The end of Berger's work is a call to awareness as well, a call to European youth to realize the depth of their own mythology. So many people - young and old alike - love Tolkien's work, but many (most?) are unaware of just how broad and deep the well of European mythology is. It is this deep well, spanning the Germanic, the Roman, the Finnish, the Celtic, and others, from which Tolkien drew his inspiration.
On a separate note, this work was perhaps the most fun of any translation project I've ever done. It involved both challenging snippets from several languages (not just French) and it involved some interesting research into Tolkien's work and private letters.
The end of Berger's work is a call to awareness as well, a call to European youth to realize the depth of their own mythology. So many people - young and old alike - love Tolkien's work, but many (most?) are unaware of just how broad and deep the well of European mythology is. It is this deep well, spanning the Germanic, the Roman, the Finnish, the Celtic, and others, from which Tolkien drew his inspiration.
On a separate note, this work was perhaps the most fun of any translation project I've ever done. It involved both challenging snippets from several languages (not just French) and it involved some interesting research into Tolkien's work and private letters.