Signum Symposia

Signum Symposia


Mythmoot V: 05 - JRR Tolkien's Guidelines for Translation and Sir Orfeo

July 25, 2018

A translator is not free: J. R. R. Tolkien’s Guidelines for Translation and Their Application in Sir
Orfeo

Curtis Weyant

While bemoaning his struggles with translating the Middle English poem “Pearl,” Tolkien declared to his aunt, Jane Neave, that