The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 1

Vocabulary

插图

chātú — Illustration or picture inserted within a text

著

zhù — Written or authored by someone

译为

yì wéi — Translated into a specified language or form

英文

Yīngwén — The English language or English writing

散文

sǎnwén — Prose writing, as opposed to poetry

供

gōng — For the use of; to provide for someone

无法

wúfǎ — Unable to; having no way to do something

阅读

yuèdú — To read; the act of reading text

原文

yuánwén — Original text in its source language

者

zhě — Person who does something; suffix denoting a doer

使用

shǐyòng — To use; to make use of something

目录

mùlù — Table of contents; catalog or index

第一版

dì yī bǎn — First edition of a published work

序言

xùyán — Preface or foreword to a book

第二版

dì èr bǎn — Second edition of a published work

第一卷

dì yī juàn — Volume one or book one of a series

第二卷

dì èr juàn — Volume two of a multi-volume work

第三卷

dì sān juàn — Volume three of a multi-volume work

第四卷

dì sì juàn — Volume four of a multi-volume work

第五卷

dì wǔ juàn — Volume five of a multi-volume work

第六卷

dì liù juàn — Volume six of a multi-volume work

第七卷

dì qī juàn — Volume seven of a multi-volume work

第八卷

dì bā juàn — Volume eight of a multi-volume work

第九卷

dì jiǔ juàn — Volume nine of a multi-volume work

第十卷

dì shí juàn — Volume ten of a multi-volume work

第十一卷

dì shíyī juàn — Volume eleven of a multi-volume work

第十二卷

dì shí'èr juàn — Volume twelve of a multi-volume work

第十三卷

dì shísān juàn — Volume thirteen of a multi-volume work

第十四卷

dì shísì juàn — Volume fourteen of a multi-volume work

第十五卷

dì shíwǔ juàn — Volume fifteen of a multi-volume work

第十六卷

dì shíliù juàn — Volume sixteen of a multi-volume work

第十七卷

dì shíqī juàn — Volume seventeen of a multi-volume work

第十八卷

dì shíbā juàn — Volume eighteen of a multi-volume work

第十九卷

dì shíjiǔ juàn — Volume nineteen of a multi-volume work

第二十卷

dì èrshí juàn — Volume twenty of a multi-volume work

第二十一卷

dì èrshíyī juàn — Volume twenty-one of a multi-volume work

第二十二卷

dì èrshí'èr juàn — Volume twenty-two of a multi-volume work

第二十三卷

dì èrshísān juàn — Volume twenty-three of a multi-volume work

第二十四卷

dì èrshísì juàn — Volume twenty-four of a multi-volume work

脚注

jiǎozhù — Footnote appearing at the bottom of a page

献给

xiàn gěi — Dedicated to; presented as a tribute to someone

教授

jiàoshòu — Professor; a senior academic title

珍贵

zhēnguì — Precious; valuable; highly treasured

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

盟友

méngyǒu — Ally; a partner united by common cause

感激

gǎnjī — Grateful; feeling deep thankfulness toward someone

作者

zuòzhě — Author; the person who wrote a work

谨献

jǐn xiàn — Respectfully dedicated; humbly offered as tribute

本

běn — This; measure word for books or volumes

译文

yìwén — Translated text; the result of translation work

旨在

zhǐ zài — Aimed at; intended to achieve a purpose

补充

bǔchōng — To supplement; to add to existing content

一部

yī bù — One volume or one work; measure for books

题为

tí wéi — Entitled; having the title of something

女作者

nǚ zuòzhě — Female author; a woman who writes books

著作

zhùzuò — Written work; a book or scholarly publication

该书

gāi shū — That book; the aforementioned book or work

由

yóu — By; through; indicating agent or means

我

wǒ — I; me; the first-person singular pronoun

于

yú — At; in; on; a preposition of time or place

出版

chūbǎn — To publish; to release a book officially

若

ruò — If; supposing; a conditional conjunction

将

jiāng — Will; to be going to; future tense marker

整部

zhěng bù — The entire work; the whole volume or book

收入

shōurù — To include; to incorporate into a collection

则

zé — Then; in that case; a logical connective

篇幅

piānfú — Length; the size or extent of a text

过于

guòyú — Excessively; too much; overly so

庞大

pángdà — Enormous; very large in scale or size

因此

yīncǐ — Therefore; consequently; as a result of this

对

duì — Toward; regarding; directed at something

进行

jìnxíng — To carry out; to conduct an activity

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or change

摘要

zhāiyào — Summary; abstract; condensed version of text

处理

chǔlǐ — To handle; to process; to deal with something

而

ér — But; and; while; a conjunctive particle

该

gāi — That; the said; referring to something mentioned

此前

cǐqián — Before this; previously; prior to this point

已经

yǐjīng — Already; having done something previously

完成

wánchéng — To complete; to finish a task or work

现予以

xiàn yǔ yǐ — Now hereby; formally presenting or providing now

全文

quánwén — Full text; the complete original written content

在此

zài cǐ — Here; at this point; in this place

不

bù — No; not; negation particle in Chinese

打算

dǎsuàn — To plan; to intend to do something

就

jiù — Regarding; with respect to; concerning a topic

上述

shàngshù — Above-mentioned; previously stated content

中

zhōng — In; within; inside a scope or context

所

suǒ — Particle used before verbs to nominalize them

论及

lùn jí — To discuss; to touch upon a topic

两个

liǎng gè — Two; a quantity of two items

主要

zhǔyào — Main; primary; most important

论点

lùndiǎn — Argument; point of debate; thesis statement

争辩

zhēngbiàn — To argue; to debate; to dispute a point

对于

duìyú — Regarding; with respect to; concerning something

在

zài — At; in; located at a place or time

所写

suǒ xiě — What was written; the written content

内容

nèiróng — Content; subject matter of a text or work

既无

jì wú — Neither having; lacking both of two things

任何

rènhé — Any; whatsoever; no matter what kind

也无

yě wú — Nor; also without; lacking as well

撤回

chèhuí — To withdraw; to retract a statement or claim