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The White CouncilRe: Tolkien's sourcesTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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The White CouncilRe: Tolkien's sourcesTolkien and Inklings Discussion |
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Posted by Thentaran on April 27, 2000 at 16:45:13 In Reply to: Re: Tolkien's sources posted by Michael Martinez on April 27, 2000 at 16:23:00:
: He does speak of them as if they still exist, and that would seem to imply a first-hand knowledge of them. : : As to translating, I offer the following based on Tolkien : : recieving the books from hobbits. : : It is possible that some translations had already been done by : : later hobbits prior to Tolkien recieving the books. Over the : : passage of time, hobbits probably continued to speak and write : : in the language most common to their location, perhaps some : : later hobbit had translated parts of the books into Old : : English, Welsh or another language that Tolkien already knew. : : Bilbo's translations of elvish would, of course, have been in : : the Red Book. This would make Tolkien's task of translating : : much easier than starting from scratch. : Actually, I think if we are to suppose the hobbits gave the Red Book to Tolkien, then why not assume that they taught him the languages as well? He had a great gift (and love for) language and he learned many of them to one degree or another. Has anyone ever seen a hobbit? I don't think I have. I've seen dwarves although not the ones Tolkiens talking aobut.
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