The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 6
The public appreciation of these notes, and of the advantage of correctly-written foreign words, is, I conceive, proved by the call for the present edition.
Die öffentliche Wertschätzung dieser Anmerkungen und des Vorteils korrekt geschriebener Fremdwörter wird, wie ich meine, durch die Nachfrage nach der vorliegenden Ausgabe bewiesen.
On the subject of the mode of writing oriental words in European characters, I need say little, for the controversy has well nigh died out.
Zum Thema der Schreibweise orientalischer Wörter in europäischen Buchstaben brauche ich wenig zu sagen, denn der Streit ist so gut wie erloschen.
In his original preface, he stated, "The remarks which I here submit to the reader, being written when only one-third of the work to which they principally relate is printed, must unavoidably be more defective than they would be if reserved until a later period.
In seinem ursprünglichen Vorwort erklärte er: „Die Bemerkungen, die ich dem Leser hier vorlege, wurden verfasst, als erst ein Drittel des Werkes, auf das sie sich hauptsächlich beziehen, gedruckt war, und müssen daher zwangsläufig mangelhafter sein, als sie es wären, wenn sie bis zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt zurückgehalten worden wären.
Vocabulary
- öffentliche
- Public, relating to the general public
- Wertschätzung
- Appreciation, esteem, or high regard for something
- dieser
- Demonstrative pronoun/adjective meaning 'this' or 'these'
- Anmerkungen
- Notes, remarks, or annotations on a text
- Vorteils
- Advantage or benefit of something (genitive form)
- korrekt
- Correct, accurate, or proper in form
- geschriebener
- Written, in the form of written text
- Fremdwörter
- Foreign words borrowed and used in another language
- meine
- First-person possessive 'my' or verb 'to think/believe'
- durch
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'by means of'
- Nachfrage
- Demand for a product or request for information
- vorliegenden
- Present, current, or the one at hand (adjective form)
- Ausgabe
- Edition, issue, or publication of a printed work
- bewiesen
- Proven or demonstrated (past participle of beweisen)
- Thema
- Topic, subject, or theme of discussion
- Schreibweise
- Spelling or manner of writing a word
- orientalischer
- Relating to the Orient or Eastern languages and cultures
- europäischen
- European, relating to Europe (inflected adjective form)
- Buchstaben
- Letters of the alphabet
- brauche
- First-person form of 'need' or 'require'
- wenig
- Little, few, or not much of something
- sagen
- To say, speak, or express something verbally
- denn
- Conjunction meaning 'because', 'for', or 'since'
- Streit
- Dispute, argument, or controversy between parties
- erloschen
- Extinguished, died out, or ceased (past participle)
- ursprünglichen
- Original, initial, or first (inflected adjective form)
- Vorwort
- Preface or foreword of a book
- erklärte
- Explained or declared (simple past of erklären)
- Bemerkungen
- Remarks, observations, or comments on a subject
- Leser
- Reader, a person who reads a text
- vorlege
- First-person present of vorlegen: to present or submit
- verfasst
- Written, composed, or authored (past participle of verfassen)
- erst
- Only, just, or first (adverb indicating limited extent)
- Drittel
- One third, a fraction equaling one of three parts
- Werkes
- Work or literary/artistic piece (genitive of Werk)
- hauptsächlich
- Mainly, primarily, or chiefly referring to something
- beziehen
- To refer to, relate to, or obtain something
- gedruckt
- Printed, published in print (past participle of drucken)
- müssen
- Modal verb meaning 'must' or 'to have to'
- daher
- Therefore, hence, or for that reason
- zwangsläufig
- Inevitably, necessarily, or by force of circumstance
- mangelhafter
- More deficient, flawed, or faulty (comparative adjective)
- wären
- Subjunctive II of 'sein': would be (hypothetical form)
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'if' or 'when' (conditional/temporal)
- bis
- Preposition or conjunction meaning 'until' or 'by'
- späteren
- Later, at a subsequent time (inflected comparative adjective)
- Zeitpunkt
- Point in time, moment, or specific occasion
- zurückgehalten
- Withheld, held back, or restrained (past participle)
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