The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 10
Lane, all things in the East have changed, and every day witnesses the decay of some old custom, to be followed by a bastard European imitation.
Lane, toutes les choses en Orient ont changé, et chaque jour est témoin du déclin de quelque vieille coutume, pour être suivie d'une bâtarde imitation européenne.
During Mohammad 'Alee's rule, all traces of the state and circumstance of the Memlook court gradually passed away.
Sous le règne de Mohammad 'Alee, toutes les traces de la pompe et des circonstances de la cour des Mamelouks disparurent peu à peu.
European dress has displaced oriental costume, cloth of gold, and dresses of honour; European architecture elbows the quaint beauty of the old Arab capital; and the cavalcade of fifty horsemen around a grandee is succeeded by an English carriage that profanes the quiet streets of the city, and frightens away both 'Efreets and their memory.
Le vêtement européen a déplacé le costume oriental, les tissus d'or et les robes d'honneur ; l'architecture européenne écrase la beauté pittoresque de la vieille capitale arabe ; et la cavalcade de cinquante cavaliers autour d'un grand personnage est remplacée par une voiture anglaise qui profane les rues tranquilles de la ville, et chasse à la fois les 'Efrits et leur souvenir.
Mr. Lane saw the last of Cairo in its integrity; and he has not overstated his qualifications, as author of the "Modern Egyptians," for the task of translating the Arabian Nights.
M. Lane a vu Le Caire pour la dernière fois dans son intégrité ; et il n'a pas exagéré ses qualifications, en tant qu'auteur des « Égyptiens modernes », pour la tâche de traduire les Mille et Une Nuits.
Of the copy from which this translation was made, and the method observed in its execution, I may again quote the preface to the first edition.
Concernant le texte à partir duquel cette traduction a été réalisée, et la méthode observée dans son exécution, je puis citer à nouveau la préface de la première édition.
Mr. Lane says,--
M. Lane dit :
"I have taken as my general standard of the original text the Cairo edition lately printed; it being greatly superior to the other printed editions, and probably to every manuscript copy.[1]
« J'ai pris comme référence générale du texte original l'édition du Caire récemment imprimée ; celle-ci étant grandement supérieure aux autres éditions imprimées, et probablement à tout manuscrit.[1]
It appears to agree almost exactly with the celebrated MS. of Von Hammer, than which no copy more copious, I believe, exists; and contains all the tales in the old version except those which, as Von Hammer says, Galland appears to have taken from other works, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, in the Royal Library of Paris.
Il semble s'accorder presque exactement avec le célèbre manuscrit de Von Hammer, dont je crois qu'il n'existe aucune copie plus complète ; et contient tous les contes de l'ancienne version à l'exception de ceux que, comme le dit Von Hammer, Galland semble avoir tirés d'autres œuvres, arabes, persanes et turques, conservées à la Bibliothèque royale de Paris.
Vocabulary
- toutes
- toot — All (feminine plural form of 'tout')
- les
- lay — The (definite article, plural form)
- choses
- shohz — Things; objects or matters in general
- en
- ahn — In; a preposition indicating location or state
- Orient
- oh-ree-ahn — The East; Eastern lands or cultures
- ont
- ohn — Have; third person plural of 'avoir'
- changé
- shahn-zhay — Changed; undergone transformation or alteration
- et
- ay — And; a coordinating conjunction
- chaque
- shahk — Each; every individual one of a group
- jour
- zhoor — Day; a 24-hour period of time
- est
- ay — Is; third person singular of 'être'
- témoin
- tay-mwan — Witness; one who observes an event
- du
- dü — Of the; contracted form of 'de le'
- déclin
- day-klan — Decline; gradual deterioration or decrease in quality
- de
- duh — Of; a preposition indicating possession or origin
- quelque
- kel-kuh — Some; an indefinite adjective indicating an unspecified amount
- vieille
- vyay — Old (feminine); aged or long-established
- coutume
- koo-tüm — Custom; a traditional practice or habit
- pour
- poor — For; a preposition indicating purpose or intention
- être
- eh-truh — To be; fundamental linking verb in French
- suivie
- swee-vee — Followed (feminine past participle of 'suivre')
- d'
- d — Of; elided form of 'de' before a vowel
- une
- ün — A; indefinite article, feminine singular form
- bâtarde
- bah-tard — Bastard (feminine); hybrid or illegitimate imitation
- imitation
- ee-mee-tah-syohn — Imitation; copying or mimicking something else
- européenne
