The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 6
The public appreciation of these notes, and of the advantage of correctly-written foreign words, is, I conceive, proved by the call for the present edition.
A apreciação pública dessas notas, e da vantagem de palavras estrangeiras escritas corretamente, está, a meu ver, provada pela demanda pela presente edição.
On the subject of the mode of writing oriental words in European characters, I need say little, for the controversy has well nigh died out.
Sobre o assunto do modo de escrever palavras orientais em caracteres europeus, pouco preciso dizer, pois a controvérsia está quase extinta.
The present generation does not regard antiquated blunders as "the familiar names of childhood," but rather strives to attain accuracy in all things; and those few who still cling to "Mahomet" or "Mahomed" should consistently exhume the forgotten "Mahound" of the Crusades.
A geração atual não considera erros antiquados como "os nomes familiares da infância", mas antes se esforça para alcançar a precisão em todas as coisas; e aqueles poucos que ainda se apegam a "Mahomet" ou "Mahomed" deveriam, coerentemente, exumar o esquecido "Mahound" das Cruzadas.
The translator's views respecting the origin and literary history of "The Thousand and One Nights" will be found fully expressed in the Review at the end of the third volume.
As opiniões do tradutor a respeito da origem e da história literária de "As Mil e Uma Noites" serão encontradas plenamente expressas na Resenha ao final do terceiro volume.
In his original preface, he stated, "The remarks which I here submit to the reader, being written when only one-third of the work to which they principally relate is printed, must unavoidably be more defective than they would be if reserved until a later period.
Em seu prefácio original, ele afirmou: "As observações que aqui submeto ao leitor, sendo escritas quando apenas um terço da obra à qual se referem principalmente está impresso, serão inevitavelmente mais deficientes do que seriam se reservadas para um período posterior.
During the progress of the publication I may be enabled to form clearer and more complete views of the several subjects which might with propriety be fully discussed at the head of my translation, and I think it better, therefore, to append at the close of the work many observations which I originally intended to prefix to the first volume."
Durante o andamento da publicação, poderei formar visões mais claras e mais completas dos diversos assuntos que poderiam, com propriedade, ser plenamente discutidos no início da minha tradução, e acho melhor, portanto, acrescentar ao final da obra muitas observações que originalmente pretendia prefixar ao primeiro volume."
Vocabulary
- apreciação
- Appreciation or evaluation of something
- pública
- Public, relating to the general population
- dessas
- Contraction of 'de' and 'essas', meaning 'of those'
- notas
- Notes, written remarks or musical tones
- vantagem
- Advantage or benefit over something else
- palavras
- Words, units of language used in communication
- estrangeiras
- Foreign, belonging to another country or language
- escritas
- Written, recorded in written form
- corretamente
- Correctly, in an accurate or proper manner
- ver
- To see or to view something
- provada
- Proven, demonstrated to be true or correct
- demanda
- Demand, a strong request for something
- presente
- Present, current or existing at this time
- edição
- Edition, a version of a published work
- Sobre
- Preposition meaning 'about' or 'on top of'
- assunto
- Subject or topic of discussion
- modo
- Mode or manner of doing something
- escrever
- To write, to form words on a surface
- orientais
- Eastern, relating to the Orient or East
- caracteres
- Characters, written symbols or letters
- europeus
- Europeans, relating to Europe or its people
- pouco
- Little, a small amount of something
- preciso
- Necessary or precise, exact in detail
- dizer
- To say or to tell something to someone
- pois
- Conjunction meaning 'because' or 'since'
- controvérsia
- Controversy, prolonged public dispute or debate
- quase
- Almost, nearly but not completely
- extinta
- Extinct, no longer existing or active
- geração
- Generation, a group of people born simultaneously
- atual
- Current, existing or happening right now
- considera
- Considers, regards something in a particular way
- erros
- Errors or mistakes made unintentionally
- antiquados
- Outdated, old-fashioned or no longer in use
- nomes
- Names, words used to identify people or things
- familiares
