Are Tolkiens Books Sexist? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

bombur · 09-15-2002, 10:06 PM

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PPPS. I may have to correct my view on Arwens personality slightly. I just noted what the quote given by Belin contained. Translation between Finnish and English is always difficult as the languages are no more related then Finnish is to Russian, Chineese or Bantu. LOTR is perhaps the best made translation ever, but the meaning comes across definately as "despise". I have to think of this. Scorn I believe might have entirely different content.

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09-15-2002, 10:06 PM	#20
bombur Wight Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: finland Posts: 126	WOW PPPS. I may have to correct my view on Arwens personality slightly. I just noted what the quote given by Belin contained. Translation between Finnish and English is always difficult as the languages are no more related then Finnish is to Russian, Chineese or Bantu. LOTR is perhaps the best made translation ever, but the meaning comes across definately as "despise". I have to think of this. Scorn I believe might have entirely different content.