- uh-roh-pay-en — European (feminine); relating to Europe
- Sous
- soo — Under; beneath or during the reign of
- le
- luh — The; definite article, masculine singular form
- règne
- rehn-yuh — Reign; period of a ruler's power or rule
- traces
- trahs — Traces; remnants or signs left behind
- la
- lah — The; definite article, feminine singular form
- pompe
- pohmp — Pomp; ceremonial display or splendor
- des
- day — Of the; plural partitive article in French
- circonstances
- seer-kohn-stahns — Circumstances; conditions surrounding an event
- cour
- koor — Court; royal or noble household and retinue
- disparurent
- dees-pah-rü-rahn — Disappeared (past historic plural); vanished completely
- peu
- puh — Little; a small amount or degree
- à
- ah — To; a preposition indicating direction or location
- Le
- luh — The; definite article, masculine singular form
- vêtement
- veht-mahn — Clothing; garment or article of dress
- européen
- uh-roh-pay-an — European (masculine); relating to Europe
- a
- ah — Has; third person singular of 'avoir'
- déplacé
- day-plah-say — Displaced; moved or replaced something else
- costume
- kos-tüm — Costume; traditional or characteristic style of dress
- oriental
- oh-ree-ahn-tahl — Oriental; relating to Eastern cultures or styles
- tissus
- tee-sü — Fabrics; woven or textile materials
- or
- ohr — Gold; precious yellow metal used in ornamentation
- robes
- rohb — Robes; long flowing garments or ceremonial dress
- honneur
- oh-nur — Honor; high respect or esteem
- l'
- l — The; elided definite article before a vowel
- architecture
- ar-shee-tek-tür — Architecture; design and construction of buildings
- écrase
- ay-krahz — Crushes; overwhelms or suppresses something
- beauté
- boh-tay — Beauty; quality of being aesthetically pleasing
- pittoresque
- pee-toh-resk — Picturesque; visually charming or quaint in appearance
- capitale
- kah-pee-tahl — Capital; the chief city of a country
- arabe
- ah-rahb — Arab; relating to Arabic culture or people
- cavalcade
- kah-vahl-kahd — Cavalcade; procession of riders on horseback
- cinquante
- san-kahnt — Fifty; the cardinal number 50
- cavaliers
- kah-vahl-yay — Horsemen; mounted riders or knights
- autour
- oh-toor — Around; encircling or surrounding something
- un
- an — A; indefinite article, masculine singular form
- grand
- grahn — Great; important or high-ranking person
- personnage
- per-soh-nahzh — Personage; important or notable person
- remplacée
- rahm-plah-say — Replaced (feminine past participle of 'remplacer')
- par
- par — By; a preposition indicating means or agent
- voiture
- vwah-tür — Carriage or car; vehicle for transporting people
- anglaise
- ahn-glez — English (feminine); relating to England
- qui
- kee — Who or which; a relative pronoun
- profane
- proh-fahn — Profanes; desecrates or violates something sacred
- rues
- rü — Streets; public roads in a town or city
- tranquilles
- trahn-keel — Quiet; calm and peaceful in character
- ville
- veel — City; a large urban settlement
- chasse
- shahs — Chases away; drives out or hunts
- fois
- fwah — Times; instances or occasions of something
- leur
- lur — Their; third person plural possessive pronoun
- souvenir
- soo-vuh-neer — Memory; recollection of past events or times
- vu
- vü — Seen (past participle of 'voir')
- dernière
- dehr-nyehr — Last (feminine); most recent or final
- dans
- dahn — In; a preposition indicating location or state
- son
- sohn — His/her/its; third person singular possessive adjective
- intégrité
- an-tay-gree-tay — Integrity; wholeness or untouched original state
- il
- eel — He; third person masculine singular pronoun
- n'
- n — Not; elided negation particle before vowel
- pas
- pah — Not; negation particle used with 'ne'
- exagéré
- eg-zah-zhay-ray — Exaggerated; overstated beyond truth or reality
- ses
- say — His/her/its (plural); possessive adjective form
- qualifications
- kah-lee-fee-kah-syohn — Qualifications; credentials or stated competencies
- tant
- tahn — So much; to such a great degree
- qu'
- k — That/as; elided conjunction before a vowel
- auteur
- oh-tur — Author; person who writes or creates a work
- Égyptiens
- ay-zheep-syan — Egyptians; people from or relating to Egypt
- modernes
- moh-dehrn — Modern; relating to contemporary times or style
- tâche
- tahsh — Task; a piece of work to be done
- traduire
- trah-dweer — To translate; to render text into another language
- Mille
- meel — Thousand; the cardinal number 1000
- Une
- ün — One; the cardinal number 1
- Nuits
- nwee — Nights; plural of nuit, evening periods
- Concernant
- kohn-sehr-nahn — Concerning; regarding or relating to something
- texte
- tekst — Text; written or printed material
