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1. inglor+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-08-27 07:20:47
The situation in Lord of the Rings has an added twist: many of the names are Old English, Anglo-Saxon or even Goth, and the translator faces a choice between leaving them alone and trying to translate them into Old Czech (Old Slavonic...), Old Finnish or whatever, which will nevertheless change the cultural context.
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2. 082349+Xc[view] [source] 2024-08-27 10:32:03
>>inglor+(OP)
...and the twist on top of that is that JRRT has already translated the characters' actual names into anglophone cultural equivalents, eg:

  Maura Labingi          Frodo Baggins
  Banazîr "Ban" Galpsi   Samwise "Sam" Gamgee
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3. tricer+zH[view] [source] [discussion] 2024-08-27 14:28:47
>>082349+Xc
What an absolute chad.
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