The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 5
I have undertaken this duty with great diffidence, from a sense of my own deficiencies and his extensive knowledge; but I have felt that I could at least insure the correctness of the text, and a scrupulous adherence to his wishes.
Ho intrapreso questo compito con grande esitazione, per un senso delle mie proprie deficienze e della sua vasta conoscenza; ma ho sentito che potevo almeno garantire la correttezza del testo, e una scrupolosa aderenza ai suoi desideri.
The present edition is printed, without any variations of my own (except those which are marked as such, and have been submitted to Mr. Lane), from a copy of the first and complete edition, with corrections and additions made by Mr. Lane, from time to time, since its first publication.
La presente edizione è stampata, senza alcuna variazione mia propria (eccetto quelle che sono contrassegnate come tali, e che sono state sottoposte al Sig. Lane), da una copia della prima e completa edizione, con correzioni e aggiunte apportate dal Sig. Lane, di volta in volta, dalla sua prima pubblicazione.
These, however, from the accuracy with which the translation was made, and the fulness of the Notes, are not very numerous.
Queste, tuttavia, data la precisione con cui la traduzione fu eseguita, e la completezza delle Note, non sono molto numerose.
The same reasons have also caused my own notes to be few: I believe that my Uncle's notes are complete in themselves; and that I have sometimes erred, even in the rare exceptions I have made, on the side of unnecessary addition.
Le stesse ragioni hanno anche fatto sì che le mie note personali siano poche: credo che le note di mio Zio siano complete in sé stesse; e che io abbia talvolta errato, anche nelle rare eccezioni che ho fatto, sul lato dell'aggiunta inutile.
An edition of any book not superintended by the author is sometimes regarded with distrust.
Un'edizione di qualsiasi libro non supervisionata dall'autore è talvolta considerata con diffidenza.
I would therefore assure the reader that in this instance he may depend even on the punctuation; the whole having been laboriously collated with Mr. Lane's annotated copy, notwithstanding the great delay which this process has occasioned in the printing of the work.
Vorrei pertanto assicurare il lettore che in questo caso egli può fare affidamento persino sulla punteggiatura; l'insieme essendo stato laboriosamente collazionato con la copia annotata del Sig. Lane, nonostante il grande ritardo che questo processo ha causato nella stampa dell'opera.
I have called this a complete edition, to distinguish it from two others which have been published without Mr. Lane's notes or his method of writing oriental words, and with other variations from the standard edition.
Ho chiamato questa un'edizione completa, per distinguerla da altre due che sono state pubblicate senza le note del Sig. Lane o il suo metodo di scrivere le parole orientali, e con altre variazioni rispetto all'edizione standard.
Vocabulary
- Ho
- I have (present perfect auxiliary verb)
- intrapreso
- undertaken, taken on (past participle of intraprendere)
- questo
- this (demonstrative adjective or pronoun)
- compito
- task, duty, assignment, homework
- con
- with (preposition)
- grande
- great, large, big (adjective)
- esitazione
- hesitation, uncertainty, doubt
- per
- for, in order to, by means of (preposition)
- un
- a, an (indefinite article)
- senso
- sense, feeling, awareness, meaning
- delle
- of the, some (contraction of di + le)
- mie
- my (plural feminine possessive adjective)
- proprie
- own, proper, characteristic (feminine plural)
- deficienze
- deficiencies, shortcomings, inadequacies
- della
- of the, some (contraction of di + la)
- sua
- his, her, its (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- vasta
- vast, wide, extensive (feminine singular adjective)
- conoscenza
- knowledge, understanding, acquaintance
- ma
- but (conjunction)
- sentito
- felt, heard (past participle of sentire)
- che
- that, which, who (relative pronoun)
- potevo
- I could (imperfect of potere)
- almeno
- at least, at any rate
- garantire
- to guarantee, ensure, warrant
- correttezza
- correctness, accuracy, propriety
- testo
- text, script, passage, document
- scrupolosa
- scrupulous, meticulous, careful (feminine singular)
- aderenza
- adherence, compliance, fidelity, conformity
- suoi
- his, her, its (plural masculine possessive adjective)
- desideri
- wishes, desires, wants (plural noun)
- presente
- present, current, gift (adjective or noun)
- edizione
- edition, version, publication
- stampata
- printed, published (feminine singular past participle)
- senza
- without (preposition)
- alcuna
- any, no (feminine singular negative adjective)
- variazione
- variation, change, modification, alteration
- propria
- own, proper, particular (feminine singular)
- eccetto
- except, but, save, excluding
- quelle
- those, that ones (feminine plural demonstrative)
- sono
- are, am (present indicative of essere)
- contrassegnate
- marked, indicated, labeled (feminine plural)
- come
- how, as, like, in what way
- tali
- such, of that kind (plural adjective or pronoun)
- state
- been (feminine plural past participle of essere)
- sottoposte
- submitted, subjected, exposed (feminine plural)
- al
- to the, at the (contraction of a + il)
- Sig
- Mr., Mister (abbreviation of Signor)
- da
- from, by, since, at (preposition)
- copia
- copy, transcript, abundance, plenty
- prima
- first, before, previously (adjective or adverb)
- completa
- complete, finished, whole (feminine singular)
- correzioni
- corrections, amendments, revisions
- aggiunte
- additions, supplements, appendices (feminine plural)
- apportate
- brought, contributed, made (feminine plural)
- di
- of, from (preposition)
- volta
- time, turn, occasion, instance
- in
- in, into, on, within (preposition)
- dalla
- from the, by the (contraction of da + la)
- pubblicazione
- publication, release, announcement
- Queste
- these (feminine plural demonstrative pronoun)
- tuttavia
- however, nevertheless, yet, still
- data
- date, given (noun or feminine singular past participle)
- precisione
- precision, accuracy, exactness, meticulousness
- cui
- whom, which (relative pronoun)
- traduzione
- translation, rendering, version
- fu
- was (past tense of essere)
- eseguita
- executed, performed, carried out (feminine)
- completezza
- completeness, wholeness, entirety
- Note
- notes, remarks, annotations (plural noun)
- molto
- very, much, a lot (adverb or adjective)
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