英语词汇canals canali的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

canals, canali. In 1877 the Italian astronomer Giovanni Vir- ginio Schiaparelli (1835–1910) observed faint lines on Mars through his telescope and in his treatise on the subject called them canali, Italian for “channels.” But his English translator erroneously translated canali as “canals,” a word carrying a strong connotation of something manmade, which canali doesn’t. In any case, the long search by astronomers for life on Mars, suggested by such “manmade canals,” was probably in- spired by this poor translation of Schiaparelli’s work.

词汇	canals canali
词源	canals, canali. In 1877 the Italian astronomer Giovanni Vir- ginio Schiaparelli (1835–1910) observed faint lines on Mars through his telescope and in his treatise on the subject called them canali, Italian for “channels.” But his English translator erroneously translated canali as “canals,” a word carrying a strong connotation of something manmade, which canali doesn’t. In any case, the long search by astronomers for life on Mars, suggested by such “manmade canals,” was probably in- spired by this poor translation of Schiaparelli’s work.
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