: Re: Who translates made-up words from popular fiction into other languages? When an author produces a popular fictional work (take Harry Potter) that's translated into many languages not native to

Who cares, and why would they? I suggest Tolkien's guide posed no problem whatever for any translator.

All names have meaning in their original languages and that meaning might be ignored, copied or translated into any or every other language.

As an obvious instance English Linda is a direct copy from Spanish, where it means lovely. In India, whatever their native language, some women are given exactly that Lovely as their first name, and why not?

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