New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-13
THE RISTORI LIBRETTL

To he Eiifor Of IN. y Tribune.
SIR: The liberal price which the public pay for the
Rsio HJrt and the liberal quantities they buy ought one
would think 10 stimulate The management give something
little more accurately printed than that Of Elizabeth which
5 the only that the writer hereof has examined
At the Brooklyn Academy Of Music last evening In an audi
eoe II several Thousands not than one n en was Wit
out Ooos and these ehceIiJIs SsIs among Gus VI P1i
gentlemen with Incomes returned ~ six and seven l1ncd
thousand dollars buy promenade tickets They could not
certainly be expected 70 buy books Of the play ut me people
in this much abused crowd take tie liberty OF proesung In
the name Of al tie rest against the careless reading OF
to reach that understandable body the Management
Speaking q the Ezabetta, she Translation IN the main
comes 70 English readers terribly diluted Still, there Is but
little fault this score Ny quarrel with the translator
rather proofreader and in order 70 support my assertions
viii proceed 70 note iew OF the banders which have
marked a.,
tain things occur which be will find located In the play IN tie
fourth In the nrst there two scene VII Ihe stage
play are IN shocking mgddle frequently apptAhg " we
Italian and lot in the English and again IN the latter and not
in the former When they omitted in the English column
whole sentence u the Italian text is generally ndorsed In
parenthess sometimes printed IN Roman and sometimes in
itac thing for the article me 10 be eit out
entirely IN the translation and we have az ndop on cushion
&C. &c On the last page the sge direction N isaa ms y
in another stage direction IA the same column tIere aye o
pareutheses used and the following errors IN the text 40
bamo for abbao DC for d. vienmi for nj yen and baeeo
Rvery Italian scholar knows the importance Of the accent
letter. IL 10 De utterly
where should BE- and tnd where II should not De- and IN
this very annoying for example or without
the grave accent is and in English with II becomes w. ~
he u S &C. Inaenton TO this matter Is noticed on every
page Capitals used in the Italian column 50 ndern.
nstey that forced believe that the c0mPostos lower
case n ust have been shockingy out Of sorts
Now Jet Pot few errors on the Italian column %
For example, We sorea for sos sarebbo for areboe
core for cOre eho for che cayaerOsca for cayserera
giorni for gorni Cont for Cont guerreeo for guerreo
sspet,aito pe,ao DGngerhe for Dunkeque rmas 70
for rmao pegndo for pegando aani for aan and at the
commencement Of OF tie lines the English word ana
On 30 we have in the italian column Ho non ne no
hsogno and or 81 In the English col but before sunset
the fatal bronze shall tell once more both OF which may per
haps be nteg be the translator BY the by this same
English column O. 80 have intervene for Intervene
reached reached for to- Al for AL and To Bacon for
seein9 Bacon
These sufficient spprehend for our purpose to show
that our criticisms unfair II II necessary 20 10
H. might the management that the race Of proof
readers has yet become e1tinchst evidence Of their
existence is daily in books pamphlets and even IN news
papes which the main printed With good degree oil
typographical accuracy.
10 The tender merces Of OF these proofreaders
recommend the TO submit there hore and ef
us see the fruits Of their abors n subsequent editions
GiAcoso.