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The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 09-22-2006, 04:08 AM

C.T. states that they follow very closely the Modern English annals to which they are an appendix. Being a naturally distrustful and pedantic individual, I wanted to prove that to myself. Christopher Tolkien is a retired philologist, and although he did not share his father's stature in the profession I'm fairly sure that he could have come up with a better translation than I have in about a tenth of the time. I think it most likely that he was trying to save space. Besides, JRRT would have liked to see his fans learning Old English; probably more than he would have liked to see them learning Sindarin or discussing his fiction at exhaustive length.

09-22-2006, 04:08 AM	#7
The Squatter of Amon Rûdh Spectre of Decay Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Bar-en-Danwedh Posts: 2,178	Why no translation? C.T. states that they follow very closely the Modern English annals to which they are an appendix. Being a naturally distrustful and pedantic individual, I wanted to prove that to myself. Christopher Tolkien is a retired philologist, and although he did not share his father's stature in the profession I'm fairly sure that he could have come up with a better translation than I have in about a tenth of the time. I think it most likely that he was trying to save space. Besides, JRRT would have liked to see his fans learning Old English; probably more than he would have liked to see them learning Sindarin or discussing his fiction at exhaustive length. __________________ Man kenuva métim' andúne?