Translating The Lord of the Rings
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Translating The Lord of the Rings
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J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings has been translated, with varying degrees of success, into dozens of languages from the original English. He was critical of some early versions, and made efforts to improve translation by providing a detailed "Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings", alongside an appendix "On Translation" in the book itself. The complexity of the book, the nature of Tolkien's prose style with its archaisms, and the many names of characters and places combine to make
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Literary analysis
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translating_The_Lord_of_the_Rings
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2008-02-01T15:01:49Z
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2024-09-02T08:09:34Z
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