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.
Il manoscritto da cui fu stampato fu accuratamente collazionato e corretto da un uomo molto erudito, lo sceicco 'Abd-Er-Raḥmán Eṣ-Ṣaftee Esh-Sharḳáwee, che sovrintese anche al progresso dell'opera attraverso la stampa.
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:
Ma oltre al valore conferitole dalle correzioni di questo sceicco, la copia dalla quale è tratta l'intera mia traduzione, salvo in pochi casi, possiede un vantaggio che, a mio avviso, la rende incomparabilmente superiore a qualsiasi altra attualmente esistente:
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.
essa è stata nuovamente revisionata e corretta, e illustrata con numerose note manoscritte, da una persona che ritengo di poter tranquillamente definire il primo filologo del primo collegio arabo dei giorni nostri, lo sceicco Moḥammad 'Eiyád Eṭ-Ṭanṭáwee, o, più propriamente, 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.
Le sue note sono principalmente filologiche, e spiegano parole che non appartengono alla lingua classica; e molte di esse mi sono di grande aiuto; sebbene la maggior parte le trovi superflue, grazie alla conoscenza dell'arabo moderno che ho acquisito durante la mia frequentazione con le persone che lo parlano.
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.
Le sue correzioni al testo sono numerose; e poiché interesserebbero pochissime persone, ne ho menzionate solo alcune nelle note alla mia traduzione, nonostante la forte tentazione che ho sentito di fare altrimenti affinché gli studiosi di arabo potessero essere aiutati a giudicare la fedeltà della mia versione confrontandola con il testo dell'edizione del Cairo.
Vocabulary
- manoscritto
- A handwritten document or manuscript
- cui
- Relative pronoun meaning 'which', 'whom', or 'whose'
- fu
- Third person singular past tense of 'essere' (to be)
- stampato
- Printed or published, past participle of 'stampare'
- accuratamente
- Done carefully and precisely; accurately
- collazionato
- Compared and checked against another source; collated
- corretto
- Corrected, accurate, or proper
- uomo
- A male adult human being; a man
- erudito
- A highly learned or scholarly person; erudite
- sceicco
- An Arab or Muslim leader or elder; sheikh
- sovrintese
- Past tense of 'sovrintendere'; supervised or oversaw something
- progresso
- Forward movement or advancement; progress
- dell'opera
- Of the work; referring to a literary or artistic piece
- attraverso
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'across'
- stampa
- The press or printing; act of printing something
- oltre
- Preposition or adverb meaning 'beyond' or 'besides'
- valore
- Worth, importance, or value of something
- conferitole
- Conferred or granted to it; given to something
- correzioni
- Corrections or amendments made to a text
- copia
- A reproduction or duplicate of an original document
- quale
- Relative pronoun meaning 'which' or 'who'
- tratta
- Derived or taken from a source; drawn from
- l'intera
- The entire or whole, feminine form with elision
- traduzione
- The rendering of text from one language to another
- salvo
- Preposition meaning 'except' or 'save for'
- pochi
- Adjective meaning 'few' or 'a small number of'
- casi
- Plural of 'caso'; situations, instances, or cases
- possiede
- Third person singular of 'possedere'; owns or possesses
- vantaggio
- A benefit or advantage over something else
- avviso
- Opinion or notice; 'a mio avviso' means 'in my opinion'
- rende
- Third person singular of 'rendere'; makes or renders something
- incomparabilmente
- In a way that surpasses all comparison; incomparably
- superiore
- Higher in quality, rank, or degree; superior
- qualsiasi
- Adjective meaning 'any' or 'whatever kind of'
- attualmente
- At the present time; currently or nowadays
- esistente
- Currently in existence; existing at this time
- nuovamente
- Once more; again or anew
- revisionata
- Reviewed or revised, past participle of 'revisionare'
- corretta
- Feminine past participle of 'correggere'; corrected or fixed
- illustrata
- Illustrated or explained in detail; adorned with notes
- numerose
- Feminine plural adjective meaning 'numerous' or 'many'
- note
- Annotations or notes added to a text
- manoscritte
- Handwritten notes or annotations; plural feminine
- ritengo
- First person singular of 'ritenere'; I consider or believe
- tranquillamente
- Calmly and confidently; without hesitation
- definire
- To define, describe, or characterize something clearly
- primo
- First in rank, order, or importance
- filologo
- A scholar specializing in the study of language and texts
- collegio
- A college, institution, or body of scholars
- arabo
- Relating to Arabs or the Arabic language
- giorni
- Plural of 'giorno'; days
- propriamente
- Precisely or strictly speaking; properly
- principalmente
- Above all else; mainly or chiefly
- filologiche
- Relating to philology or the study of language and texts
- spiegano
- Third person plural of 'spiegare'; they explain or clarify
- parole
- Plural of 'parola'; words or terms
- appartengono
- Third person plural of 'appartenere'; they belong to
- lingua
- A system of communication used by people; language
- classica
- Relating to the classical tradition or standard form
- molte
- Feminine plural adjective meaning 'many' or 'a lot of'
- aiuto
- Help, assistance, or aid given to someone
- sebbene
- Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'
- maggior
- Shortened form of 'maggiore'; greater or larger in degree
- parte
- A portion, section, or part of a whole
- trovi
- First person singular subjunctive of 'trovare'; I find
- superflue
- Exceeding what is necessary; unnecessary or redundant
- grazie
- Thanks; also used as 'thanks to' with 'a'
- conoscenza
- Knowledge or familiarity acquired through experience
- dell'arabo
- Of the Arabic language; relating to Arabic
- moderno
- Relating to the present or recent times; modern
- acquisito
- Acquired or gained, past participle of 'acquisire'
- durante
- Preposition meaning 'during' or 'throughout a period'
- frequentazione
- Regular association or contact with people; frequenting
- testo
- A written or printed work; a text
- poiché
- Conjunction meaning 'since' or 'because'
- interesserebbero
- Conditional of 'interessare'; they would interest someone
- pochissime
- Superlative of 'poche'; very few, almost none
- ne
- Pronoun meaning 'of them', 'about it', or 'some of it'
- menzionate
- Mentioned or cited, past participle of 'menzionare'
- alcune
- Feminine indefinite pronoun meaning 'some' or 'a few'
- nonostante
- Preposition or conjunction meaning 'despite' or 'notwithstanding'
- forte
- Strong or intense; used to describe degree or strength
- tentazione
- A strong urge or desire to do something; temptation
- sentito
- Felt or heard, past participle of 'sentire'
- altrimenti
- Adverb meaning 'otherwise' or 'in a different way'
- affinché
- Conjunction meaning 'so that' or 'in order that'
- studiosi
- Scholars or learned individuals devoted to study
- potessero
- Past subjunctive of 'potere'; they could or might be able
- aiutati
- Helped or assisted, past participle plural of 'aiutare'
- giudicare
- To judge, evaluate, or assess something or someone
- fedeltà
- Faithfulness or fidelity, especially to an original source
- versione
- A particular form or translation of a text; version
- confrontandola
- Comparing it, gerund of 'confrontare' with object pronoun
- dell'edizione
- Of the edition; referring to a particular published version
- Cairo
- The capital city of Egypt; Cairo
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