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.
レーン氏よ、東洋のあらゆるものは変わり、毎日のように何らかの古い慣習が廃れ、その後には欧州の模倣が続いている。
During Mohammad 'Alee's rule, all traces of the state and circumstance of the Memlook court gradually passed away.
モハマド・アリーの統治の間に、マムルーク朝の宮廷の威儀と格式の痕跡はすべて徐々に消え去った。
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.
欧州の衣服が東洋の衣装、金襴、礼服に取って代わり、欧州の建築が古いアラブの都の独特な美しさを押しのけ、貴人を取り囲む五十騎の騎馬行列は、都市の静かな街路を冒涜し、エフリートもその記憶も追い払う英国式の馬車に取って代わられた。
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.
レーン氏はカイロの完全な姿を最後に目にした人物であり、『現代エジプト人』の著者として、アラビアン・ナイトの翻訳という任務に対する自身の資格を誇張してはいない。
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.
この翻訳の底本となった写本と、その実施において守られた方法について、初版の序文を再び引用することにする。
Mr. Lane says,--
レーン氏はこう述べている。
"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]
「私は原文の一般的な基準として、最近印刷されたカイロ版を採用した。それは他の印刷版、そしておそらくあらゆる写本よりも大いに優れているからである。
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.
それはフォン・ハンマーの著名な写本とほぼ完全に一致しているように見え、私の信ずるところでは、それより豊富な写本は存在しない。また、フォン・ハンマーが言うように、ガランがパリの王立図書館にあるアラビア語、ペルシア語、トルコ語の他の著作から採ったと思われる話を除き、旧版のすべての話を含んでいる。
Vocabulary
- 氏
- shi — Mr., Ms.; honorific title for a person
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing information
- 東洋
- tōyō — The Orient; East Asia and surrounding regions
- の
- no — Possessive or nominal linking particle
- あらゆる
- arayuru — Every, all kinds of things or people
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, or person in general
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject of discussion
- 変わり
- kawari — Change, alteration; the act of changing
- 毎日
- mainichi — Every day, daily
- よう
- yō — Seems like, appears to be; resemblance or manner
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, time, or manner
- 何らか
- naniraka — Some kind of, some sort of
- 古い
- furui — Old, ancient, not new
- 慣習
- kanshū — Custom, convention, established social practice
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; also indicates contrast
- 廃れ
- sutare — Fall into disuse, become obsolete or outdated
- その後
- sonogo — After that, thereafter, subsequently
- 欧州
- ōshū — Europe, the European continent
- 模倣
- mohō — Imitation, mimicry, copying another's style
- 続い
- tsuzui — Continue, go on (stem form of 続く)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (for animate beings)
- 統治
- tōchi — Rule, governance, administration of a territory
- 間
- ma / aida — Period, interval, span of time or space
- 朝
- chō — Dynasty, imperial or ruling house
- 宮廷
- kyūtei — Royal or imperial court, palace establishment
- 威儀
- igi — Dignity, stately ceremony, formal deportment
- と
- to — And; quotation particle; with
- 格式
- kakushiki — Status, formality, established rank and protocol
- 痕跡
- konseki — Trace, vestige, remaining mark or evidence
- すべて
- subete — All, everything, entirely
- 徐々に
- jojo ni — Gradually, little by little, slowly over time
- 消え去っ
- kiesatt(a) — Vanish completely, disappear entirely (past stem)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action
- 衣服
- ifuku — Clothing, garments, attire in general
- 衣装
- ishō — Costume, outfit, elaborate or ceremonial dress
- 金襴
- kinran — Gold brocade, luxurious fabric woven with gold thread
- 礼服
- reifuku — Formal wear, ceremonial dress or official attire
- 取っ
- tot(te) — Take, grab (stem of 取る in compound)
- 代わり
- kawari — Substitute, replacement, something taking another's place
- 建築
- kenchiku — Architecture, building construction and design
- アラブ
- Arabu — Arab, relating to Arab people or culture
- 都
- miyako — Capital city, metropolis, seat of culture
- 独特
- dokutoku — Unique, distinctive, characteristic of one style only
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle for na-adjectives
- 美し
- utsukushi — Beautiful, lovely (stem of 美しい)
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix turning adjective into noun
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- 押しのけ
- oshinoke — Push aside, shove out of the way
- 貴人
- kijin — Noble person, person of high rank or status
- 取り囲む
- torikakomu — Surround, encircle, gather around someone
- 五十
- gojū — Fifty, the number 50
- 騎
- ki — Counter for mounted horsemen or cavalry
- 騎馬
- kiba — Horseback riding, mounted on a horse
- 行列
- gyōretsu — Procession, parade, line of people or vehicles
- 都市
- toshi — City, urban area, municipality
- 静か
- shizuka — Quiet, calm, peaceful, without noise
- 街路
- gairo — Street, road running through a city
- 冒涜
- bōtoku — Blasphemy, desecration, profaning something sacred
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form connecting actions or reasons
- も
- mo — Also, even, too (inclusive particle)
- その
- sono — That (demonstrative adjective referring to something nearby)
- 記憶
- kioku — Memory, recollection, stored remembrance
- 追い払う
- oiharau — Drive away, chase off, expel someone or something
- 英国
