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Any language that begins with Elf- and features forests is clearly doing their marketing right. "Give me the five second pitch!" "Sympathy for cutesie elf peopl
by contingencies 5y ago
Any language that begins with Elf- and features forests is clearly doing their marketing right. "Give me the five second pitch!" "Sympathy for cutesie elf people living in a forest in Sweden". Internet win.
- stapled_socks 5y agoThe name in English seems a bit gimmicky. "Älv" in the context means "river" and not "elf". I guess someone choose to use this play on words in the translation to pique interest and garner sympathy.
- Kiro 5y agoBefore 1902 the name of the parish was written Elfdalen so I'm not sure it's just a translation thing. Edit: Ok, never mind. It's definitely a translation thing: "The English name of the vernacular was introduced in Dahl & Koptjevskaja-Tamm (2005)." Very recent too.
- hashmush 5y agoMore likely that they wanted the names to sound similar rather than being equivalent, and it's not that often one translates place names.
- kbelder 5y ago"I will diminish, and go into the west..." We lost Quenya, except for some obscure academic and literary works, now we look like we'll lose Elfdalia.
- bpiche 5y agoQuenya is still alive if you want it to be. Maybe less so than Sindarin though.
- herodoturtle 5y ago> "Give me the five second pitch!" a stallion battalion defending the medallion war crying in Elfdalian a charging foe rapscallion
- contingencies 5y agoMissed opportunity: Pygmalion.