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TCG Letter #1797


From
RAI
To
Edizione Astrolabio
Date
7 August 1968
Type
Typed Letter Signed
Transcript
Partial
A short note giving details of a radio slot to publicise the Lord of the Rings which included an attachment with the review as read on radio. This review was a short piece on the first book.

Valerio, acting as translator for us with all of the Italian letter, notes that "in the first italian edition of the Fellowship of the Ring, elves has been translated has “Gnomi” (Gnomes). This translation was kept until 1974 when it became “Elfi” (Elves)."
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We note our thanks to Valerio for visiting the exhibition and supplying us with details of this letter.


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