Thread: LotR in Latin!
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Old 10-20-2003, 02:01 PM   #24
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Sharkû, I fel that doing that would put too much of my own (or better: your [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]) ideas into the translation, if I did that name thing.
As to Higher versus Lower language use: I'm not skilled enough (yet?) in Latin to endeavour that. I'm just trying to translate the LotR into 'regular Latin'.
To be honest: I hope to learn Latin that good, I can read it as good as my own language (or at least as good as German [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]). Also I hope Latin will be learned and used a lot more and I hope this translation may play a part in that.
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