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, tutte le cose in Oriente sono cambiate, e ogni giorno testimonia il declino di qualche antica usanza, destinata ad essere seguita da una bastarda imitazione europea.
During Mohammad 'Alee's rule, all traces of the state and circumstance of the Memlook court gradually passed away.
Durante il governo di Mohammad 'Alee, tutte le tracce del fasto e delle circostanze della corte Memlook svanirono gradualmente.
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.
L'abito europeo ha soppiantato il costume orientale, il tessuto d'oro e le vesti d'onore; l'architettura europea fa a gomitate con la pittoresca bellezza dell'antica capitale araba; e la cavalcata di cinquanta cavalieri attorno a un gran signore è sostituita da una carrozza inglese che profana le quiete strade della città, e mette in fuga sia gli 'Efreet che il loro ricordo.
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.
Il signor Lane ha visto il Cairo per l'ultima volta nella sua integrità; e non ha esagerato le proprie qualifiche, come autore degli "Egiziani Moderni", per il compito di tradurre le Mille e una Notte.
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.
Della copia dalla quale è stata effettuata questa traduzione, e del metodo osservato nella sua esecuzione, posso nuovamente citare la prefazione alla prima edizione.
Mr. Lane says,--
Il signor Lane dice:--
"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]
"Ho preso come mio standard generale del testo originale l'edizione del Cairo stampata di recente; essendo essa di gran lunga superiore alle altre edizioni a stampa, e probabilmente a ogni copia manoscritta.[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.
Sembra concordare quasi esattamente con il celebre manoscritto di Von Hammer, del quale non credo esista copia più copiosa; e contiene tutti i racconti della versione antica ad eccezione di quelli che, come dice Von Hammer, Galland sembra aver tratto da altre opere, arabe, persiane e turche, nella Biblioteca Reale di Parigi.
Vocabulary
- tutte
- All (feminine plural form of tutto)
- le
- The (feminine plural definite article)
- cose
- Things, objects, matters
- in
- In, into (preposition indicating location or direction)
- Oriente
- The East, Orient; eastern regions of the world
- sono
- Are (third person plural of essere, to be)
- cambiate
- Changed (past participle of cambiare, feminine plural)
- e
- And (coordinating conjunction)
- ogni
- Every, each (invariable adjective)
- giorno
- Day (unit of time)
- testimonia
- Witnesses, testifies (third person singular of testimoniare)
- il
- The (masculine singular definite article)
- declino
- Decline, deterioration, gradual falling off
- di
- Of, from (very common Italian preposition)
- qualche
- Some, a few (invariable adjective before singular noun)
- antica
- Ancient, old (feminine singular adjective)
- usanza
- Custom, tradition, habitual practice
- destinata
- Destined, fated (feminine singular past participle)
- ad
- To, at (preposition used before vowel)
- essere
- To be (fundamental auxiliary and copular verb)
- seguita
- Followed (feminine singular past participle of seguire)
- da
- By, from (preposition of agent or origin)
- una
- A, an (feminine singular indefinite article)
- bastarda
- Bastard, hybrid, corrupt (feminine adjective, pejorative)
- imitazione
- Imitation, copy, reproduction of something original
- europea
- European (feminine singular adjective)
- Durante
- During (preposition indicating time period)
- governo
- Government, rule, administration
- tracce
- Traces, tracks, remnants (feminine plural noun)
- del
- Of the (masculine singular contracted preposition)
- fasto
- Pomp, splendor, ostentatious display
- delle
- Of the (feminine plural contracted preposition)
- circostanze
- Circumstances, conditions, surrounding situations
- della
- Of the (feminine singular contracted preposition)
- corte
- Court (royal or noble court, also courtyard)
- svanirono
- Vanished, disappeared (third person plural past tense)
- gradualmente
- Gradually, slowly, step by step
- abito
- Dress, garment, suit of clothing
- europeo
- European (masculine singular adjective)
- ha
- Has (third person singular of avere, to have)
- soppiantato
- Supplanted, replaced, ousted (past participle)
- costume
- Costume, custom, traditional dress or habit
- orientale
- Eastern, oriental (masculine/feminine singular adjective)
- tessuto
- Fabric, woven cloth, tissue
- oro
- Gold (precious metal, also used as adjective)
- vesti
- Garments, robes (plural of veste, clothing)
- onore
- Honor, dignity, respect, distinction
- architettura
- Architecture, style and design of buildings
- fa
- Makes, does (third person singular of fare)
- gomitate
- Elbowing; fare a gomitate means to elbow out
- con
- With (preposition indicating accompaniment or means)
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article)
- pittoresca
- Picturesque, visually charming (feminine adjective)
- bellezza
- Beauty, loveliness, aesthetic quality
- capitale
- Capital city (noun, feminine)
- araba
- Arab, Arabic (feminine singular adjective)
- cavalcata
- Cavalcade, procession of horse riders
- cinquanta
- Fifty (cardinal number)
- cavalieri
- Knights, horsemen, riders (masculine plural noun)
- attorno
- Around, surrounding (preposition or adverb)
- un
- A, an (masculine singular indefinite article)
- gran
- Great, grand (apocopated adjective before noun)
- signore