- partir
- par-teer — Starting from; departing or beginning from a point
- duquel
- dü-kel — From which; relative pronoun combining 'de' and 'lequel'
- cette
- set — This (feminine); demonstrative adjective
- traduction
- trah-dük-syohn — Translation; rendering a text into another language
- été
- ay-tay — Been (past participle of 'être')
- réalisée
- ray-ah-lee-zay — Realized; completed or carried out (feminine past participle)
- méthode
- may-tohd — Method; systematic procedure or way of doing something
- observée
- ohb-sehr-vay — Observed; followed or adhered to (feminine past participle)
- exécution
- eg-zay-kü-syohn — Execution; carrying out or performance of a task
- je
- zhuh — I; first person singular subject pronoun
- puis
- pwee — Can; first person singular of 'pouvoir'
- citer
- see-tay — To cite; to quote or reference a source
- nouveau
- noo-voh — New; recently made or introduced
- préface
- pray-fahs — Preface; introductory section of a book
- première
- pruh-myehr — First (feminine); earliest or initial
- édition
- ay-dee-syohn — Edition; particular version of a published work
- dit
- dee — Said; third person singular past tense of 'dire'
- J'
- zh — I; elided first person singular pronoun
- ai
- ay — Have; first person singular of 'avoir'
- pris
- pree — Taken (past participle of 'prendre')
- comme
- kohm — As; like or in the capacity of
- référence
- ray-fay-rahns — Reference; source consulted or cited
- générale
- zhay-nay-rahl — General (feminine); broad or overall in scope
- original
- oh-ree-zhee-nahl — Original; the first or source version of text
- récemment
- ray-sahm-mahn — Recently; not long ago in time
- imprimée
- am-pree-may — Printed (feminine); reproduced by a printing press
- celle-ci
- sel-see — This one (feminine); demonstrative pronoun nearby
- étant
- ay-tahn — Being; present participle of 'être'
- grandement
- grahn-duh-mahn — Greatly; to a large or significant degree
- supérieure
- sü-pay-ryur — Superior (feminine); of higher quality or rank
- aux
- oh — To the; contracted plural form of 'à les'
- autres
- oh-truh — Others; different or additional ones
- éditions
- ay-dee-syohn — Editions; multiple published versions of a work
- imprimées
- am-pree-may — Printed (feminine plural); reproduced by printing press
- probablement
- proh-bahb-luh-mahn — Probably; with a high degree of likelihood
- tout
- too — All; every or the entirety of something
- manuscrit
- mahn-ü-skree — Manuscript; handwritten or original unpublished text
- Il
- eel — It/He; third person singular masculine pronoun
- semble
- sahm-bluh — Seems; appears to be in a certain way
- s'
- s — Reflexive pronoun; elided form of 'se'
- accorder
- ah-kohr-day — To agree; to be consistent or match with
- presque
- presk — Almost; very nearly but not entirely
- exactement
- eg-zahkt-mahn — Exactly; with complete precision or accuracy
- avec
- ah-vek — With; a preposition indicating accompaniment
- célèbre
- say-leh-bruh — Famous; well known or renowned
- dont
- dohn — Of which/whose; relative pronoun in French
- crois
- krwah — Believe; first person singular of 'croire'
- existe
- eg-zeest — Exists; is present or real
- aucune
- oh-kün — No; not any (feminine negative adjective)
- copie
- koh-pee — Copy; reproduction or duplicate of a document
- plus
- plü — More; greater in quantity or degree
- complète
- kohm-plet — Complete (feminine); having all parts included
- contient
- kohn-tyan — Contains; holds or includes within itself
- tous
- too — All (masculine plural); every one of them
- contes
- kohnt — Tales; short stories often of magical nature
- ancienne
- ahn-syen — Ancient (feminine); very old or long-established
- version
- vehr-syohn — Version; particular form of a text or story
- exception
- ek-sep-syohn — Exception; something excluded from a general rule
- ceux
- suh — Those; demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural form
- que
- kuh — That/which; conjunction or relative pronoun
- avoir
- ah-vwahr — To have; fundamental auxiliary verb in French
- tirés
- tee-ray — Drawn (plural past participle of 'tirer'); extracted from
- œuvres
- uh-vruh — Works; literary or artistic creations
- arabes
- ah-rahb — Arabic (plural); relating to Arab culture or language
- persanes
- pehr-zahn — Persian (feminine plural); relating to Persia or Iran
- turques
- türk — Turkish (feminine plural); relating to Turkey
- conservées
- kohn-sehr-vay — Preserved (feminine plural); kept safe in a collection
- Bibliothèque
- bee-blee-oh-tek — Library; place where books are kept and borrowed
- royale
- rwah-yahl — Royal (feminine); belonging to or befitting a king
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