Translation mistakes - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Ophelia · 09-07-2003, 10:55 AM

A-a-allllrighty then.... I just can not stop freakin' out about the translation in me native language . Firstly they have "translated" all surnames and some of the names too . Secondly they have translated all "C"'s as "S"'s allthough in the map there is Cirith Ungol [kirith ungol] but in the book it is Sirithungol with no space between words . The same space problems are with all the names in the map like Emyn Muil and Minas Tirith . And they have "translated" some of the names on the map too , like Shire is Daliena (no similarities) and Brandywine is Brandaviņa (stupid huh?) and so on and so on . Oah and the Rohirrim are called Mustangrīmi [Mustungreems] . I feel really dissed about this . It is just awfull to read and I can not orient in the map . Thank goodness that I have read LotR in English . [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]

09-07-2003, 10:55 AM	#11
Ophelia Wight Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: somewhere between the sacred , silence and sweet . Posts: 169	A-a-allllrighty then.... I just can not stop freakin' out about the translation in me native language . Firstly they have "translated" all surnames and some of the names too . Secondly they have translated all "C"'s as "S"'s allthough in the map there is Cirith Ungol [kirith ungol] but in the book it is Sirithungol with no space between words . The same space problems are with all the names in the map like Emyn Muil and Minas Tirith . And they have "translated" some of the names on the map too , like Shire is Daliena (no similarities) and Brandywine is Brandaviņa (stupid huh?) and so on and so on . Oah and the Rohirrim are called Mustangrīmi [Mustungreems] . I feel really dissed about this . It is just awfull to read and I can not orient in the map . Thank goodness that I have read LotR in English . [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img] __________________ I didn't lose my mind . It was mine to give away .