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.
私は自分の力不足と彼の広大な知識を意識しながら、大いなる自信のなさをもってこの任務を引き受けてきた。しかし私は、少なくともテキストの正確さと彼の意向への細心の遵守を保証することはできると感じてきた。
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.
現行版は、初版の完全版の写本から、レーン氏によって初版刊行以来随時加えられた訂正および追加を収録して印刷されており、私自身による変更は一切含まれていない(そのように記され、レーン氏に提出されたものを除く)。
These, however, from the accuracy with which the translation was made, and the fulness of the Notes, are not very numerous.
しかしこれらは、翻訳の精確さと注釈の充実さゆえに、それほど多くはない。
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.
同じ理由から、私自身の注釈も少ない。叔父の注釈はそれ自体で完結していると私は信じており、また私がまれに例外を設けた場合でさえ、不必要な追加という点で誤りを犯すことがあったと思っている。
An edition of any book not superintended by the author is sometimes regarded with distrust.
著者が監督していない書物の版は、不信の目で見られることがある。
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.
それゆえ私は読者に対し、この場合には句読点に至るまで信頼していただけると保証したい。この作業が印刷に大きな遅延をもたらしたにもかかわらず、全体がレーン氏の書き込み入り写本と精力的に照合されたのである。
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.
私がこれを完全版と呼んだのは、レーン氏の注釈や東洋語の表記法を含まず、標準版からその他の点でも異なる形で出版された他の二つの版と区別するためである。
Vocabulary
- 私
- watashi — First-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking grammatical particle in Japanese sentences.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; refers to the speaker's own self.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing grammatical particle.
- 力不足
- chikara busoku — Insufficient ability or skill; feeling of inadequacy.
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.
- 彼
- kare — Third-person pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.
- 広大
- kōdai — Vast, extensive, or immense in scale or scope.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- 知識
- chishiki — Knowledge, information, or learning acquired through study.
- を
- wo — Object-marking grammatical particle in Japanese sentences.
- 意識
- ishiki — Awareness, consciousness, or recognition of something.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of suru; connects clauses or actions.
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneous action conjunction.
- 大い
- ōi — Great, large, or significant in degree or amount.
- なる
- naru — To become; attributive form also meaning 'great' here.
- 自信
- jishin — Self-confidence; belief in one's own abilities.
- なさ
- nasa — Lack or absence of a quality; nominalizing suffix.
- もって
- motte — With; using; by means of something.
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective referring to nearby thing.
- 任務
- ninmu — Duty, mission, or assigned task or responsibility.
- 引き受け
- hikiuke — To take on, accept, or undertake a responsibility.
- て
- te — Te-form conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.
- き
- ki — Past auxiliary indicating action leading to present state.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending in Japanese.
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; conjunction expressing contrast or exception.
- 少なくとも
- sukunakutomo — At least; a minimum amount or degree assured.
- テキスト
- tekisuto — Text; written content of a document or book.
- 正確
- seikaku — Accurate, precise, or exactly correct in detail.
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix turning adjectives into abstract nouns.
- 意向
- ikō — Intention, will, or disposition toward a course of action.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'to'.
- 細心
- saishin — Meticulous, careful, or scrupulously attentive to detail.
- 遵守
- junshu — Compliance, adherence, or strict observance of rules.
- 保証
- hoshō — Guarantee, assurance, or warranty of something promised.
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb in Japanese.
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, or nominalizer for verbal expressions.
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to; to be possible or capable.
- 感じ
- kanji — Feeling, sense, or impression of something perceived.
- 現行版
- genkōban — Current edition or version of a published work.
- 初版
- shohan — First edition of a book or published work.
- 完全版
- kanzenban — Complete or unabridged edition of a work.
- 写本
- shahon — Manuscript or handwritten copy of a document.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; starting point particle.
- 氏
- shi — Mr./Ms.; honorific suffix for a person's name.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, time, direction, or agent.
- よって
- yotte — By means of; due to; because of something.
- 刊行
- kankō — Publication or issuance of a printed work.
- 以来
- irai — Since; ever since a particular point in time.
- 随時
- zuiji — At any time; from time to time; as needed.
- 加え
- kuwaе — To add, append, or include something additional.
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb form in Japanese.
- 訂正
- teisei — Correction, amendment, or rectification of an error.
- および
- oyobi — And; as well as; formal conjunction linking items.
- 追加
- tsuika — Addition; something added or appended to existing content.
- 収録
- shūroku — Inclusion or recording of content in a publication.
- 印刷
- insatsu — Printing; the process of reproducing text or images.
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary verb form; short form of rareru.
- おり
- ori — Polite ongoing state; humble form of iru (to be).
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; one's own self, emphasizing personal involvement.
- よる
- yoru — To be due to; to depend on; attributed to.
- 変更
- henkō — Change, alteration, or modification to something existing.
- 一切
- issai — All; everything; not at all (with negation).
- 含ま
- fukuma — To include, contain, or encompass within something.
- い
- i — Stem of iru; to exist or be (animate).
- ない
- nai — Negation auxiliary; does not exist or is not.
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective for something nearby listener.
- よう
- yō — Like, as if, or in the manner of something.
- 記さ
- shiru sa — To write down, note, or record something formally.
- 提出
- teishutsu — Submission or presentation of a document or proposal.
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, or nominalizer indicating a tangible concept.
