The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.: Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments — Page 13
换句话说，我只收录那些我认为在趣味性上不逊于旧版故事的内容。
In other words, I insert nothing that I deem greatly inferior in interest to the tales in the old version.
原著中某些带有冒犯性质的段落，我略作了改动；
Certain passages which, in the original work, are of an objectionable nature, I have slightly varied;
但在改动时，我特别注意使其与阿拉伯的风俗习惯完全相符。
but in doing this, I have been particularly careful to render them so as to be perfectly agreeable with Arab manners and customs.
我最初打算将几乎所有的诗歌全部略去，因为韵律和押韵一旦失去，加之其中大量的双关语及其他修辞手法也无从保留，译文恐怕会令读者难以忍受。
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:
但后来我意识到，这样做会大大改变这部作品的特色；
but afterwards I reflected that the character of the work would be thus greatly altered;
而它作为展现阿拉伯风俗与情感之作品的价值，也将大为削减。
and its value, as illustrating Arab manners and feelings, much diminished.
因此，我决定保留相当数量的精选诗篇，或因其本身的相对价值，或因文意上的需要而加以选取。
I therefore determined to preserve a considerable number of select pieces, chosen either for their relative merits or because required by the context.
我译本第一卷所收录的诗篇数量，约为原著相应部分的一半；
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;
但在若干情况下，我因某篇诗歌不甚适宜或出于其他原因，略去了其中一句或数句；
but in several cases I have omitted one or more verses of a piece as unsuitable, or for some other reason;
还有少数情况下，我仅译出了第一节或第一对句。
and in a few instances I have given only the first verse or the first couplet.
Vocabulary
- in
- 表示位置、状态或时间范围内
- other
- 不同的、另外的、其他的
- words
- 词语、言语、话语
- insert
- 插入、嵌入、放入
- nothing
- 没有东西、无、虚无
- that
- 那个、那件事、指代前文
- deem
- 认为、视为、判断
- greatly
- 极其、非常、大大地
- inferior
- 次等的、低劣的、下级的
- interest
- 兴趣、利益、吸引力
- tales
- 故事、传说、叙述的事件
- old
- 旧的、老的、古老的
- version
- 版本、版本的、说法
- certain
- 某些的、确定的、肯定的
- passages
- 段落、通道、文章片段
- which
- 哪个、哪些、什么
- original
- 原始的、原创的、起源的
- work
- 工作、著作、作品
- nature
- 本质、性质、自然界
- varied
- 改变的、变化的、多样的
- slightly
- 轻微地、略微地、稍微
- been
- 是、已经、存在
- particularly
- 特别地、尤其地、格外地
- careful
- 小心的、谨慎的、细致的
- render
- 提供、呈现、使变成
- Arab
- 阿拉伯人的、阿拉伯的
- manners
- 举止、礼貌、方式
- customs
- 习俗、风俗、关税
- originally
- 原来、最初、起初
- intention
- 意图、目的、意思
- omit
- 遗漏、省略、不包括
- almost
- 几乎、差不多、接近
- whole
- 整个的、全部的、完整的
- poetry
- 诗歌、诗集、诗的艺术
- thinking
- 思考、思想、认为
- loss
- 损失、丧失、失去
- measure
- 测量、措施、程度
- rhyme
- 韵脚、韵律、押韵
- preserving
- 保存、保护、维持
- examples
- 例子、样本、示例
- figures
- 数字、人物、图形
- abound
- 大量存在、充满、丰富
- translations
- 翻译、译文、转移
- generally
- 通常、一般地、大体上
- reader
- 读者、读物、阅读器
- afterwards
- 之后、后来、随后
- reflected
- 反映、思考、映射
- character
- 特征、性格、角色
- altered
- 改变的、修改过的、改造
- value
- 价值、数值、重视
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