Different editions of LOTR? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Orodhromeus · 04-09-2002, 07:51 AM

Do NOT try to make sense out of the French edition. It will be hard to find any worse translatoin in the literary world. And I'm not harsh enough. The number of sentences cut, brackets forgotten, names badly spelled, inconsistencies in translation, etc, etc, is too great to be given a reasonable number. I'd leave the french edition alone until someone tries to translate it again with more success I hope. Enjoy LotR in other languages.

04-09-2002, 07:51 AM	#2
Orodhromeus Wight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Greece Posts: 106	Do NOT try to make sense out of the French edition. It will be hard to find any worse translatoin in the literary world. And I'm not harsh enough. The number of sentences cut, brackets forgotten, names badly spelled, inconsistencies in translation, etc, etc, is too great to be given a reasonable number. I'd leave the french edition alone until someone tries to translate it again with more success I hope. Enjoy LotR in other languages.