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I saw this in the bookshop recently. I wasn't aware this was even a thing, but apparently it is.
You can now apparently buy The Hobbit ... in Latin. Hobbitus Ille, folks.
*blinks some* I wasn't quite sure what I was seeing until I picked it up, flicked through, and realised that yes, someone actually had translated the entirety of the Hobbit into Latin. And ... I'm slightly ashamed to say it, but among my first thoughts was "If you were a real Tolkien nerd, you'd have translated that shit into Sindarin." *grins sheepishly* I think Latin was actually the point, since I think the translator is aiming it at Latin students, it was just ... What a thing to randomly pass by in a shop, you know? *grins, shakes head*
The world is either awesome or very, very strange, sometimes. Or possibly both.
(Incidentally, is it actually possible to read Hamlet in the original Klingon, these days? Because if you can get the Hobbit in latin ...)
You can now apparently buy The Hobbit ... in Latin. Hobbitus Ille, folks.
*blinks some* I wasn't quite sure what I was seeing until I picked it up, flicked through, and realised that yes, someone actually had translated the entirety of the Hobbit into Latin. And ... I'm slightly ashamed to say it, but among my first thoughts was "If you were a real Tolkien nerd, you'd have translated that shit into Sindarin." *grins sheepishly* I think Latin was actually the point, since I think the translator is aiming it at Latin students, it was just ... What a thing to randomly pass by in a shop, you know? *grins, shakes head*
The world is either awesome or very, very strange, sometimes. Or possibly both.
(Incidentally, is it actually possible to read Hamlet in the original Klingon, these days? Because if you can get the Hobbit in latin ...)