Guinevere, you asked me to post my lost reply again. Here it is.
My mother tongue is Dutch and therefore I read LotR in that language the first time. It was, in my eyes, an excellent book, yet when I was old enough to read and understand LotR in English it seemed to be even better. The story has some phrases in which only Tolkien knew what it's full intention was. Therefore LotR is better in it's original language, for the translator seems to have thought otherwise than him. Dutch is good, but English is even better [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Hoping this one to be read...
greetings,
lathspell
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'You?' cried Frodo.
'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'
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