Hey, I'm thinking of translating The Hobbit in Sindarin It originally was written by Bilbo in Westron, but since Westron is such an obscure language that's been almost entirely transformed into english by Tolkien, I think that Sindarin is pretty much my only alternative with Quenya (but quenya is a bit unnecessary for such a book) You could image that Bilbo, while he was staying in Rivendell told his story a good amount of times and it ended up being written down in Sindarin by someone else or himself.
I'd really like to own a book in Sindarin and think that it could probably interest a lot of people too even if they don't speak elvish, it'd be interesting just for the novelty of it
Tell me what you think of it!
(Pic related is the first parapraph of the book, except that it's not Sindarin but english written in Tengwar c': )
Probably but it's not like I really care, I do what I want
Liam Rogers
Then why did you come here asking for approval?
Joshua Nelson
I think it's a neat idea and if the book itself was beautiful, leather bound etc I'd possibly want it myself
Austin Bell
Add a cape and a cane to it, and I'd buy it
Blake Edwards
This idea is so autistic it sounds like something Tolkien himself would do. Godspeed, user
Carson Jackson
Not approval, opinions, if those can still be found
That's kinda why I want to make it, I'm a sucker for beautiful books and apart from the personal accomplishment there's probably a niche market a fans who would be interested
Christian Bennett
Great, now i needn't make a thread that will die with no answers...
Is there actually any source available to learn these? Did tolkien wrote any of the rules and vocabulary other than the lotr/silmarillion?
Landon Robinson
>Is there actually any source available to learn these? Did tolkien wrote any of the rules and vocabulary other than the lotr/silmarillion? drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9QDHej9UGAdcDhWVEllMzJBSEk should be some stuff in the conlang section
Sebastian Moore
Yes there is, kinda spread out but some people have made up lessons and dictionaries Tolkien wrote a lot of background stuff, and I mean A LOT Most of it is accessible and a lot of research was done, basically, Quenya and Sindarin can be learned Even though there's probably a few words and sayings that you'd have to invent or change based on the etimology if you want to do something like translate a book in it Look it up, you should find what you're looking for
Blake Robinson
Sounds like a cool idea. Have you only done the first paragraph, or have you gone beyond that? Also, what difficulties have you encountered? Translating is supposed to be extremely hard, and going from English to something that probably isn't as fleshed out as a "real" language would probably be immensely difficult, I imagine.
Brody Hughes
No I haven't gone far at all I'm just starting
The main difficulties are to be able to build the confidence to make up words which make sense etymologically, and also going from a language that is a bit less noble to a one which is more formal So some ways of speech will have to be changed too I think it might be doable though Won't be finished quickly, but with a bit of time it might just work out!
The hardest thing in translating is probably the fact that you have to change the language but still keep it as if the original author had written it, that might be the most tricky part
Owen Young
Are you NEET m9?
Joshua Morris
Nope, I'm actually a photography student with already too much work on my hands but hey, why not
Being NEET would help though, rolling around in all my glorious neetbucks in the basement
Jace Green
That would be awesome OP. You should write Christopher Tolkien when you're through. You may actually be able to receive monetary compensation for your heroic efforts, and, if not, I'll still consider you a hero.
As would Tolkien - this is precisely the sort of hardcore nerddom in which he would engage himself.
Grayson Ortiz
Once I'm finished with the first chapter (GOD knows when, I'm literally just starting) I think that I'd like to send him a letter, I respect and love him so much He's still working on his father's work a 92, a new book is being published this year, I mean fugg
I'll also probably drop it somewhere so people can see it
Hunter Robinson
people on here will dump a bunch of their negative shit on you but get this, if you actually did this and finished it you could totally publish it and people would buy it. godspeed OP
Alexander Lopez
I'd say this is a cool project but you sound like a total faggot.
Samuel Carter
>> I think I'm nice :( But sorry if you don't see me like that, we're on an image board and it's quite hard to juge people like that But hey, I did say I was a photography student and sometimes those are assholes, so that's something
Have a nice catte with fishe though, that's nice
Alexander Hernandez
Thank you so much for the kind words, it's really really motivating
Logan Phillips
You're welcome. You earned it.
>I'll also probably drop it somewhere so people can see it
