原文|げんぶんgenbun[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounoriginal text
   あの翻訳ほんやくは原文げんぶんに忠実ちゅうじつだそうだ。↗

   That translation is said to be true to the original.

• Synonym正文せいぶんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The main body of a document; also a treaty's authentic text (「条約の正文」). Its point is authority, not predating translation as with 「原文」.
• Related本文ほんぶんNeutralNeutral. The main text of a book or document, as opposed to title or notes (「本文を読む」). Concerns a text's structure, not translation, so it differs from 「原文」.
• Antonym翻訳ほんやくNeutralNeutral. The translated text itself (「翻訳を読む」), standing opposite to 「原文」 — what you read instead of the original.
• Antonym現代語訳げんだいごやくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A classical text recast into modern Japanese (「源氏物語の現代語訳」); the opposite of 「原文」.

For the text as it stood before translation or rewriting, use 「原文」 (「原文で読む」「原文のまま」). For the body of a text, say 「本文」 or 「正文」; the opposite of 「原文」 is 「翻訳」.

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1. （翻訳ほんやく・訂正ていせい・改作かいさく・加筆かひつなどをする前まえの）もとの文章ぶんしょう。