Tercüme - İngilizce-Türkçe - To The Reader

Could you tell me if the source text has some parts missing or written wrong?

CC: kafetzou

I don't think there's anything missing, but it is very hard to understand - there are two possible interpretations:

The following pages are 1) the result of a series of notes collected and set down in the form of a story and 2) a system of practice, which accounts for the style of arrangement.

or

The following pages are the result of a series of notes collected and set down in the form of 1) a story and 2) a system of practice, which accounts for the style of arrangement.

The other possibly confusing thing is the use of the word "that" in the second part to mean "so that". I think pommes_frites got that part right, but the very beginning is certainly incorrect: "the following pages" does not mean "ilerleyen sayfalar" - it means "bundan sonraki sayfalar".

It would be really helpful to know what this came from.

I've found a similar text to this one in here:

http://www.mystica.co.nz/other_authors.html

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"The Following pages are the result of a series of notes collected and set down in the form of a story and a system of practice. The order as originally received has been carefully adhered to so that its value to the reader isn't diminished.
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it doesn't have "which accounts for the style of arrangement" part but you're right about "so that",

so, that part may be: "Düzen, okuyucu açısından değerinin azalmaması için, orijinal olarak alındığı şekilde özenle korunmuştur"

If it is the same as the one you found, then my second interpretation is correct:

The following pages are the result of a series of notes collected and set down in the form of 1) a story and 2) a system of practice, which accounts for the style of arrangement.

Bundan sonraki sayfalar hem hikaye hem uygulama sistemi şeklinde yazılmış toplanmış bir not dizisinin sonucudur.

That part is ok now, I have found the "real" source that the request is taken from:

http://cornerstone.wwwhubs.com/tmoam.html

so I can accept it now, thank you very much

I don't think you've understood the first sentence correctly. I think it's as I translated it, and then it should be followed by "Onun için düzenleme şekli böyledir."

sorry for being a blockhead
I've edited as you say, but may that also be "düzenleme stilinden sorumlu olan bir uygulama sistemi"?

You're not a blockhead. This is a really hard one to get any kind of head around!

No, your last suggestion is not possible. I think the problem (in your understanding of this) is the word "which", which does not refer to the noun directly before it (practice), but rather to the entire phrase that comes before it (The following pages are the result of a series of notes collected and set down in the form of a story and a system of practice).

edebi bir dil olduğu için biraz zor bir çeviri zannedersem.... başıma bela aldım

I understand thanks a lot Kafetzou,

sinempin, actually it's not so hard but one should be careful when translating it