The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 13
In other words, I insert nothing that I deem greatly inferior in interest to the tales in the old version.
言い換えれば、旧版の物語に比べて興味において大きく劣ると私が判断するものは何も挿入しない。
Certain passages which, in the original work, are of an objectionable nature, I have slightly varied; but in doing this, I have been particularly careful to render them so as to be perfectly agreeable with Arab manners and customs.
原作においていくつかの好ましくない性質を持つ箇所については、わずかに変更を加えた。しかしそうする際には、アラブの風俗や習慣と完全に調和するように訳すことに特に注意を払った。
It was originally my intention to omit almost the whole of the poetry, thinking that the loss of measure and rhyme, and the impossibility of preserving the examples of paronomasia and some other figures with which they abound, would render translations of them generally intolerable to the reader:
当初、私は詩のほぼ全体を省略するつもりであった。韻律と脚韻が失われること、また詩に豊富に含まれる駄洒落やその他のいくつかの修辞表現を保持することが不可能であることから、それらの翻訳は概して読者に耐え難いものとなると考えたからである。
but afterwards I reflected that the character of the work would be thus greatly altered; and its value, as illustrating Arab manners and feelings, much diminished.
しかし後に、そうすることで作品の性格が大きく変えられ、アラブの風俗と感情を描写するものとしての価値が大幅に損なわれると考え直した。
I therefore determined to preserve a considerable number of select pieces, chosen either for their relative merits or because required by the context.
それゆえ私は、相対的な優秀さのためか、あるいは文脈上必要であるかのいずれかの理由で選ばれた、かなりの数の選りすぐりの作品を保存することに決めた。
The number of those comprised in the first volume of my translation is nearly half of the number contained in the corresponding portion of the original work; but in several cases I have omitted one or more verses of a piece as unsuitable, or for some other reason; and in a few instances I have given only the first verse or the first couplet.
私の翻訳の第一巻に収録されたものの数は、原作の対応する部分に含まれる数のほぼ半分である。しかし、いくつかの場合においては、不適切であるかその他の理由から、一つの作品の一節あるいは複数の節を省略した。また、少数の例においては、最初の一節または最初の二行連句のみを掲載した。
Vocabulary
- 言い換えれば
- iikaereb a — In other words; to put it differently
- 旧版
- kyuuhan — Old edition or previous version of a text
- の
- no — Possessive or descriptive particle linking nouns
- 物語
- monogatari — Story, tale, or narrative
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target
- 比べ
- kurabe — Compare; measure against something else
- て
- te — Conjunctive verb form connecting sequential actions
- 興味
- kyoumi — Interest; curiosity toward something
- において
- ni oite — In; at; regarding a specific context
- 大きく
- ookiku — Greatly; largely; to a significant degree
- 劣る
- otoru — To be inferior; fall short in quality
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and,' 'with,' or quotation marker
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese sentences
- 判断
- handan — Judgment; decision; assessment of a situation
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something with a tangible quality
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting sentence subject
- 何
- nani — What; which thing; interrogative pronoun
- も
- mo — Also; even; used with negatives meaning 'nothing'
- 挿入
- sounyuu — Insertion; adding something into a text
- しない
- shinai — Do not do; negative form of suru
- 原作
- gensaku — Original work; source text or creation
- いくつか
- ikutsuka — Some; a few; several items or instances
- 好ましく
- konomashiku — Desirably; in a favorable or preferable manner
- ない
- nai — Not; negation; does not exist
- 性質
- seishitsu — Nature; character; inherent quality or trait
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- 持つ
- motsu — To have; to hold; to possess something
- 箇所
- kasho — Passage; specific place or section in text
- について
- ni tsuite — About; concerning; regarding a topic
- わずか
- wazuka — Only a little; slight; minimal amount
- 変更
- henkou — Change; alteration; modification of something
- 加え
- kuwaee — To add; to apply; to make an addition
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; contrasting conjunction
- そう
- sou — So; that way; in that manner
- 際
- sai — Occasion; time when something takes place
- アラブ
- arabu — Arab; relating to Arabic culture or people
- 風俗
- fuuzoku — Customs; manners; social practices of a culture
- や
- ya — And; listing particle connecting similar items
- 習慣
- shuukan — Habit; custom; established practice or routine
- 完全
- kanzen — Complete; perfect; thorough and without lack
- 調和
- chouwa — Harmony; balance; agreement between elements
- よう
- you — So that; in order to; resembling a manner
- 訳す
- yakusu — To translate; to render text into another language
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizing abstract actions or states
- 特に
- toku ni — Especially; particularly; with special attention
- 注意
- chuui — Attention; caution; careful heedfulness
- 払っ
- haratt — Paid (attention); directed focus toward something
- 当初
- tousho — Originally; at first; in the beginning
- 詩
- shi — Poetry; poem; verse composition
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost; nearly; approximately all of something
- 全体
