The Odyssey: Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original — Page 2

Vocabulary

在

zài — at, in, on; currently located or occurring

一个

yī gè — one; a single item or person

极为

jí wéi — extremely, exceedingly; to a very high degree

严谨

yán jǐn — rigorous, meticulous, careful and precise

不

bù — no, not; negation of verbs or adjectives

容许

róng xǔ — to permit, allow, or tolerate something

任何

rèn hé — any, whatever; referring to any item whatsoever

疏忽

shū hu — negligence, oversight; to be careless or inattentive

之

zhī — classical possessive/structural particle, equivalent to 的

假设

jiǎ shè — hypothesis, assumption; to suppose or hypothesize

的

de — structural particle indicating possession or modification

版本

bǎn běn — version, edition; a particular form of a text

中

zhōng — in, inside, within; the middle or center

为何

wèi hé — why, for what reason; asking the cause

某些

mǒu xiē — certain, some; referring to unspecified particular items

词语

cí yǔ — words and phrases; vocabulary items in a language

应有

yīng yǒu — should have, ought to possess; expected to exist

首字母

shǒu zì mǔ — first letter; the initial letter of a word

大写

dà xiě — uppercase, capital letters; capitalization of letters

而

ér — but, yet, and; connecting contrasting or sequential clauses

第六卷

dì liù juǎn — Volume Six; the sixth volume of a work

和

hé — and; connecting two nouns or clauses together

开头

kāi tóu — beginning, start; the opening part of something

希腊文

Xī là wén — Greek language; the written language of Greece

以及

yǐ jí — as well as, and also; linking additional items

却

què — yet, but, however; indicating contrast or unexpectedness

没有

méi yǒu — do not have, there is not; negation of existence

对此

duì cǐ — regarding this, about this matter; concerning this point

我

wǒ — I, me; first-person singular pronoun

无法

wú fǎ — unable to, cannot; having no way to do something

判断

pàn duàn — to judge, determine; making a decision or assessment

奥德赛

Ào dé sài — the Odyssey; Homer's epic poem of Odysseus

除

chú — except, besides, excluding; apart from something

上述

shàng shù — aforementioned, above-mentioned; stated previously above

三卷

sān juǎn — three volumes; a set of three book volumes

之外

zhī wài — outside of, beyond, except for; excluding something

其他

qí tā — other, the rest; remaining items not mentioned

各卷

gè juǎn — each volume; every individual volume of a work

均无

jūn wú — none of them have; all lacking without exception

除非

chú fēi — unless, only if; introducing an exceptional condition

该卷

gāi juǎn — that volume, said volume; the volume in question

第一个

dì yī gè — the first one; the initial item in a sequence

词

cí — word; a unit of vocabulary in a language

是

shì — is, are, am; the main copular verb in Chinese

专有名词

zhuān yǒu míng cí — proper noun; a name referring to specific entities

年

nián — year; a unit of time equal to twelve months

月

yuè — month; one of twelve divisions of a year

日

rì — day; a single calendar day, used in dates

第二版

dì èr bǎn — second edition; the second published version of a work

序言

xù yán — preface, foreword; introductory remarks of a book

翻译

fān yì — translation; to translate between different languages

最初

zuì chū — originally, at first; referring to the very beginning

出版

chū bǎn — to publish; releasing a book or printed work

于

yú — at, in, on, by; classical preposition indicating location or time

女作者

nǚ zuò zhě — female author; a woman who writes literary works

则

zé — then, while; indicating contrast or logical consequence

新版

xīn bǎn — new edition; a recently revised version of a publication

该版

gāi bǎn — that edition, said edition; the edition in question

与

yǔ — with, and; together with or alongside something

本

běn — this (book/volume); classifier for bound publications

译文

yì wén — translated text; the written result of a translation

同时

tóng shí — simultaneously, at the same time; occurring concurrently

对

duì — regarding, toward; directed at a person or topic

这

zhè — this; a demonstrative pronoun indicating nearby objects

两部

liǎng bù — two volumes/works; a pair of books or productions

书

shū — book; a written or printed literary work

成书

chéng shū — the making of a book; how a book came to exist

缘起

yuán qǐ — origin, genesis; the cause or beginning of something

作了

zuò le — made, did; completed an action (past tense marker)