- Familiar, well-known or relating to family
- infância
- Childhood, the early period of human life
- antes
- Before, earlier in time or rather instead
- esforça
- Strives, makes a great effort to achieve
- alcançar
- To reach or achieve a goal or objective
- precisão
- Precision, accuracy in detail or measurement
- coisas
- Things, objects or matters of any kind
- aqueles
- Those, demonstrative pronoun referring to distant things
- poucos
- Few, a small number of people or things
- ainda
- Still or yet, continuing up to a time
- apegam
- Cling or remain attached to something stubbornly
- deveriam
- Should, expressing obligation in the conditional tense
- coerentemente
- Coherently, in a logical and consistent manner
- exumar
- To exhume, to dig up something long buried
- esquecido
- Forgotten, no longer remembered or in use
- Cruzadas
- The Crusades, medieval religious military expeditions
- opiniões
- Opinions, personal views or judgments on topics
- tradutor
- Translator, a person who converts between languages
- respeito
- Respect or regard for someone or something
- origem
- Origin, the starting point or source of something
- história
- History or story, a narrative of past events
- literária
- Literary, relating to literature or written works
- Mil
- Thousand, the number one thousand
- Noites
- Nights, the periods of darkness after sunset
- serão
- Will be, future tense of 'ser' third person plural
- encontradas
- Found, discovered or located after searching
- plenamente
- Fully or completely, to the greatest extent
- expressas
- Expressed, communicated or conveyed clearly
- Resenha
- Review or critique of a literary or artistic work
- final
- Final or end, the last part of something
- terceiro
- Third, the ordinal number following second
- volume
- Volume, a single book in a series or set
- prefácio
- Preface, an introduction to a book or work
- original
- Original, the first or earliest version of something
- afirmou
- Affirmed or stated something with confidence
- observações
- Observations, remarks or comments about something
- aqui
- Here, in this place or at this point
- submeto
- Submit, present something to someone for consideration
- leitor
- Reader, a person who reads written material
- sendo
- Being, gerund of 'ser', indicating a state
- quando
- When, referring to a time or condition
- apenas
- Only or just, limiting to a specific amount
- terço
- One third, a fraction of a whole
- obra
- Work, a literary, artistic, or musical creation
- qual
- Which, a relative pronoun used in questions
- referem
- Refer, relate or make reference to something
- principalmente
- Mainly or primarily, above all other things
- impresso
- Printed, produced by a printing process
- inevitavelmente
- Inevitably, in a way that cannot be avoided
- deficientes
- Deficient, lacking in quality or completeness
- seriam
- Would be, conditional of 'ser' third person plural
- reservadas
- Reserved, set aside for a later time
- período
- Period, a length of time with distinct characteristics
- posterior
- Later or subsequent, coming after in time
- Durante
- During, throughout the course of a time period
- andamento
- Progress or pace of an ongoing process
- publicação
- Publication, the process of issuing printed material
- poderei
- Will be able to, future tense of 'poder'
- formar
- To form or develop an idea or structure
- visões
- Visions or views, perspectives on a subject
- claras
- Clear, easy to understand or perceive
- completas
- Complete, having all necessary parts included
- diversos
- Various or diverse, different kinds of something
- assuntos
- Subjects or topics of discussion or concern
- poderiam
- Could, conditional tense of 'poder' third plural
- propriedade
- Property or propriety, correctness or suitability
- ser
- To be, fundamental verb indicating existence or identity
- discutidos
- Discussed, talked about or examined in detail
- início
- Beginning or start of something
- tradução
- Translation, converting text from one language to another
- acho
- I think or find, first person of 'achar'
- melhor
- Better, superior in quality or degree
- portanto
- Therefore, consequently as a result of something
- acrescentar
- To add or append something to existing material
- muitas
- Many, a large number of feminine things
- originalmente
- Originally, at the beginning or first instance
- pretendia
- Intended, was planning or aiming to do
- prefixar
- To prefix or place something before another
- primeiro
- First, the ordinal number preceding second
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