The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 2
Several reprints of that edition have testified to the continued popularity of the work, and the necessity for the present issue shows that an acquaintance of nearly half a century has not yet wearied the public of the standard translation of the _Thousand and One Nights_.
Mehrere Nachdrucke jener Ausgabe haben die anhaltende Beliebtheit des Werkes bezeugt, und die Notwendigkeit der vorliegenden Ausgabe zeigt, dass eine Bekanntschaft von fast einem halben Jahrhundert das Publikum noch nicht der maßgeblichen Übersetzung von _Tausendundeiner Nacht_ überdrüssig gemacht hat.
The secret of Mr. Lane's success is to be found partly in the instinctive sympathy for the spirit of the East, which enabled him faithfully to reproduce the characteristic tone of the original, and partly in the rich store of illustrations of oriental life and thought contained in his Notes.
Das Geheimnis von Herrn Lanes Erfolg liegt zum einen in der instinktiven Sympathie für den Geist des Ostens, die es ihm ermöglichte, den charakteristischen Ton des Originals getreu wiederzugeben, und zum anderen in dem reichen Schatz an Erläuterungen zum orientalischen Leben und Denken, der in seinen Anmerkungen enthalten ist.
In the various cheap versions, based upon Galland's French paraphrase, the Eastern tone and local colour is wholly wanting; and the peculiarities of life and manners, which contrast so markedly with those of the West, are left unnoted and unexplained.
In den verschiedenen billigen Fassungen, die auf Gallands französischer Paraphrase beruhen, fehlen der östliche Ton und das lokale Kolorit vollständig; und die Besonderheiten des Lebens und der Sitten, die so auffällig im Gegensatz zu denen des Westens stehen, werden weder vermerkt noch erklärt.
Such versions may serve in an inadequate degree to make the Arabian Nights known to those who care only for the bare stories; but educated readers, who are capable of something more than the mere enjoyment of the romance, and desire to understand the character and habits of the actors and the spectators, find in Mr. Lane's translation, and in his only, a complete satisfaction of their want.
Solche Fassungen mögen in unzureichendem Maße dazu dienen, denen die Arabischen Nächte bekannt zu machen, denen es nur um die bloßen Geschichten geht; aber gebildete Leser, die zu mehr als dem bloßen Genuss der Romanzen fähig sind und den Charakter und die Gewohnheiten der Handelnden und der Zuschauer verstehen möchten, finden in Herrn Lanes Übersetzung, und allein in seiner, eine vollständige Befriedigung ihres Bedürfnisses.
Vocabulary
- Mehrere
- Several; more than one but not very many.
- Nachdrucke
- Reprints; subsequent printings of a published work.
- jener
- That; that one (demonstrative pronoun or adjective).
- Ausgabe
- Edition; version of a published text or work.
- haben
- To have; auxiliary verb for perfect tenses.
- anhaltende
- Lasting; continuing or persistent over time.
- Beliebtheit
- Popularity; state of being liked or favored.
- Werkes
- Work; creative or literary production (genitive case).
- bezeugt
- Testified; attested to or confirmed as true.
- Notwendigkeit
- Necessity; condition of being needed or required.
- vorliegenden
- Present; currently available or under consideration.
- Bekanntschaft
- Acquaintance; knowledge of or familiarity with something.
- Jahrhundert
- Century; period of one hundred years.
- Publikum
- Audience; public or readers of a work.
- maßgeblichen
- Authoritative; influential and widely recognized as reliable.
- Übersetzung
- Translation; conversion of text into another language.
- Geheimnis
- Secret; something hidden or not widely known.
- Erfolg
- Success; achievement of a desired goal or outcome.
- Sympathie
- Sympathy; understanding or agreement with feelings or ideas.
- Geist
- Spirit; essence, mind, or intellectual character.
- Ostens
- East; eastern regions or the Orient (genitive).
- charakteristischen
- Characteristic; typical or distinctive feature of something.
- Ton
- Tone; manner or style of expression or speech.
- Originals
- Original; source text in its first language.
- getreu
- Faithful; true or loyal to an original work.
- wiederzugeben
- To render; to reproduce or represent faithfully.
- Schatz
- Treasure; valuable collection or store of things.
- Erläuterungen
- Explanations; clarifications or interpretive notes on text.
- orientalischen
- Oriental; relating to Eastern cultures or regions.
- Leben
- Life; existence or way of living.
- Denken
- Thinking; mental activity or way of thought.
- Anmerkungen
- Notes; comments or remarks providing additional information.
- verschiedenen
- Various; different or diverse in character.
- billigen
- Cheap; inexpensive or of lower cost.
- Fassungen
- Versions; different forms or adaptations of work.
- französischer
- French; relating to France or French language.
- Paraphrase
- Paraphrase; restatement in different or clearer words.
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