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guardians_song) wrote2013-05-01 12:32 pm
guardians_song) wrote2013-05-01 12:32 pm
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*cracks up* This is beautiful. BEAUTIFUL.
Dear Brill, we may have found the real-life equivalent of Asalin.
For everyone else's benefit - click that link, and feel very, very sorry for Swedish Tolkien fans.
Highlights:
OT: "What's happened to your precious Nazgûl? Has he had another mount shot under him?" (The Lord of the Rings 473)
ST: "What happened to your invaluable Nazgûl? Landed on another mountain?" (Sagan om de två tornen 62).
OT: "Two swift hours passed, and now the king sat upon his white horse ..." (The Lord of the Rings 834)
ST: "Two swift steeds passed by and then the king himself sat in the saddle upon his white horse ..." (Sagan om konungens återkomst 86)
OT: "... the last strongholds of the mighty woods of the Elder Days, in which the Firstborn roamed while Men still slept." (The Lord of the Rings 463).
ST: "... the very last bastions of the mighty woodland reaches of the Elder Days, where the Firstborn One mooed while the race of Men were still asleep" (Sagan om de två tornen 51).
For everyone else's benefit - click that link, and feel very, very sorry for Swedish Tolkien fans.
Highlights:
OT: "What's happened to your precious Nazgûl? Has he had another mount shot under him?" (The Lord of the Rings 473)
ST: "What happened to your invaluable Nazgûl? Landed on another mountain?" (Sagan om de två tornen 62).
OT: "Two swift hours passed, and now the king sat upon his white horse ..." (The Lord of the Rings 834)
ST: "Two swift steeds passed by and then the king himself sat in the saddle upon his white horse ..." (Sagan om konungens återkomst 86)
OT: "... the last strongholds of the mighty woods of the Elder Days, in which the Firstborn roamed while Men still slept." (The Lord of the Rings 463).
ST: "... the very last bastions of the mighty woodland reaches of the Elder Days, where the Firstborn One mooed while the race of Men were still asleep" (Sagan om de två tornen 51).
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In more seriousness, the guy didn't like LOTR, wasn't half as good at English as he thought he was, and was one of those people who absolutely refuse to accept criticism. TOLKIEN HIMSELF disapproved. Though we may hope he didn't get to the "mooed" part.