- 除く
- nozoku — To exclude, remove, or except something from consideration.
- これら
- korera — These; plural demonstrative pronoun for nearby things.
- 翻訳
- hon'yaku — Translation; converting text from one language to another.
- 精確
- seikaku — Precise, exact, or strictly accurate in every detail.
- 注釈
- chūshaku — Annotation, commentary, or explanatory note on text.
- 充実
- jūjitsu — Enrichment, fullness, or being well-equipped and substantial.
- ゆえ
- yue — Therefore; because; formal reason or cause conjunction.
- それほど
- sorehodo — That much; to that extent; so very much.
- 多く
- ōku — Many, much, or a large number of things.
- 同じ
- onaji — Same; identical; not different from another thing.
- 理由
- riyū — Reason, cause, or justification for something stated.
- も
- mo — Also, too; inclusive particle adding another element.
- 少ない
- sukunai — Few, little, or not many in number or amount.
- 叔父
- oji — Uncle; father's or mother's younger brother.
- それ
- sore — That; demonstrative pronoun for something near the listener.
- 自体
- jitai — Itself; in itself; the thing considered on its own.
- で
- de — At, by, with; particle marking location or means.
- 完結
- kanketsu — Completion, conclusion, or being self-contained and finished.
- いる
- iru — To exist, to be (for animate beings); ongoing state.
- 信じ
- shinji — To believe, trust, or have faith in something.
- また
- mata — Also, again, or furthermore; additive conjunction.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; also marks contrast or but.
- まれ
- mare — Rare, unusual, or seldom occurring; infrequent exception.
- 例外
- reigai — Exception; a case that deviates from the rule.
- 設け
- mōke — To establish, set up, or provide something deliberately.
- 場合
- baai — Case, situation, or circumstance under consideration.
- さえ
- sae — Even; as long as; emphatic particle for extreme cases.
- 不必要
- fuhitsuyō — Unnecessary, needless, or not required in a situation.
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; quotation marker linking noun phrases.
- 点
- ten — Point, aspect, or specific matter being considered.
- 誤り
- ayamari — Error, mistake, or incorrect statement in text.
- 犯す
- okasu — To commit an error, offense, or violation.
- あった
- atta — Past tense of aru; there was; it existed.
- 思っ
- omot — Stem of omou; to think, feel, or believe something.
- 著者
- chosha — Author or writer of a book or literary work.
- 監督
- kantoku — Supervision, oversight, or direction of a project or work.
- 書物
- shomotu — Book, written work, or literary publication.
- 版
- han — Edition, version, or printing of a published work.
- 不信
- fushin — Distrust, suspicion, or lack of confidence in something.
- 目
- me — Eye; gaze; perspective; a viewpoint from which to see.
- 見
- mi — To see, look at, or examine something visually.
- られる
- rareru — Passive or potential auxiliary: to be seen or able.
- ある
- aru — To exist, to be; existential verb for inanimate things.
- それゆえ
- soreyue — Therefore, for that reason; formal logical conclusion connector.
- 読者
- dokusha — Reader; a person who reads a text or publication.
- 対し
- taishi — Toward, against, or with respect to something/someone.
- 句読点
- kutōten — Punctuation marks used in written Japanese text.
- 至る
- itaru — To reach, extend to, or go as far as.
- まで
- made — Until, up to, or as far as a point.
- 信頼
- shinrai — Trust, reliance, or confidence placed in someone or something.
- いただける
- itadakeru — Humble potential form; can receive or be granted something.
- たい
- tai — Wanting to do; desiderative auxiliary verb suffix.
- 作業
- sagyō — Work, task, or operation carried out methodically.
- 大きな
- ōkina — Large, big, or significant in size or importance.
- 遅延
- chien — Delay, postponement, or lateness in completing something.
- もたらし
- motarashi — To bring about, cause, or result in something.
- かかわらず
- kakawarazu — Despite, regardless of, or in spite of something.
- 全体
- zentai — Whole, entirety, or the complete totality of something.
- 書き込み
- kakikomi — Written notes, annotations, or entries inserted into text.
- 入り
- iri — Containing, included; entering or being incorporated within.
- 精力的
- seiryokuteki — Energetic, vigorous, or actively enthusiastic in effort.
- 照合
- shōgō — Collation, verification, or cross-checking of documents or data.
- これ
- kore — This; demonstrative pronoun for something near the speaker.
- 呼ん
- yon — To call, name, or refer to something as something.
- だ
- da — Informal copula; is, am, are; plain assertive ending.
- や
- ya — And (non-exhaustive list); or; emphatic particle.
- 東洋語
- tōyōgo — Oriental or Eastern languages; languages of the East.
- 表記法
- hyōkihō — Writing system, notation method, or orthographic convention used.
- ず
- zu — Negative conjunctive form; without doing; classical negation.
- 標準版
- hyōjunban — Standard edition or standard version of a publication.
- その他
- sonohoka — Others, the rest, or other things besides those mentioned.
- 異なる
- kotonaru — To differ, vary, or be different from something else.
- 形
- katachi — Form, shape, or manner in which something appears.
- 出版
- shuppan — Publication; the act of publishing a book or work.
- 他
- hoka — Other, another, or different from the one mentioned.
- 二つ
- futatsu — Two things; the number two in native Japanese counting.
- 区別
- kubetsu — Distinction, differentiation, or telling apart two things.
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; because of; for the sake of.
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