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'''Arden Ray Smith''' ([[January 4]], [[1966]]) is a member of the [[Elvish Linguistic Fellowship]], and a columnist and editor of [[Vinyar Tengwar]]. He writes the popular column "Transitions in Translations", in which odd elements in translations of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s work are described and commented upon. He has a large collection of translated versions.  
'''Arden Ray Smith''' is a member of the [[Elvish Linguistic Fellowship]] and holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics from the [[Wikipedia:University of California, Berkeley|University of Californa, Berkeley]]. He has published numerous articles relating to the invented languages of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. He was a columnist and editor of ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'', for which he wrote the popular column "Transitions in Translations", in which odd elements in translations of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s work were described and commented upon.<ref>[[SEVEN 17|''SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review'', Vol.17]], "Concerning the Contributors"</ref>


==Publications==
==Bibliography==
* ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'', various issues
* ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]''
* ''Translating Tolkien: Philological Elements in "The Lord of the Rings" (review)'', a review of Allan Turner's book, in ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 3]]''.
** "Transitions in Translations" column (various issues)
* ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]'', contributor.
*[[1989]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 8]]''
* ''[[Other Hands 31/32]]'', linguistic contribution
** "23 and 31: Problematic Numbers in Elvish"
*[[1992]]: ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 25]]''
** "The Subscript Dot: A New ''Tehta'' Usage"
*[[1993]]: ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 29]]''
** "The Tengwar Versions of the King's Letter"
*[[1995]]: ''[[Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference]]''
**"A Mythology for England" (with [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
*[[1995]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 11]]
**"The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue" ([[J.R.R. Tolkien]], edited with [[Christopher Gilson]], [[Patrick H. Wynne]], and [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
*[[1995]]:  ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 37]]''
**"The Túrin Prose Fragments: An Analysis of a Rúmilian Document"
*[[1997]]: ''[[Hands of the Healer|Hands of the Healer]]''
**(linguistic contribution)
*[[1998]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 12]]
**"Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with [[Christopher Gilson]], [[Patrick H. Wynne]], and [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
*[[2000]]: [[SEVEN 17|''SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review'', Vol.17]]
**"Tolkien and Esperanto" (with [[Patrick H. Wynne]])
*[[2000]]: ''[[Tolkien's Legendarium]]''
**"Certhas, Skirditaila, Futhark: A Feigned History of Runic Origins"
*[[2001]]: ''[[Other Hands 31/32]]''
**(linguistic contribution)
*[[2001]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 13]]''
**"The Alphabet of Rúmil" (editor)
*[[2002]]: ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 43]]''
** "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya (Part One)" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with [[Patrick H. Wynne]] and [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
*[[2002]]: ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 44]]''
** "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya (Part Two)" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with [[Patrick H. Wynne]] and [[Carl F. Hostetter]])
** "''Alcar mi Tarmenel na Erun'': The ''Gloria in Excelsis Deo'' in Quenya (editor)
* [[2003]]: ''[[Tolkien in Translation]]''
** "The Treatment of Names in Esperanto Translations of Tolkien's Works"
*[[2003]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 14]]''
** "The Valmaric Script" (editor)
*[[2004]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 15]]''
** "English-Qenya Dictionary" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with [[Christopher Gilson]])
** "Addendum to ''The Alphabet of Rúmil'' and ''The Valmaric Script'' (editor)
** "Early Runic Documents" (editor)
*[[2004]]: ''[[Vinyar Tengwar 46]]''
** "Appendix III: The ''Tengwar'' in the ''Etymologies''"
*[[2006]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 3]]''
** "Translating Tolkien: Philological Elements in 'The Lord of the Rings' (review)", a review of Allan Turner's book
*[[2006]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment]]''
** (various entries)
* [[2006]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder]]''
** "Tolkienian [[Gothic]]"
*[[2006]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 16]]''
** "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 1" (editor)
*[[2009]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 18]]''
** "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2" (editor)
* [[2011]]: ''[[From Elvish to Klingon]]''
** "Confounding Babel: International Auxiliary Languages"
* [[2012]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 20]]''
** "The Qenya Alphabet" (editor)
* [[2013]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 21]]''
** "Qenya Noun Structure" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with [[Christopher Gilson]] and [[Patrick H. Wynne]])
* [[2014]]: [[A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien]]
** "Invented Languages and Writing Systems"
* [[2015]]: ''[[Parma Eldalamberon 22]]''
** "The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 1" (editor)
** "Quenya Spelling" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with [[Christopher Gilson]])
*[[2017]]: ''[[Tolkien Studies: Volume 14]]''
**"A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (review)", a review of Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins' [[A Secret Vice (book)|book]]
*[[2017]]: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien the Esperantist: Before the Arrival of Bilbo Baggins]]''


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Revision as of 16:35, 14 July 2017

Arden Ray Smith is a member of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship and holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics from the University of Californa, Berkeley. He has published numerous articles relating to the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was a columnist and editor of Vinyar Tengwar, for which he wrote the popular column "Transitions in Translations", in which odd elements in translations of Tolkien's work were described and commented upon.[1]

Bibliography

References

  1. SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Vol.17, "Concerning the Contributors"