Wolfgang Krege

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'''Wolfgang Krege''' ([[February 1]], [[1939]]- [[April 13]], [[2005]]) was a german author and translator. In the sixties, he studied philosophy at the university in Berlin. Since [[1970]] he works as an editor and subeditor, but as a translator, too. The first work, he translated, written by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]], was [[The Silmarillion]] (as ''Das Silmarillion'' [[1978]]), this translation was a great success for him. His next "project" was the new translation of [[The Hobbit]], which was first translated years before by [[Walter Scherf]] (as ''Kleiner Hobbit und der große Zauberer'' [[1957]] later as ''Der kleine Hobbit'' [[1971]]). The modernized translation was published [[1997]]. With his knowledge about J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, he writes the encyclopaedia ''Handbuch der Weisen von Mittelerde'' (Guide of the wise men of Middle-earth) in [[1996]] and an elvish-dictionary in [[2003]]. Beside his translations of Tolkien's works, he was the translator of books by authors like Anthony Burgess, E. Annie Proulx, Amélie Nothomb, Joseph Conrad, William Goldman and many others.

In [[2000]] his most discussed translation was published, a new german rendering of [[The Lord of the Rings]]. Krege tries there to render the original language style into german equivalents. Actually he accomplish, that the translated text seems more vivid. But a mistake of him was, that he used, to render the everday language of, for example the [[Hobbits]], the too modern german language style of the early nineties. Because of this, the archaic narrative style of the original otftenly get lost. A popular example for one of this mistranslations is Krege's rendering of [[Samwise Gamgee]]'s title he gives to [[Frodo Baggins]], in the english version this title is "master", for this, the old translation has "Herr" (lord/master), but the new translation has "Chef" (boss/head). The word "Chef", seems not the perfect choice for the relationship of a rural gardner to his lordship. Most of the fans prefer the first translation by [[Margaret Carroux]], but there are a lot of others, who like Wolfgang Krege's modern rendering.

===Translations and Works===

* [[The Silmarillion]] (as ''Das Silmarillion'' [[1978]])
* [[Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]] (as ''J.R.R. Tolkien: Briefe'' [[1991]])
* ''Handbuch der Weisen von Mittelerde'' (Middle-earth guide) (author) [[1996]]
* [[The Hobbit]] (as ''Der Hobbit'' [[1997]])
* [[The Lord of the Rings]] (as ''Der Herr der Ringe'' with completed [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] [[2000]])
* [[J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century]] (as ''J.R.R.Tolkien: Autor des Jahrhunderts'' [[2002]])
* ''Elbisches Wörterbuch'' (elvish-dictionary) (author) [[2003]]

==Links==

* [http://ardapedia.herr-der-ringe-film.de/index.php/Wolfgang_Krege Ardapedia] (German)

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