ومتى وقف الكاتب على مزاج أشخاصه وطبيعتهم يمكنه بكلّ سهولة أنْ يصوّرهم بدون أنْ يضطرّ إلى استعمال التكلّف السقيم البارد

wa-matà waqafa ’l-kātib ʕalà mazāǧⁱ ʔašḫāṣi-hī wa-ṭabīʕati-him yumkinu-hū bi-kullⁱ suhūlaẗ ʔan yuṣawwira-hum bi-dūnⁱ ʔan yuḍṭarr^a ʔilà ’stiʕmāli ’l-takalluf al-saqīm al-bārid

Whenever a writer studies his characters’ temperament and natural disposition it will be very easy for him to describe them without being forced to make use of cold and boring mannerism, and

AR: kātib, mazāǧ, ʔašḫāṣ, ṭabīʕaẗ, taṣwīr, takalluf saqīm bārid
EN: temperament, natural disposition, mannerism