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I would consider that a fault of the translation rather than the original writing, though not knowing Russian I couldn't say for sure. Translating literary work
by drewzero1 4y ago
I would consider that a fault of the translation rather than the original writing, though not knowing Russian I couldn't say for sure. Translating literary works is a necessarily imperfect art, and as I understand it this translation was done on the translator's free time without compensation, so I'll take what I can get!
- tut-urut-utut 4y agoTranslator is not to blame, since he's not a professional translator. Not even sure if he is a native English speaker. He did a translation because he was a fan of the original book in Russian, and I'm grateful to him, since otherwise I would not be able to read it. It's a pity that Tolkien Foundation actively battled any attempt to publish this book in English. Has that not been the case, I'm sure some publisher would appoint a professional translator to do a much better job at it.
- drewzero1 4y agoLike I said, I'll take what I can get. I don't mean to sound ungrateful.