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Letter from Evr. Mavropoulos to E. Venizelos asking him to take an interest in the question of the Greek currant, setting out the reasons why the channelling of Greek currants into England has become problematic and why he himself is remaining in London.

173.389.020 · 1932 Ιανουάριος 29 · el · machine-generated, not reviewed

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Επιστολή του Ευρ.Μαυρόπουλου προς τον Ε.Βενιζέλο με την οποία του ζητεί να ενδιαφερθεί για το ζήτημα της ελληνικής σταφίδας, αναφέρει τους λόγους για τους οποίους η διοχέτευση της ελληνικής σταφίδας στην Αγγλία έχει καταστεί προβληματική και για ποιούς λόγους παραμένει ο ίδιος στο Λονδίνο.
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Letter dated London, 29 January 1932, from the Aigion currant merchant Evr. Mavropoulos to Eleftherios Venizelos. Taking advantage of Venizelos's presence in London, he asks him to extend his interest to the position and future of the Greek currant in England, an important source of foreign exchange for Greece. He attributes the heavy losses of Greek currant exporters and the ruin of the Aigion merchants in the current year chiefly to the fall of the pound from the gold standard. He lists the further adverse factors: the weakening of Greek export trade, Australian competition, the 'Buy british' movement, the poor quality of the currant, and credit anxiety arising from the retrenchment of English capital. He foresees that even half the former quantity will be difficult to sell in England next year. Though himself ruined, he has remained in London for two months at his own expense to study the matter and intends to prolong his stay in order to see the situation settle.
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173.389.020 p. 4

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4 σταφιδεμπόρων, ὡς καὶ διὰ τὸν αὐτὸν οὐσιωδῶς ἐπηυξημένον λόγον ἐπῆλθε καὶ ἡ κατὰ τὸ τρέχον ἔτος πλήρης καταστροφὴ τῶν σταφιδεμπόρων Αἰγίου.- Συνεπῶς, ἐφ' ὅσον τὸ εἶδος τοῦτο θὰ εἶνε τοῦ λοι- ποῦ ὑποκείμενον εἰς τὰς ἑπομένας ἐναντιότητας, ἤτοι: 1) εἰς τὴν ἐπικινδύνως αἰσθητοτάτην ἐξασθένησιν τοῦ ἐν Ἑλλάδι ἐξαγωγικοῦ ἐμπορίου, 2) εἰς τὸν συστηματικὸν ἀνταγωνισμὸν τὸν προερχόμενον ἐκ τῶν ξένων καὶ δὴ τῶν Αὐστραλῶν, 3) εἰς τὴν διεγερθεῖσαν ἐκ τοῦ "Buy british" ἐθνικὴν συνείδησιν τοῦ καταναλωτικοῦ κοινοῦ καὶ τῆς ὁλονὲν διογκουμένης κλίσεως αὐτοῦ διὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν ἢ προτίμησιν βρεταννικῶν ἀποικιακῶν εἰδῶν 4) εἰς τὴν ἤκιστα ἰσχύουσαν, σὴν νῦν ἔτι περισσότερον, συναντωμέ- νην ἐπὶ τῆς ἑλλην. σταφίδος ὑδαρότητα, συντελοῦσαν εἰς τὴν διηνεκῆ καὶ αἰσθητὴν μείωσιν τῆς καταναλωτικῆς αὐτῆς δυνάμεως, ἢ 5) εἰς τὴν ὡς ἐκ τῶν ἀνωτέρω αἰτίων, καὶ λόγῳ ἔτι τοῦ συνεκτι- κωτάτου, ὡς ἐκ τῆς κρισιμότητος τῶν περιστάσεων, περιορισμοῦ εἰς τὰ ἴδια τοῦ ἀγγλικοῦ κεφαλαίου, ἐπικρατοῦσαν καὶ λίαν χαρακτηριστικὴν διὰ τὸ εἶδος πιστωτικὴν ἀνησυχίαν, πᾶς τις δύναται προγνωστικῶς ν' ἀντιληφθῇ, ὅτι ὑπὸ συνθήκας τοσοῦτον διὰ τὴν ἑλλην. σταφίδα δυσμενεῖς, καθίσταται ἀπὸ τοῦ

