Kurš tulkojums?, Kurš vārdu latviskojums veiksmīgākais? Opcijas

[Vēja dvēsele]

GP tulkotājam daudzviet tiešām jākaunas par savu tulkojumu un diezgan dīvainajiem īpašvārdu latviskojumiem (Baggins - Tuntaks, Shire - Daliena utt.) Tādu ir bez skaita. Bet ir arī daži tīri patīkami.
Piemēram, es nezinu, kāda velna pēc vispār jātulko "Bree", bet man vārds "Virpils" liekas piemērots un diezgan labi patīk. Normāli šķiet arī "Vējlauzis". Ir vēl daži tādi.
Kā jums?
Ceru, ka nav vēl šāds pavediens bijis...

Šo rakstu rediģēja undomiel: 16.10.2005 20:34

[Roviela]

Scatha. This is Old English ('injurer, enemy, robber') and so is from the language of Rohan and should be left unchanged.
Skasa

Shadowfax. This is an anglicized form of Rohan (that is Old English) Sceadu faex 'having shadow grey mane (and coat)'. It does not actually occur in Old English. Since it is not Common Speech, it may be retained, though better so in a simplified form of the Rohan name: Scadufax. But since in the text this name has been assimilated to modern English (= Common Speech), it would be satisfactory to do the same in a Germanic language of translation, using related elements. Fax 'hair' is now obsolete in English, except in the name Fairfax (no longer understood). It was used in Old High German (faks) and Middle High German (vahs, vachs), but is, I believe, also now obsolete; but it could be revived in this name, as it is in the English text: for example Schattenvachs? Fax (faks) is still in use in Iceland and Norway for 'mane'; but 'shadow' has no exact equivalents in Scandinavian languages. The Dutch version has Schaduwschicht (shadowflash), the Swedish Skuggfaxe.
Kāvuguns, Blāzma, Rītablāzma, Krēslaskāvs

Sharkey. This is supposed to be a nickname modified to fit the Common Speech (in the English text anglicized), based on orkish sharkû 'old man'. The word should therefore be kept with modification of spelling to fit the language of translation; alteration of the diminutive and quasi affectionate ending ey to fit that language would also be in place.

Shelob. Though it sounds (I think) a suitable name for the Spider, in some foreign (orkish) tongue, it is actually composed of She and lob (a dialectal English word meaning 'spider'; see Bilbo's song in chapter VIII of The Hobbit). The Dutch version retains Shelob, but the Swedish has the rather feeble Honmonstret.
Šeloba