- Lord, gentleman, nobleman, sir
- è
- Is (third person singular of essere, to be)
- sostituita
- Replaced, substituted (feminine singular past participle)
- carrozza
- Carriage, coach (horse-drawn vehicle)
- inglese
- English (adjective or noun, invariable for gender)
- che
- That, which, who (relative or conjunctive pronoun)
- profana
- Profanes, desecrates, violates sanctity of something
- quiete
- Quiet, stillness, calm (feminine noun)
- strade
- Streets, roads (feminine plural noun)
- città
- City, town (invariable feminine noun)
- mette
- Puts, places (third person singular of mettere)
- fuga
- Flight, escape; mettere in fuga means to put to flight
- sia
- Both, whether (used in sia...sia construction)
- gli
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- loro
- Their, they, them (pronoun or possessive)
- ricordo
- Memory, remembrance, souvenir
- signor
- Mr., Mister (apocopated title before name)
- visto
- Seen (past participle of vedere, to see)
- per
- For, through, in order to (preposition)
- ultima
- Last (feminine singular superlative adjective)
- volta
- Time, occasion; una volta means once
- nella
- In the (feminine singular contracted preposition)
- sua
- His, her, its (feminine singular possessive adjective)
- integrità
- Integrity, wholeness, original untouched condition
- non
- Not (negative adverb)
- esagerato
- Exaggerated, overstated (past participle of esagerare)
- proprie
- Own, proper (feminine plural possessive adjective)
- qualifiche
- Qualifications, credentials, titles
- come
- As, like, how (conjunction or adverb)
- autore
- Author, writer (masculine noun)
- degli
- Of the (masculine plural contracted preposition)
- Moderni
- Modern (masculine plural adjective)
- compito
- Task, assignment, duty to be performed
- tradurre
- To translate (infinitive verb)
- Mille
- Thousand; part of Mille e Una Notte (Arabian Nights)
- Notte
- Night (feminine noun, singular)
- Della
- Of the (feminine singular contracted preposition)
- copia
- Copy, duplicate of a text or document
- dalla
- From the (feminine singular contracted preposition)
- quale
- Which, that (relative pronoun or interrogative)
- stata
- Been (feminine past participle of essere)
- effettuata
- Carried out, made (feminine past participle of effettuare)
- questa
- This (feminine singular demonstrative adjective/pronoun)
- traduzione
- Translation (feminine noun)
- metodo
- Method, systematic approach or procedure
- osservato
- Observed, followed (past participle of osservare)
- esecuzione
- Execution, performance, carrying out of a task
- posso
- I can, I am able (first person singular of potere)
- nuovamente
- Again, once more, anew
- citare
- To cite, to quote a source or reference
- prefazione
- Preface, foreword at beginning of a book
- alla
- To the (feminine singular contracted preposition)
- prima
- First (feminine ordinal adjective or adverb)
- edizione
- Edition, published version of a book
- dice
- Says, tells (third person singular of dire)
- Ho
- I have (first person singular of avere)
- preso
- Taken (past participle of prendere, to take)
- mio
- My (masculine singular possessive adjective)
- standard
- Standard, benchmark, reference point
- generale
- General, overall, not specific (adjective)
- testo
- Text, written content of a document or book
- originale
- Original, first version, not a copy
- stampata
- Printed (feminine past participle of stampare)
- recente
- Recent, latest, not long ago
- essendo
- Being (gerund of essere, used in constructions)
- essa
- It, she (feminine third person pronoun)
- lunga
- Long (feminine singular adjective)
- superiore
- Superior, better, higher in quality
- alle
- To the (feminine plural contracted preposition)
- altre
- Other (feminine plural adjective/pronoun)
- edizioni
- Editions (feminine plural of edizione)
- stampa
- Press, printing, print (feminine noun)
- probabilmente
- Probably, in all likelihood
- manoscritta
- Handwritten, manuscript (feminine adjective/noun)
- Sembra
- Seems, appears (third person singular of sembrare)
- concordare
- To agree, to correspond, to match up
- quasi
- Almost, nearly, practically
- esattamente
- Exactly, precisely, accurately
- celebre
- Famous, celebrated, renowned
- manoscritto
- Manuscript, handwritten document or text
- credo
- I believe, I think (first person singular of credere)
- esista
- Exists (present subjunctive of esistere)
- più
- More, most (comparative or superlative adverb)
- copiosa
- Copious, abundant, extensive (feminine adjective)
- contiene
- Contains, includes (third person singular of contenere)
- tutti
- All, everyone (masculine plural pronoun/adjective)
- i
- The (masculine plural definite article)
- racconti
- Tales, stories, short narratives (masculine plural)
- versione
- Version, translation, rendering of a text
- eccezione
- Exception, exclusion from a general rule
- quelli
- Those (masculine plural demonstrative pronoun)
- sembra
- Seems, appears (third person singular of sembrare)
- aver
- To have (apocopated infinitive of avere)
- tratto
- Drawn, taken (past participle of trarre, to draw)
- opere
- Works, literary or artistic compositions (plural)
- arabe
- Arab, Arabic (feminine plural adjective)
- persiane
- Persian (feminine plural adjective)
- turche
- Turkish (feminine plural adjective)
- Biblioteca
- Library, collection of books (feminine noun)
- Reale
- Royal (adjective, masculine/feminine singular)
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