Stamps and notes

  • stamp ΜΠΗ (Benaki Museum circular stamp) bottom right

Uncertain readings

  • τῆς ὁλονὲν διογκουμένης κλίσεως the case endings are hard to read; it could also be read as τῇ … διογκουμένῃ κλίσει
  • ἤκιστα the word before ἰσχύουσαν is unclear; the reading is uncertain
  • σὴν the word before νῦν is unclear (possibly τὴν or ἀλλὰ)
  • συνεκτι-κωτάτου the hyphenated word across the line break is partly unclear

Demotic Greek

4 σταφιδεμπόρων, όπως και, για τον ίδιο ουσιαστικά αυξημένο λόγο, επήλθε και η κατά το τρέχον έτος πλήρης καταστροφή των σταφιδεμπόρων του Αιγίου.- Συνεπώς, εφόσον το προϊόν αυτό θα υπόκειται στο εξής στις ακόλουθες αντιξοότητες, δηλαδή: 1) στην επικίνδυνα αισθητότατη εξασθένηση του εξαγωγικού εμπορίου στην Ελλάδα, 2) στον συστηματικό ανταγωνισμό που προέρχεται από τους ξένους και μάλιστα από τους Αυστραλούς, 3) στην εθνική συνείδηση του καταναλωτικού κοινού, η οποία διεγέρθηκε από το "Buy british", και στην ολοένα διογκούμενη κλίση του για αγορά ή προτίμηση βρετανικών αποικιακών ειδών, 4) στην ελάχιστα ισχύουσα, σὴν τώρα ακόμη περισσότερο, υδαρότητα που συναντάται στην ελλην[ική] σταφίδα, η οποία συντελεί στη διαρκή και αισθητή μείωση της καταναλωτικής της δύναμης, ή 5) στην πιστωτική ανησυχία που επικρατεί και είναι πολύ χαρακτηριστική για το προϊόν, εξαιτίας των ανωτέρω αιτίων και λόγω ακόμη του άκρως συνεκτικού περιορισμού του αγγλικού κεφαλαίου στα δικά του, λόγω της κρισιμότητας των περιστάσεων, ο καθένας μπορεί να αντιληφθεί προγνωστικά ότι, υπό συνθήκες τόσο δυσμενείς για την ελλην[ική] σταφίδα, καθίσταται από το

Turkish

4 kuru üzüm tüccarlarının çok önemli zararları; aynı nedenle, esasen daha da artmış olarak, cari yıl içinde Aigion kuru üzüm tüccarlarının tam bir yıkımı da gerçekleşmiştir.- Dolayısıyla, bu ürün bundan böyle şu olumsuzluklara maruz kalacağına göre, yani: 1) Yunanistan'daki ihracat ticaretinin tehlikeli ölçüde çok hissedilir biçimde zayıflamasına, 2) yabancılardan, özellikle Avustralyalılardan gelen sistemli rekabete, 3) "Buy british" ile uyanan tüketici kamuoyunun ulusal bilincine ve onun Britanya sömürge ürünlerini satın alma veya tercih etme yönündeki durmadan artan eğilimine, 4) Yunan kuru üzümünde asla geçerli olmayan, ve şimdi daha da çok rastlanan sululuğa, ki bu onun tüketim gücünün sürekli ve hissedilir biçimde azalmasına katkıda bulunmaktadır, veya 5) yukarıdaki nedenlerden ve ayrıca koşulların kritikliği yüzünden İngiliz sermayesinin kendi alanına en sıkı biçimde kapanmasından ötürü, bu ürün için egemen olan ve çok karakteristik olan kredi kaygısına, her kişi önceden görebilir ki, Yunan kuru üzümü için bu denli elverişsiz koşullar altında, gelecek yıldan itibaren

English

4 currant merchants, and for the same essentially increased reason there also came about, this current year, the complete ruin of the currant merchants of Aigion.- Consequently, inasmuch as this commodity will henceforth be subject to the following adversities, namely: 1) the dangerously and most perceptibly weakened export trade in Greece, 2) the systematic competition coming from foreigners, and in particular from the Australians, 3) the national consciousness of the consuming public, aroused by 'Buy british', and its ever-swelling inclination to buy or prefer British colonial goods, 4) the by no means prevailing, your now still more so, wateriness encountered in the Greek currant, which contributes to the perpetual and perceptible diminution of its consuming power, or 5) the credit anxiety, prevailing and very characteristic for the commodity, owing to the above causes and also owing to the most restrictive confinement of English capital to its own affairs, a consequence of the criticality of the circumstances, anyone can foresee that, under conditions so unfavourable for the Greek currant, from the

