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I've read LotR in Polish in translation of Maria Skibniewska (she mostly kept the English names English, only adjusting weird ones to Polish structure where nee
by ajuc 8y ago
I've read LotR in Polish in translation of Maria Skibniewska (she mostly kept the English names English, only adjusting weird ones to Polish structure where needed - like adding "-a" to female names etc).
Then I read another Polish translation, which changed all English names to Polish folk-names to translate the "familiarity" feeling in contrast to Elvish names. It was awful. Baggins was Bagosz. Couldn't finish it.
Then I read it in English (still not speaking English that well), and it was OK, but I had much more fun reading it in Polish. I noticed I couldn't skip the nature descriptions as well in English as I can in Polish, so it was much more boring :)
But I still think of these characters using the names from that first Polish translation. I guess you get used to the first translation you read, and then you only add secondary names to these characters, without changing the "true name".