- zentai — Whole; entirety; the complete body of something
- 省略
- shouryaku — Omission; abbreviation; leaving something out
- つもり
- tsumori — Intention; plan; what one intends to do
- で
- de — At; by; with; particle indicating means or location
- あっ
- att — Was; existed; past form of aru
- 韻律
- inritsu — Meter; prosody; rhythmic pattern in poetry
- 脚韻
- kyakuin — Rhyme; end rhyme in poetic composition
- 失わ
- ushinawa — Lost; stripped away; deprived of something
- れる
- reru — Passive auxiliary; indicates action done to subject
- また
- mata — Also; again; furthermore; additionally
- 豊富
- houfu — Abundant; plentiful; rich in quantity or variety
- 含ま
- fukuma — Included; contained within something
- 駄洒落
- dajare — Pun; wordplay; a cheap or groan-worthy joke
- その他
- sonota — Others; the rest; other things besides mentioned
- 修辞
- shuuji — Rhetoric; figurative language; literary devices
- 表現
- hyougen — Expression; representation; way of conveying meaning
- 保持
- hoji — Retention; preservation; keeping something intact
- 不可能
- fukanou — Impossible; not able to be done
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have something
- から
- kara — Because; from; since; causal or origin particle
- それら
- sorera — Those; those things; plural referring to previously mentioned
- 翻訳
- hon'yaku — Translation; rendering text into another language
- 概し
- gaishi — Generally; on the whole; as a rule
- 読者
- dokusha — Reader; audience of a written work
- 耐え
- tae — Endure; bear; withstand something difficult
- 難い
- gatai — Difficult; hard to do; challenging to endure
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into something
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea; consideration or opinion
- 後
- nochi / ato — After; later; subsequent in time
- 作品
- sakuhin — Work; piece of art, literature, or music
- 性格
- seikaku — Character; personality; essential nature of something
- 変え
- kae — To change; to alter; to transform something
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb form
- 感情
- kanjou — Emotion; feeling; emotional state or sentiment
- 描写
- byousha — Description; depiction; portrayal of scenes or feelings
- として
- toshite — As; in the capacity of; in terms of role
- 価値
- kachi — Value; worth; importance or merit of something
- 大幅
- oohaba — Significantly; by a large margin; drastically
- 損なわ
- sokonawa — Damaged; impaired; harmed in quality or value
- 直し
- naoshi — Correction; revision; fixing or reworking something
- それゆえ
- soreyue — Therefore; for that reason; consequently
- 相対的
- soutaiteki — Relative; comparative; not absolute in nature
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 優秀
- yuushuu — Excellence; superiority; outstanding quality
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix turning adjectives into nouns
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; because of; due to
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; expressing uncertainty
- あるいは
- aruiwa — Or; alternatively; on the other hand
- 文脈
- bunmyaku — Context; flow of meaning within a text
- 上
- ue / jou — Above; on; in terms of; contextually speaking
- 必要
- hitsuyou — Necessary; required; needed for a purpose
- いずれ
- izure — Either; eventually; whichever; in any case
- 理由
- riyuu — Reason; cause; grounds for a decision
- 選ば
- eraba — Chosen; selected from among options
- れ
- re — Passive verb ending; part of passive construction
- かなり
- kanari — Considerably; fairly; quite a large amount
- 数
- kazu / suu — Number; quantity; count of things
- 選り
- yori — Selecting; choosing the best from a group
- すぐり
- suguri — The finest selection; cream of the crop
- 保存
- hozon — Preservation; saving; keeping something intact
- 決め
- kime — Decide; determine; make a final choice
- 第一巻
- daiikkan — Volume one; the first volume of a work
- 収録
- shuuroku — Included; recorded; compiled into a collection
- 対応
- taiou — Correspondence; matching; dealing with something
- 部分
- bubun — Part; portion; section of a whole
- 半分
- hanbun — Half; one of two equal portions
- 場合
- baai — Case; situation; occasion or circumstance
- 不適切
- futekisetsu — Inappropriate; unsuitable; not fitting the context
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One; a single item or instance
- 一節
- hitofushi / isssetsu — A passage; a verse; one section of text
- 複数
- fukusuu — Plural; multiple; more than one
- 節
- fushi / setsu — Verse; stanza; section of a poem or text
- し
- shi — And; conjunctive form listing reasons or actions
- 少数
- shousuu — Small number; minority; only a few
- 例
- rei — Example; instance; illustrative case
- 最初
- saisho — First; beginning; the very start of something
- または
- mata wa — Or; alternatively; one or the other option
- 二行
- nigyou — Two lines; a pair of lines in text
- 連句
- renku — Linked verse; couplet; connected poetic lines
- のみ
- nomi — Only; solely; nothing but; just this
- 掲載
- keisai — Publication; inclusion; printed in a work
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