Open issues

p.KindLanguageTextDetail
4uncertain_readingτῆς ὁλονὲν διογκουμένης κλίσεωςthe case endings are hard to read; it could also be read as τῇ … διογκουμένῃ κλίσει
4uncertain_readingἤκισταthe word before ἰσχύουσαν is unclear; the reading is uncertain
4uncertain_readingσὴνthe word before νῦν is unclear (possibly τὴν or ἀλλὰ)
4uncertain_readingσυνεκτι-κωτάτουthe hyphenated word across the line break is partly unclear
4translation_termelὑδαρότηταΚυριολεκτικά «υδαρότητα» (το να είναι κάτι νερουλό/αραιό)· εδώ πιθανότατα υπονοεί χαμηλή ποιότητα ή ανεπαρκή σώμα της σταφίδας. Αποδόθηκε κατά λέξη.
4translation_uncertain_sourceelἤκιστα ἰσχύουσαν, σὴν νῦν ἔτι περισσότερονΤο χωρίο είναι ύποπτα αλλοιωμένο: το «ἤκιστα» (ελάχιστα) με το «ἰσχύουσαν» δίνει αμφίβολο νόημα, και το «σὴν» δεν είναι αναγνωρίσιμη λέξη (ίσως λάθος ανάγνωση). Το ⟦σὴν⟧ αφέθηκε αμετάφραστο.
4translation_uncertain_sourceelσυνεκτικωτάτουΗ ανάγνωση είναι αβέβαιη. Κατά λέξη «πολύ συνεκτικού»· από τα συμφραζόμενα αναμένεται το νόημα «πολύ αυστηρού/περιοριστικού». Αποδόθηκε κατά λέξη.
4translation_termel"Buy british"Αγγλικό σύνθημα (εκστρατεία «Αγόρασε βρετανικά») που παρατίθεται στο πρωτότυπο· διατηρήθηκε αμετάφραστο.
4translation_termtrὑδαρότηταSözcük kelime anlamıyla 'sululuk'tur; kuru üzümün aşırı nemli/gevşek kalitesine işaret ediyor olabilir. Kesin teknik karşılığı belirsizdir.
4translation_uncertain_sourcetrσὴνOkuma anlamsızdır; muhtemelen 'καὶ' (ve) olacaktır. Bu varsayımla çevrilmiştir.
4translation_uncertain_sourcetrσυνεκτικωτάτουSatır sonunda bölünmüş ve belirsiz okuma; 'en sıkı/en kısıtlayıcı' olarak çevrilmiştir.
4translation_termtr"Buy british"Kaynakta İngilizce olarak geçer; olduğu gibi korunmuştur.
4translation_abbreviationtrἑλλην.ἑλλην[ικῆς] — 'Yunan' olarak çevrilmiştir (sayfa 4 ve 5'te).
4translation_uncertain_sourcetrἤκιστα ἰσχύουσανOkuma belirsizdir; 'ἤκιστα' kelime anlamıyla 'en az' demektir ve 'şimdi daha da çok rastlanan' ile birlikte anlam çelişkisi doğurur. Taslaktaki 'asla geçerli olmayan' karşılığı korunmuş, ancak okuma kuşkuludur.
4translation_termenὑδαρότηταLiterally 'wateriness'. It evidently refers to the thin, watery or poorly bodied quality of the Greek currant, which reduces its appeal to consumers.
4translation_uncertain_sourceenἤκιστα ἰσχύουσαν, σὴν νῦν ἔτι περισσότερονItem 4 is doubtful at two points. 'σὴν' ('your') is syntactically implausible, probably a misreading of 'τὴν' or 'καὶ', and 'ἤκιστα' ('least/by no means') sits oddly with 'ἰσχύουσαν' ('prevailing'). The translation follows the transcription literally; the intended sense is probably 'the wateriness prevailing in the Greek currant, and now more than ever'.
4translation_uncertain_sourceenσυνεκτικωτάτουUncertain reading. 'συνεκτικός' means 'cohesive, holding together'; here it is rendered 'most restrictive' to fit 'περιορισμός' (confinement/restriction) of English capital to its own affairs. Another sense is possible.