Or There and Back Again for a Dragonleather Jacket

Last night TorgoX asked me if Jarkko had first read the Lord of the Rings in Finnish or English. Last August Jarkko purchased a copy of LOTR for his sister and commented how the Finnish translation of Taru Sormusten Herrasta [ and available for 20€ at Akateeminen Kirjakauppa in Helsinki ] was far superior in some ways to the English as much care was taken by the translator to capture the essence of the story. Tolkien also studied Finnish at some point in his education before settling on English which may have helped the translator somewhat in communicating with Tolkien.

In my quest to find the Finnish edition online for TorgoX I happened to come across The Snobbit and Lord of the Legos which needs no translation at all for those who can't be bothered to read the rather lengthy tome. :)