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Re: Jackson's "Elvish"

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 8, 2002, 1:01
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Sally Caves wrote:

> Caves here. > > Okay, so now that I'm back for a while on > CONLANG (sorry for my long absence), > I have a question that I'm sure has already > been thrashed on several threads so forgive > me (too lazy and beleagered by duties to > check through the archives): but what news > was anyone able to get about the work that > went into recreating the Elvish for _Lord of > the Rings_? As far as I could tell, there has > been no attributions given to the linguists, in > either the credits or in the Official Film Guide, > or the Making, or anything. > > Could any Quenya expert make out the > chanting? The words spoken--briefly--by > Arwen and Aragorn? Does anyone have > the score on CD? > > Who has seen it multiple times? <G>
Raises hand. Okay, the elvish translation was done by David Salo, an acquaintance of mine (wooo, my brush with celebrity). He's a fairly shy fellow, though, and doesn't seem to care for acclaim. I asked him to send something to the conlang list, and he said he would, but I've not seen it.