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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-20-2006, 03:04 AM

I'm glad you like it, Aiwendil. Thanks for the support: I was beginning to think that nobody was interested.

I cannot advise too strongly against using my translations to practice Old English. I just found quite a major mistake in my translation of version III (since corrected), and you might well find that using my translation puts you on the wrong track from the start. If you want to learn Old English, the best place to start is The Cambridge Old English Reader by Richard Marsden (Cambridge University Press, 2002). This is a good beginner's textbook for several reasons: it has a very wide variety of texts, it's the most recent reader I know, it treats a newcomer to the language very gently and the author was very generous in his marking of my essays.

Those words of caution aside, Old English is a great language, and much easier to learn than Latin. I'm glad that you're dipping your toe in the water.

09-20-2006, 03:04 AM	#3
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Caveat lector I'm glad you like it, Aiwendil. Thanks for the support: I was beginning to think that nobody was interested. I cannot advise too strongly against using my translations to practice Old English. I just found quite a major mistake in my translation of version III (since corrected), and you might well find that using my translation puts you on the wrong track from the start. If you want to learn Old English, the best place to start is The Cambridge Old English Reader by Richard Marsden (Cambridge University Press, 2002). This is a good beginner's textbook for several reasons: it has a very wide variety of texts, it's the most recent reader I know, it treats a newcomer to the language very gently and the author was very generous in his marking of my essays. Those words of caution aside, Old English is a great language, and much easier to learn than Latin. I'm glad that you're dipping your toe in the water. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?