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IMG_0033.JPGSo, I saw The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies with Traditional Chinese subtitles. The translation of some of the dwarves’ names would have horrified Tolkien.

Balin became Ba Lin (巴林) and
Thorin became Suo Lin (索林). “Lin” means forest. No self-respecting, cave-loving, forest-hating dwarf would approve of that.

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