一些

yī xiē — some, a few; an unspecified small quantity

介绍

jiè shào — to introduce, present; providing information about something

原版

yuán bǎn — original edition; the first or unmodified version published

页面

yè miàn — page; the surface area of a printed page

尺寸

chǐ cun — size, dimensions; the measured extent of an object

已经

yǐ jīng — already; indicating an action has been completed

缩小

suō xiǎo — to reduce, shrink; making something smaller in size

以使

yǐ shǐ — in order to make; so as to cause a result

作品

zuò pǐn — work, creation; a literary or artistic production

规格

guī gé — specifications, format; standardized size or measurements

统一

tǒng yī — unified, consistent; made uniform or standardized

幸运

xìng yùn — fortunate, lucky; having good luck or fortune

的是

de shì — the fact is; used after adjective to form clause

通过

tōng guò — through, by means of; using a method to achieve something

使用

shǐ yòng — to use, utilize; employing something for a purpose

较小

jiào xiǎo — relatively smaller; comparatively reduced in size

字体

zì tǐ — font, typeface; the style or design of printed characters

每页

měi yè — per page, each page; on every individual page

字数

zì shù — word count, character count; the number of characters

得以

dé yǐ — to be able to, managed to; achieving an outcome

保持

bǎo chí — to maintain, keep; preserving an existing state

不变

bù biàn — unchanged, constant; remaining the same without alteration

因此

yīn cǐ — therefore, thus; indicating a logical consequence

索引

suǒ yǐn — index; alphabetical list referencing content in a book

引用

yǐn yòng — citation, reference; quoting or citing a source

仍然

réng rán — still, yet; continuing as before without change

有效

yǒu xiào — valid, effective; producing the intended result

除了

chú le — except for, apart from; excluding particular items

以下

yǐ xià — the following, below; what comes after this point

将要

jiāng yào — about to, going to; indicating imminent future action

列举

liè jǔ — to enumerate, list; naming items one by one

少数

shǎo shù — a few, minority; a small number of items

影响

yǐng xiǎng — influence, impact; effect one thing has on another

细微

xì wēi — subtle, minor; very small or hardly noticeable

改动

gǎi dòng — alteration, change; a modification made to something

调整

tiáo zhěng — adjustment, revision; modifying something to improve it

均为

jūn wéi — all are, each is; without exception being something

忠实

zhōng shí — faithful, loyal; accurately true to the original

重印

chóng yìn — reprint; printing again without significant changes

已

yǐ — already; classical particle indicating completed action

更正

gēng zhèng — correction; fixing an error to make something accurate

了

le — particle indicating completed action or changed state

印刷

yìn shuā — printing; the process of reproducing text mechanically

错误

cuò wù — error, mistake; something incorrect or inaccurate

明显

míng xiǎn — obvious, evident; clearly noticeable or apparent

讹误

é wù — textual error, corruption; mistake in a written text

但

dàn — but, however; introducing a contrasting statement

未

wèi — not yet, have not; classical negation of past action

尝试

cháng shì — to attempt, try; making an effort to do something

对其

duì qí — toward it, regarding it; concerning the aforementioned thing

进行

jìn xíng — to carry out, conduct; performing an activity or process

编辑

biān jí — to edit; revising and preparing a text for publication

或

huò — or; presenting an alternative option or choice

与时俱进

yǔ shí jù jìn — to keep pace with the times; progressing with the era

地

de — adverbial particle linking adverb to verb

加以

jiā yǐ — to proceed to; used before verb to apply an action

修订

xiū dìng — to revise, amend; updating a text with corrections