The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 11
The manuscript from which it was printed was carefully collated and corrected by a very learned man, the sheykh 'Abd-Er-Raḥmán Eṣ-Ṣaftee Esh-Sharḳáwee, who also superintended the progress of the work through the press.
Le manuscrit à partir duquel il fut imprimé fut soigneusement colligé et corrigé par un homme très savant, le cheikh 'Abd-Er-Raḥmán Eṣ-Ṣaftee Esh-Sharḳáwee, qui surveilla également la progression de l'ouvrage sous presse.
But in addition to the value conferred upon it by the corrections of this sheykh, the copy from which the whole of my translation is made, except in a few instances, possesses an advantage which, I believe, renders it incomparably superior to any other now existing:
Mais outre la valeur que lui confèrent les corrections de ce cheikh, l'exemplaire à partir duquel l'intégralité de ma traduction est réalisée, sauf en quelques cas, possède un avantage qui, je le crois, le rend incomparablement supérieur à tout autre existant à ce jour :
it has been again revised and corrected, and illustrated with numerous manuscript notes, by a person whom I think I may safely pronounce the first philologist of the first Arab college of the present day, the sheykh Moḥammad 'Eiyád Eṭ-Ṭanṭáwee, or, more properly, Eṭ-Ṭanditáee.
il a été de nouveau révisé et corrigé, et enrichi de nombreuses notes manuscrites, par une personne que je crois pouvoir affirmer sans hésitation être le premier philologue du premier collège arabe de notre époque, le cheikh Moḥammad 'Eiyád Eṭ-Ṭanṭáwee, ou, plus précisément, Eṭ-Ṭanditáee.
His notes are chiefly philological, and explanatory of words which do not belong to the classical language; and many of them are of very great assistance to me; though most of them I find unnecessary, from the knowledge of the modern Arabic which I have acquired during my intercourse with the people who speak it.
Ses notes sont principalement philologiques et explicatives de mots qui n'appartiennent pas à la langue classique ; et beaucoup d'entre elles me sont d'une très grande aide ; bien que la plupart me semblent superflues, grâce à la connaissance de l'arabe moderne que j'ai acquise au cours de mes échanges avec les personnes qui le parlent.
His corrections of the text are numerous; and as they would interest very few persons, I have mentioned but few of them in the notes to my translation, notwithstanding a strong temptation that I felt to do otherwise in order that Arabic scholars might be assisted to judge of the fidelity of my version by comparing it with the text of the Cairo edition.
Ses corrections du texte sont nombreuses ; et comme elles n'intéresseraient que très peu de personnes, je n'en ai mentionné que quelques-unes dans les notes de ma traduction, malgré la forte tentation que j'ai ressentie d'agir autrement afin que les arabisants puissent être aidés à juger de la fidélité de ma version en la comparant au texte de l'édition du Caire.
Vocabulary
- manuscrit
- A handwritten or typed document or text.
- partir
- To leave or depart from a place.
- duquel
- Contraction of 'de lequel', meaning 'from which'.
- fut
- Past historic form of 'être', meaning 'was'.
- imprimé
- Printed; reproduced using a printing process.
- soigneusement
- Carefully and with great attention to detail.
- colligé
- Gathered or compiled from various sources.
- corrigé
- Corrected; having had errors fixed or amended.
- savant
- A learned or scholarly person with deep knowledge.
- cheikh
- An Arabic honorific title for a respected elder or scholar.
- surveilla
- Past historic of 'surveiller'; watched over or supervised.
- également
- Also; in addition; equally or likewise.
- progression
- The process of advancing or moving forward gradually.
- ouvrage
- A work, especially a literary or scholarly publication.
- presse
- A printing press; also refers to the press or media.
- outre
- Beyond; in addition to something already mentioned.
- valeur
- Value or worth attributed to something.
- confèrent
- Grant or bestow a quality upon something.
- corrections
- Fixes or amendments made to errors in a text.
- exemplaire
- A copy of a book or printed work.
- intégralité
- The entirety or wholeness of something.
- traduction
- The rendering of text from one language to another.
- réalisée
- Accomplished or carried out; completed successfully.
- sauf
- Except for; excluding certain cases or instances.
- quelques
- A few; some; a small number of things.
- cas
- A case or instance of a particular situation.
- possède
- Possesses or has something as a feature.
- avantage
- A benefit or favorable circumstance over others.
- crois
- First person singular of 'croire'; believe or think.
- rend
- Makes or renders something into a certain state.
- incomparablement
- To an incomparable degree; beyond all comparison.
- supérieur
- Higher in quality, rank, or degree than others.
- existant
- Existing; currently in existence or available.
- révisé
- Revised; reviewed and corrected for improvements.
- enrichi
- Enriched; made richer in content or detail.
- nombreuses
- Numerous; many in number.
- notes
- Written comments or annotations added to a text.
- manuscrites
- Handwritten notes or annotations added by hand.
- pouvoir
- To be able to; can; also means power or ability.
- affirmer
- To affirm or state something with confidence.
- hésitation
- Hesitation; a pause due to uncertainty or doubt.
- philologue
- A scholar specializing in language and literary texts.
- collège
- A college or institution of higher learning.
- arabe
- Arabic; relating to the Arab language or culture.
- époque
- An era or period of time in history.
- précisément
- Precisely; exactly or more accurately stated.
- principalement
- Mainly; chiefly; for the most part.
- philologiques
- Relating to philology, the study of language in texts.
- explicatives
- Explanatory; serving to clarify or explain something.
- appartiennent
- Belong to; are part of a particular group or category.
- langue
- Language; a system of communication used by people.
- classique
- Classical; relating to traditional or established standards.
- aide
- Help or assistance provided to someone.
- plupart
- Most; the greater part or majority of something.
- semblent
- Seem; appear to be in a certain way.
- superflues
- Superfluous; unnecessary; more than what is needed.
- grâce
- Thanks to; grace; used in 'grâce à' meaning thanks to.
- connaissance
- Knowledge or acquaintance with a subject or person.
- moderne
- Modern; relating to the present or recent times.
- acquise
- Acquired; obtained or gained through effort or experience.
- cours
- Course; in 'au cours de' meaning during or throughout.
- échanges
- Exchanges; conversations or interactions between people.
- intéresseraient
- Would interest; conditional of 'intéresser'.
- mentionné
- Mentioned; referred to or noted in passing.
- quelques-unes
- Some of them; a few among a larger group.
- malgré
- Despite; in spite of something.
- forte
- Strong; intense; used to describe intensity or strength.
- tentation
- Temptation; a strong urge to do something.
- ressentie
- Felt; experienced as an inner sensation or emotion.
- agir
- To act; to take action or behave in a certain way.
- autrement
- Otherwise; differently; in another way.
- afin
- In order to; so that; used to express purpose.
- arabisants
- Arabists; scholars specializing in Arabic language and culture.
- puissent
- Subjunctive of 'pouvoir'; may be able to do something.
- aidés
- Helped; assisted by someone or something.
- juger
- To judge or evaluate something critically.
- fidélité
- Fidelity; faithfulness or accuracy in reproduction.
- version
- A particular form or variant of a text or translation.
- comparant
- Comparing; examining similarities and differences.
- édition
- An edition; a particular version of a published work.
- Caire
- Cairo; the capital city of Egypt.
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