げんぶん – Vocabulary details

げんぶん

Noun

1. original text

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んぶん

original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text

sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text

sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text

訳やく文ぶんをげんぶんと比ひ較かくしなさい。

Compare the translation with the original.

あの翻ほん訳やくはげんぶんに忠ちゅう実じつだそうだ。

That translation is said to be true to the original.

この文ぶんは訳わけではありません。これがげんぶんです。

This sentence is not a translation. It's the original.

どんなに立りっ派ぱな翻ほん訳やくでも明あきらかにげんぶんには及およばないものだ。

Any translation, however good, will clearly fall short of the original.

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