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10-28-2002, 06:41 PM | #1 |
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I read somewhere in Unfinished Tales that orthanc has the same translation in the language of Rohan and in Anglo-Saxon. Is that just a coincidence or did Tolkien use A-S to represent Rohan's speech?
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10-28-2002, 07:53 PM | #2 |
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"Orthanc" was a Sindarin construction, and it was indeed a coincedence that it has meaning in Old English. Old English is, however, the language Tolkien used to represent Rohirric. He did this because the Rohirrim spoke an archaic dialect of Westron, which is represented throughout the book in modern English, for obvious reasons.
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err... I didnt understand any of that sorry could you dumb it down a bit please zavron |
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All westron in LOTR is translated into English. All languages derived from or related to westron is translated into languages related to English to reflect the original's relation to westron.
So: Rohirric=Old English Dale=Norselike The various archaic english words in the shire reflect archaic westron still in use. Even the names reflect this so all English names reflect the real westron names. I.e Merry in Westron=Kali Frodo=Maura etc.
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I suppose that makes orthanc the only actual rhorric word in LOTR. Interesting.
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