- Eikoku — Britain, the United Kingdom
- 式
- shiki — Style, method, system; also ceremony
- 馬車
- basha — Horse-drawn carriage or coach
- 代わら
- kawara — Replace, substitute for (stem of 代わる)
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- 完全
- kanzen — Complete, perfect, total, without deficiency
- 姿
- sugata — Figure, appearance, form, the way something looks
- 最後
- saigo — Last, final, the very end
- 目
- me — Eye; also a suffix meaning 'the nth'
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person, figure, character of note or significance
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action, means, or cause
- あり
- ari — To be, to exist (formal stem of ある)
- 現代
- gendai — Modern times, the contemporary era
- 人
- jin / hito — Person, people; suffix indicating nationality
- 著者
- chosha — Author, writer of a book or work
- 翻訳
- hon'yaku — Translation, rendering text into another language
- いう
- iu — Say, call, refer to as
- 任務
- ninmu — Mission, duty, assigned task or responsibility
- 対する
- taisuru — Face, be directed toward, in relation to
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself, one's own self
- 資格
- shikaku — Qualification, credential, eligibility for a role
- 誇張
- kochō — Exaggeration, overstating facts beyond reality
- い
- i — Verb stem of いる or adjective ending
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; not, does not exist
- この
- kono — This (demonstrative adjective for nearby things)
- 底本
- teihon — Base text, original manuscript used for an edition
- なっ
- nat(te) — Become (past/te-form stem of なる)
- 写本
- shahon — Manuscript, handwritten copy of a text
- 実施
- jisshi — Implementation, carrying out a plan or method
- おい
- oi — In, at (short form of において in formal writing)
- 守ら
- mamora — Protect, observe, abide by (stem of 守る)
- 方法
- hōhō — Method, way, approach to doing something
- つい
- tsui — Regarding, about (short for ついて); inadvertently
- 初版
- shohan — First edition, the original published version
- 序文
- jobun — Preface, foreword, introductory text of a book
- 再び
- futatabi — Again, once more, a second time
- 引用
- in'yō — Quotation, citation, excerpting another's words
- する
- suru — To do, to perform an action
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter (nominalizer for verbs)
- こう
- kō — This way, like this, thus
- 述べ
- nobe — State, express, describe in words
- 私
- watashi — I, me (first-person singular pronoun)
- 原文
- genbun — Original text, source document in its native form
- 一般
- ippan — General, common, ordinary, widely applicable
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning '-like', '-related', or '-ical'
- 基準
- kijun — Standard, criterion, benchmark used for judgment
- 最近
- saikin — Recently, lately, in the near past
- 印刷
- insatsu — Printing, the process of reproducing text or images
- 版
- han — Edition, version, printing of a publication
- 採用
- saiyō — Adoption, employment, selection of a method or person
- それ
- sore — That, it (demonstrative pronoun for medium distance)
- 他
- hoka — Other, else, another thing or person
- そし
- soshi — And then, furthermore (short form of そして)
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably, perhaps, most likely
- より
- yori — Than (comparative); from; more so than
- 大い
- ōi(ni) — Greatly, considerably, to a large degree
- 優れ
- sugure — Excel, surpass, be superior (stem of 優れる)
- から
- kara — From, because, since (particle of origin or reason)
- ある
- aru — To exist, to be, to have (inanimate)
- 著名
- chomei — Famous, well-known, distinguished, renowned
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost, nearly, approximately
- 一致
- itchi — Agreement, coincidence, matching of two things
- 見え
- mie — Appear, seem, be visible (stem of 見える)
- 信ずる
- shinzuru — Believe, trust, have faith in
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; point in time; the fact that
- 豊富
- hōfu — Abundant, rich, plentiful in quantity
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence, presence, being that something exists
- また
- mata — Also, again, moreover, furthermore
- 言う
- iu — Say, speak, tell, express in words
- 王立
- ōritsu — Royal, established or belonging to the monarchy
- 図書館
- toshokan — Library, institution housing books and resources
- 語
- go — Language, tongue; suffix denoting a language
- 著作
- chosaku — Written work, literary or scholarly publication
- 採っ
- tot(te) — Adopt, take, select (past/te-form stem of 採る)
- 思わ
- omowa — Think, feel, believe (stem of 思う)
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- 話
- hanashi — Story, tale, conversation, account
- 除き
- nozoki — Excluding, except for, leaving out
- 旧版
- kyūhan — Old edition, a previous or earlier published version
- 含ん
- fukun(de) — Include, contain, encompass (stem of 含む)
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