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If you are translating the language of another world, then you have to ask yourself what sorts of phrases, metaphors, and idiom these characters would have used in their own native language, as well as what kind of epistemology, ideology, and mood these characters would possess. The translator's work is extremely difficult and complex. You can't avoid these questions just because by using the "Tolkien defense."

I recommend Robin Hobb at the end of this video (calling her the perfect balance between Elfland and Poughkeepsie, which she is, absolutely, without a doubt) but I could have named a few other authors, among them Patrick Rothfuss, the graphic novels of Jodorowski, maybe Steven Erikson, and definitely Le Guin herself. I'm somewhat astounded how few fantasy nerds have actually read the Earthsea series. Do yourself a favour and do so!

As for the "extreme" end of Elfland, there is the Codex Seraphinianus which is (as Borges once imagined) an encyclopedia from another world, even WRITTEN IN THE LANGUAGE of that other world (thus being entirely indecipherable). But I would say that James Joyce's Finnegans Wake goes pretty much as far as a work of elaborate, extreme, non-Earth fantasy can go. In a sense, it is the ultimate work of fantasy: a dream, written in a scintillating, multi-faced, and otherworldly tongue.

CORRECTION: The word "crap" originates from Middle English and has roots in Old French and Medieval Latin. It originally referred to "chaff" or "waste," and later broadened to include other forms of discarded matter and eventually excrement. While a popular misconception links the word to Thomas Crapper, a 19th-century plumber, this is false, though his name may have helped popularize the word's use in relation to toilets. --

CHAPTERS:

0:00 One

0:42 Time and Space

1:56 The Tolkien Defense

4:32 Earthly Specificity

8:09 The Gray Area

13:26 The Craft of Writing

17:00 The Elfland Accent

21:43 Pegasus Without Wings

24:03 Style

31:13 Voice

36:33 Humor

38:08 Clarity

41:40 Anti-style?

43:47 Creation

45:55 The Middle Ground

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