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Post by Nolofinwë Oronrá on Oct 16, 2004 0:33:56 GMT 10
I have a question, i'm reading now The fellowship of the Ring, but what book (from lotr) is the most easy way to read it??? And what is the best language, Dutch (that i'am) or English? I hope on your answer  |
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Oct 31, 2004 13:47:22 GMT 10
to be honest, since Tolkien was himself English, it might be best to read it in that language, and don't worry too much about your grammar, i'm taking french and I do so much of Franglais which is basically mixing french words with english grammar, or vice versa, i can understand how it is to have to post in a different language. or do you post in dutch, and the computer just does that? AS for your first question, I'm not sure I understand.
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Post by Fiwen Brandybuck on Nov 20, 2004 5:04:39 GMT 10
I can remember doing something like that when i was studying both French and German, and although I am taking French I can still remember German colours better.
I think that it is always best to read the books in their original language, as some magic is always lost in translation, but don't worry if you don't want to. Personally I think the fellowship is easiest to read, as although some people say it it not as exciting, I disagree.
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Dec 9, 2004 11:42:44 GMT 10
Ooo, German. I hated trying to learn that. Such a mouthful. Yes, it does lose a bit of the magic. Like with harry potter, instead of translating Dumbledore as bumble bee, they translated it as silent, or dumb.
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Post by nina on Dec 29, 2004 6:34:20 GMT 10
I'm Danish and of course i've read the books in Danish, but also in English, and the english version was the hardest to read, because there was alot of words that was "old" if you could say that, and i didn't understand them before i read the words a few times because we don't exactly learn the "old" words in my english classes..
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Post by Nolofinwë Oronrá on Feb 23, 2005 0:16:13 GMT 10
Yay, I'm back (For maybe once a week ).... and I've read The Hobbit too, I like that Book, very much and The Hobbit is in my opinion one of the most interesting and most beautiful Books, but I like the Fellowship of the Rings better... |
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Post by Giliathriel Alquasilme on Feb 23, 2005 11:28:26 GMT 10
I agree, Fellowship really is the best.
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Post by Morgoth on Mar 4, 2005 7:32:27 GMT 10
You're all flinging around "best" as if it was a fact. In my opinion, The Hobbit is the "best." Without it, we wouldn't know half of what we do about hobbits, trolls, smaug, and Gandalf and the dwarves. It is the first step of a large building, without it, nothing would be the same. I also found it easier to read than the LotR books, because it was less confusing in general. The other books do have their own beauty to them, but I enjoyed The Hobbit more than the others. There were less setting changes, and less characters one had to keep straight, which is why it makes a great introduction to the LotR books...
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Post by RunyadStouty on Apr 24, 2005 15:29:36 GMT 10
The Hobbits the easiest
FOTR,TTT, ROTK are a little bit more difficult, but all a good read
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Post by Morgoth on Apr 25, 2005 0:42:02 GMT 10
Agreed. Now, the most difficult LotR book I've read was The Silmarillion. Not only did it take quite some time for me to finish it, all the place names, people names, everything all got jumbled up in my head... I'm still sticking with The Hobbit.
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Post by RunyadStouty on Apr 25, 2005 10:51:15 GMT 10
Morgoth-I am still attemping the Sil, its the hardest book I have ever tried to read before. People are telling me its worth it, the story is great, but I cannot help but be bored at this point. Agreed that the hobbit is great
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Post by Morgoth on Apr 26, 2005 7:55:48 GMT 10
I guess, in some ways, The Sil is great. It's just go sooo many different things, it's rather difficult to enjoy, if you're someone like me. It's like when you have a piece of music, and it's got a million moving parts, and the base part is drowned out by all the flute trilling and trumpets and stuff... yech. Not that Tolkien writes "yech," but it's just quite alot to read... I read it, not because I liked it, but because I was obssessed with LotR, and that's what any other LotR freak would do...
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Post by RunyadStouty on Apr 26, 2005 12:43:31 GMT 10
Well, I think thats why most people read the Sil, actually. So I guess I am in the same boat
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Post by Morgoth on Apr 27, 2005 12:55:04 GMT 10
I guess it wasn't that bad though, thinking about it later, perhaps literature like that should be more commonplace. I mean, what with our millions of RL Stein books, those with no meaning at all, at least LotR and the Silmarillion have a point, they help define and expand Middle Earth in the reader's mind...
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Post by RunyadStouty on Apr 29, 2005 4:58:26 GMT 10
I heard that the first couple chapters are the hardest to get through but after that its more interesting
The names are most confusing to me
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