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Crazy cossack
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Posted Saturday 20th October 2012 (10:26pm)
Hi everybody. I am a huge fan of some Russian JRRT fics. I think it's disaster that international Tolkien society is not acquainted with them. If I translate some of them (with permission of authors, of course) and post here, will it be proper? What would yoy say? Thanks.
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Wenlesael Isil
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Posted Sunday 21st October 2012 (11:57am)

Hi! Sounds great.....as long as the council is okay with it of course. But I would look forward to reading them.

 

Wen

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Crazy cossack
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Posted Monday 22nd October 2012 (07:59am)

Er... The Council will share opinions here?

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Brego
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Posted Monday 22nd October 2012 (08:30am)
I read the "fan fiction" version of a English translated LOTR which was written from Saurons point of view. Cant remember what it was called but it wasnt very good. Could have been lost in translation tho.
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Crazy cossack
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Posted Monday 22nd October 2012 (08:42am)

This one?

http://lesswrong.com/lw/4sr/rationalist_lord_of_the_rings_fanfiction_newly/

I haven't red the translation, since I dislike the work itself. But I will, just to evaluate the quality of translation.

Here, there is an afterword from the author:

http://ymarkov.livejournal.com/273409.html

I just wonder what to do - translate humorous fic "Some orc's diary' by Farit Akhmedzhanov, or to write a review on the most prominent Russian fics? What would be more interesting?

 

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Brego
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Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2012 (06:52am)
Humour is the most dificult theme to translate even between English speaking countries. Us and British humour is very different and Australia and New Zealand different again.
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Crazy cossack
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Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2012 (08:22am)

That's why I contemplate particularly on the 'Orc's diary' - the humor there is situational, not language humor. There are much funnier fics, like Svirmarillion by late Alexey Sviridov, but they are hopelessly intranslatable.

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Arwen undómiel
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Posted Friday 26th October 2012 (01:21pm)

I think it's ok. As long as you talk to the author about it. And when you have written something you always mention the original author. Because we don't want problems with copyright, even if it's only about Fan Fiction. Wink Smilie

Maybe you can post them as journal entries?!

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Crazy cossack
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Posted Friday 26th October 2012 (02:52pm)

As soon as I master the journal Smile Smilie

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