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Waley

[ wey-lee ]

noun

  1. Arthur Arthur David Schloss, 1889–1966, British translator of Chinese and Japanese literature.


Waley

/ ˈɱɪɪ /

noun

  1. WaleyArthur18891966MEnglishMISC: orientalistWRITING: translator Arthur. real name Arthur Schloss. 1889–1966, English orientalist, best known for his translations of Chinese poetry
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The key matchup is Fresno’s run defense against Wyoming’s Harrison Waley.

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Waley missed the first two games because of injury but now appears to be in top form.

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It was his obituary, which detailed the family’s timber wealth, that reportedly inspired the kidnapping plot by William Dainard, 33, Harmon Metz Waley, 23, and Margaret Eldora Thulin, 19.

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In fact, I could distinctly hear myself murmuring “My precious” as I gazed lovingly at the six volumes of Arthur Waley’s translation of Murasaki Shikibu’s “The Tale of Genji.”

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Arthur Waley published the first translation, in 1925, as a six-volume edition.

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