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beezneez · 3962 days ago · link · · parent · post: Read an Excerpt of J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1926 Translation of Beowulf Before It’s Finally Published Next Month

Coincidentally, I am reading Thomas Meyer's modern translation at this very moment. These two may be of similar caliber.

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Pribnow · 3962 days ago · link ·

A bit off topic, but I hadn't heard of Punctum Books until now and I really like their publishing model. And based on the excerpt below, I'm really going to enjoy reading Meyer's translation.

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beezneez · 3962 days ago · link ·

Here's an excerpt:

The eyes of Hygelac’s kin watched the wicked raider

execute his quick attack:

without delay,

snatching his first chance,

a sleeping warrior,

he tore him in two,

chomped muscle, sucked veins’

gushing blood,

gulped down his morsel, the dead man,

chunk by chunk,

hands, feet & all.

& then

footstephandclawfiendreachmanbedquicktrick

beastarmpainclampnewnotknownheartrunflesho

feargetawaygonowrunrun

never before had

sinherd feared anything so.

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user-inactivated · 3962 days ago · link ·

I absolutely cannot wait to compare Tolkien's translation to the two or three most prominent existing. Actually someone will probably do it for me.

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beezneez · 3962 days ago · link ·

Well, cheers to the future student!

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user-inactivated · 3962 days ago · link ·

In all seriousness, various specialized linguistics students approaching their dissertations are probably frothing.