A LA SEGUNDA EDICIÓN
Butler's Translation of the "Odyssey" appeared originally in 1900, and The Authoress of the Odyssey in 1897.
La Traducción de la «Odisea» de Butler apareció originalmente en 1900, y La Autora de la Odisea en 1897.
In the preface to the new edition of "The Authoress", which is published simultaneously with this new edition of the Translation, I have given some account of the genesis of the two books.
En el prefacio a la nueva edición de «La Autora», que se publica simultáneamente con esta nueva edición de la Traducción, he dado alguna explicación sobre la génesis de los dos libros.
The size of the original page has been reduced so as to make both books uniform with Butler's other works; and, fortunately, it has been possible, by using a smaller type, to get the same number of words into each page, so that the references remain good, and, with the exception of a few minor alterations and rearrangements now to be enumerated so far as they affect the Translation, the new editions are faithful reprints of the original editions, with misprints and obvious errors corrected—no attempt having been made to edit them or to bring them up to date.
El tamaño de la página original ha sido reducido para que ambos libros sean uniformes con las otras obras de Butler; y, afortunadamente, ha sido posible, usando un tipo de letra más pequeño, obtener el mismo número de palabras en cada página, de modo que las referencias siguen siendo válidas, y, con la excepción de algunas alteraciones menores y reordenamientos que ahora se enumerarán en la medida en que afectan a la Traducción, las nuevas ediciones son reimpresiones fieles de las ediciones originales, con erratas y errores evidentes corregidos—sin que se haya intentado editarlas ni actualizarlas.
(a) The Index has been revised.
(a) El Índice ha sido revisado.
Vocabulary
- debería
- Should, ought to; conditional form of deber.
- tener
- To have, to possess or own.
- mayúsculas
- Capital letters, uppercase letters in writing.
- iniciales
- Initial letters, first letters at beginning.
- en
- In, on, at; common preposition.
- una
- A, an; feminine indefinite article.
- edición
- Edition, published version of a work.
- demasiado
- Too much, excessive, more than enough.
- cuidadosa
- Careful, cautious; feminine form of cuidadoso.
- como
- Like, as; common conjunction or preposition.
- para
- For, in order to; common preposition.
- admitir
- To admit, allow, or accept something.
- suposición
- Supposition, assumption, or conjecture.
- de
- Of, from; common preposition.
- inadvertencia
- Inadvertence, carelessness, or oversight.
- cuando
- When, at the time that.
- Griego
- Greek; relating to Greece or language.
- al
- To the, at the; contraction of a+el.
- comienzo
- Beginning, start, or commencement.
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- Libros
- Books, written works or literary texts.
- vi
- Saw, past tense of ver.
- determinarlo
- To determine it, to establish or ascertain.
- Ningún
- No, none; masculine form of ninguno.
- otro
- Other, another, different one.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- Odisea
- Odyssey, famous ancient Greek epic poem.
- tiene
- Has, possesses; third person singular of tener.
- excepto
- Except, with the exception of.
- tres
- Three, the number 3.
- mencionados
- Mentioned, referred to previously.
- menos
- Less, fewer, minus in mathematics.
- que
- That, which, what; common conjunction.
- primera
- First, coming before others.
- palabra
- Word, unit of language or speech.
- sea
- Be, subjunctive form of ser.
- un
- A, an; masculine indefinite article.
- nombre
- Name, a person or thing designation.
- propio
- Own, proper, characteristic of someone.
- _Julio_
- July, month of the year.
- PREFACIO
- Preface, introduction to a book.
- LA
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- SEGUNDA
- Second, coming after first.
- Traducción
- Translation, text rendered into another language.
- apareció
- Appeared, came into view or existence.
- originalmente
- Originally, from the beginning or start.
- Autora
- Author, feminine form; female writer.
- el
- The; masculine singular definite article.
- prefacio
- Preface, introduction to a book.
- nueva
- New, recent, recently made or created.
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself, itself.
- publica
- Publishes, makes public or widely known.
- simultáneamente
- Simultaneously, at the same time together.
- con
- With, accompanied by; common preposition.
- esta
- This; feminine demonstrative adjective.
- he
- Have, present perfect auxiliary verb.
- dado
- Given, provided, past participle of dar.
- alguna
- Some, any; feminine form of alguno.
- explicación
- Explanation, clarification or account given.
- sobre
- About, on, concerning; common preposition.
- génesis
- Genesis, origin or beginning of something.
- dos
- Two, the number 2.
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