Tolkien made that clear in the source material.

托尔金在原著中明确说了这一点。

But in Tolkien's Middle-earth, there are other forces at play.

但托尔金笔下的中洲还有别的势力在起作用。

I struggled with Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings—three long books, and I gave up after one.

看托尔金的《魔戒》我看的很挣扎，三本大部头，看了一部之后就放弃了。

Let me start by just reminding you of the way that Tolkien tells this particular piece of the story.

我们先来看看在这个地方托尔金的故事是如何进展的。

It's safe to assume that " the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien's pen" is the Dark Lord Sauron.

我们可以肯定托尔金笔下最大的反派是黑暗魔王索伦。

The Tolkien Trust countersued for copyright infringement.

托尔金信托基金会以侵犯版权为由反诉。

Tolkien was an English World War One veteran.

托尔金是英国的第一次世界大战老兵。

Tolkien was, by temperament, a very different man from Lewis.

【temperament】从性情来说，托尔金和刘易斯是完全不同的人。

We wanted to show that our land, like Tolkien's Middle-earth, must be saved and protected.

我们想表明我们的土地， 就像托尔金的中土世界一样， 必须得到拯救和保护。

06 Grabowski: I like leaving ring bearers to Tolkien.

08: 06 Grabowski：我喜欢把戒指的持有者留给托尔金。

Since teenager wasn't really popularized until the late 1950s, Tolkien was probably just shortening" between" , or combining it with " twenties."

由于“teenager”一词直到20世纪50年代末才真正流行起来，托尔金可能只是把“between”这个词缩短了，或这是将其与“twenties”结合起来了。

But then I came across Tolkien's fantasy trilogy, " The Lord of the Rings, " and I fell in love.

但后来我遇到了托尔金的奇幻三部曲“指环王”，我坠入爱河。

On top of that, he was able to use the specific qualities of cinema to not only adapt, but also expand on Tolkien's mythology.

他还运用了电影的某些特质，既对托尔金的神话作了改编，还作了扩展。

To me, these are the elements that have since become inseparable from Tolkien's work, and perhaps even vital to understanding it in its fullness.

对我而言，这些元素已不可从托尔金作品剥离，甚至对全面理解作品至关重要。

And although they only show themselves implicitly, they play a vital role in the fate of Middle-earth, and might even form the very essence of Tolkien's mythology.

虽然这些势力不直接出现，但对中洲的命运却极其关键，甚至塑造了托尔金神话的精髓。

But before we continue his character arc I think it's useful to consider that of Eowyn, who perhaps best exemplifies Tolkien's sanctification of the pagans' noble virtues.

讨论他的角色弧线前，我认为值得先思考伊奥温的弧线，她也许最能体现托尔金对异教美德的圣化。

Although Tolkien valued the will to fight, and the courage to sacrifice oneself; he did not believe in achieving glory through great deeds of violence or death in battle.

虽然托尔金赞扬战斗意志及牺牲自我的勇气，但他并不认可借战场上的暴行和死亡以获取光荣。

It does suggest that Tolkien was making a point that transcends gender, especially considering that Faramir and Eowyn go on to live a life that is not unlike his dearest characters.

这暗示着托尔金在表达一个无关性别的观点，特别是法拉米尔和伊奥温之后的生活跟他着墨最多的角色并不一样。

Earlier this year, a fanfic writer sued the Tolkien Estate and Amazon Studios for $250 million, alleging they'd ripped off his storyline for The Lord of the Rings prequel.

今年早些时候， 一位同人作家起诉托尔金庄园和亚马逊工作室， 索赔 2.5 亿美元，指控他们抄袭了他的《指环王》前传故事情节。

Yet, it is in this struggle with mortality that Tolkien, very much like the poet who wrote Beowulf, finds the pagans' most noble virtues: courage and raw will.

但正是在与毁灭的斗争中 托尔金像撰写《贝奥武夫》的诗人一样找到了异教最高贵的品质——勇气与朴素的意志。