I don't suppose any of my Tolksoc member friends happen to know of an English translation of the lyrics of Finrod's Song by Temple?
I saw it linked by
hhimring, and I really like it*, slightly dodgy 2001 special effects, and dubious sound notwithstanding, but my Russian is non-existent (although this does mean I can make it seem more authentic by pretending they are all singing in Quenya).
It occurred to me that, in the vein ofsally_maria's icon where the Tolkien society has no sleep and needs no sleep, if such a translation exists and is out there somewhere, they probably know about it. :-D
*My Feanorian roleplaying character disapproves of it, although I think even he is a bit amused by the portrayal of sulky enormous Thingol in his flowery wreath.
I saw it linked by
hhimring, and I really like it*, slightly dodgy 2001 special effects, and dubious sound notwithstanding, but my Russian is non-existent (although this does mean I can make it seem more authentic by pretending they are all singing in Quenya).It occurred to me that, in the vein of
sally_maria's icon where the Tolkien society has no sleep and needs no sleep, if such a translation exists and is out there somewhere, they probably know about it. :-D*My Feanorian roleplaying character disapproves of it, although I think even he is a bit amused by the portrayal of sulky enormous Thingol in his flowery wreath.
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The Russian fan I know best is getting married on Saturday, so probably not the best time to ask, but I'll ask around. :-)
If no such item exists, I intended to eventually try and locate the script and/or lyrics in the original Russian* and read it via google translate. This would not be the first time I've done this. *is possibly slightly mad*
*Eventually. Grad school is currently leaving little time for any other sort of existence.
(And, to be fair, Google translate has helped me immensely with Russian, as it is able to: guess how Roman characters might transliterate to Cyrillic ones; say words aloud; and offer different alternative translations for the same word/phrase.)
I agree, you can often get a long way with Google translate if you are prepared to think around it. I expect you'll it more easily than me since you have more of the language.