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.
O manuscrito a partir do qual foi impresso foi cuidadosamente cotejado e corrigido por um homem muito erudito, o sheykh 'Abd-Er-Raḥmán Eṣ-Ṣaftee Esh-Sharḳáwee, que também supervisionou o progresso da obra pela imprensa.
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:
Mas, além do valor conferido a ela pelas correções deste sheykh, a cópia a partir da qual toda a minha tradução é feita, salvo em alguns casos, possui uma vantagem que, creio eu, a torna incomparavelmente superior a qualquer outra existente atualmente:
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.
ela foi novamente revisada e corrigida, e ilustrada com numerosas notas manuscritas, por uma pessoa que penso poder seguramente proclamar o primeiro filólogo do primeiro colégio árabe dos dias de hoje, o sheykh Moḥammad 'Eiyád Eṭ-Ṭanṭáwee, ou, mais 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.
As suas notas são principalmente filológicas e explicativas de palavras que não pertencem à língua clássica; e muitas delas me são de grande auxílio; embora a maioria delas eu considere desnecessárias, dado o conhecimento do árabe moderno que adquiri durante o meu convívio com o povo que o fala.
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.
As suas correções do texto são numerosas; e como interessariam a muito poucas pessoas, mencionei apenas algumas delas nas notas da minha tradução, apesar da forte tentação que senti de agir de outra forma, para que os estudiosos do árabe pudessem ser auxiliados a julgar a fidelidade da minha versão comparando-a com o texto da edição do Cairo.
Vocabulary
- manuscrito
- A handwritten document or text
- partir
- To depart; used in 'a partir de' meaning 'from'
- qual
- Which; used as a relative pronoun
- foi
- Past tense of 'ser/ir': was, went
- impresso
- Printed; past participle of 'imprimir'
- cuidadosamente
- Carefully; with great attention and care
- cotejado
- Compared or collated, especially texts
- corrigido
- Corrected; past participle of 'corrigir'
- homem
- A man; an adult male person
- erudito
- Learned or scholarly; a highly educated person
- também
- Also; too; as well
- supervisionou
- Supervised; oversaw a process or activity
- progresso
- Progress; advancement toward a goal
- obra
- A work, especially literary or artistic
- imprensa
- The press; printing establishment or media
- além
- Beyond; in addition to; furthermore
- valor
- Value; worth; importance
- conferido
- Conferred or granted; past participle of 'conferir'
- correções
- Corrections; changes made to fix errors
- cópia
- A copy; duplicate of a document or text
- tradução
- Translation; a text rendered in another language
- feita
- Done; made; past participle of 'fazer' (feminine)
- salvo
- Except; save for; excluding
- casos
- Cases; instances; situations
- possui
- Possesses; has; owns
- vantagem
- An advantage; a beneficial quality
- creio
- I believe; I think (first-person singular)
- torna
- Makes; renders; turns into
- incomparavelmente
- Incomparably; beyond comparison
- superior
- Superior; better than; higher in quality
- qualquer
- Any; whichever; whatever
- existente
- Existing; currently in existence
- atualmente
- Currently; at the present time
- novamente
- Again; once more; anew
- revisada
- Revised; reviewed and updated (feminine)
- corrigida
- Corrected; amended (feminine past participle)
- ilustrada
- Illustrated; accompanied by explanatory notes or images
- numerosas
- Numerous; many; a large number of
- notas
- Notes; written remarks or annotations
- manuscritas
- Handwritten (feminine plural form)
- penso
- I think; I believe (first-person singular)
- poder
- To be able to; can; power
- seguramente
- Safely; surely; with confidence
- proclamar
- To proclaim; to declare publicly
- filólogo
- A philologist; scholar of language and texts
- colégio
- A college or school; educational institution
- árabe
- Arabic; relating to Arab language or culture
- propriamente
- Properly; more accurately speaking
- principalmente
- Mainly; principally; above all
- filológicas
- Philological; relating to language study (feminine)
- explicativas
- Explanatory; serving to clarify or explain
- pertencem
- They belong; are part of
- língua
- Language; tongue; means of communication
- clássica
- Classical; relating to traditional or ancient standards
- auxílio
- Help; assistance; aid
- embora
- Although; even though; despite
- maioria
- Majority; the greater part of a group
- considere
- Consider; regard as (subjunctive form)
- desnecessárias
- Unnecessary; not needed (feminine plural)
- dado
- Given; considering; past participle of 'dar'
- conhecimento
- Knowledge; understanding; awareness
- moderno
- Modern; contemporary; of the present era
- adquiri
- I acquired; gained (first-person past tense)
- durante
- During; throughout a period of time
- convívio
- Living together; close association or fellowship
- povo
- People; a nation or community of people
- fala
- Speaks; speech; spoken language
- texto
- Text; written or printed content
- interessariam
- Would interest; conditional of 'interessar'
- mencionei
- I mentioned; referenced (first-person past tense)
- apenas
- Only; just; merely
- apesar
- Despite; in spite of (used with 'de')
- forte
- Strong; intense; powerful
- tentação
- Temptation; a strong urge to act
- senti
- I felt; I sensed (first-person past tense)
- agir
- To act; to take action
- forma
- Form; way; manner; shape
- estudiosos
- Scholars; studious people; researchers
- pudessem
- Could; might be able to (past subjunctive)
- auxiliados
- Assisted; helped (past participle, masculine plural)
- julgar
- To judge; to evaluate; to assess
- fidelidade
- Fidelity; faithfulness; accuracy to the original
- versão
- A version; a particular form or translation
- comparando-a
- Comparing it; gerund of 'comparar' with pronoun
- edição
- An edition; a published version of a text
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