Comments for TCG News http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress Tolkien Collector's Guide Collecting News Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:34:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 Comment on Oxonmoot by Urulókë http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/147#comment-1577 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:05:28 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/147#comment-1577 I wish I could! I wish I could!

]]> Comment on Oxonmoot by wellinghall http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/147#comment-1576 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:44:13 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/147#comment-1576 Me! Me!

]]> Comment on Oxonmoot by Trotter http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/147#comment-1575 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:35:25 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/147#comment-1575 I'm attending this year, who else from the guide is attending? Andrew I'm attending this year, who else from the guide is attending?

Andrew

]]> Comment on Peter Jackson has agreed to direct The Hobbit! by wellinghall http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/135#comment-1574 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:35:59 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/135#comment-1574 I would be the first to accept that, just because something has appeared in the news media, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is definitely going to happen. On the other hand, TORn doesn't have a complete monopoly on Tolkien news. - wellinghall I would be the first to accept that, just because something has appeared in the news media, it doesn't necessarily mean that it is definitely going to happen. On the other hand, TORn doesn't have a complete monopoly on Tolkien news.

- wellinghall

]]> Comment on First public appearance of rare Original 1911 Tolkien artwork by wellinghall http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/136#comment-1573 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:32:40 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/136#comment-1573 I saw a print of this at the TS seminar on Saturday - it is a delightful little drawing. - wellinghall I saw a print of this at the TS seminar on Saturday - it is a delightful little drawing.

- wellinghall

]]> Comment on Peter Jackson has agreed to direct The Hobbit! by Morgan http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/135#comment-1572 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:22:33 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/135#comment-1572 But this is only a rumour, right? Checked at theonering.net, which usually are first with the movie-related news, and they didn't have anything yet on this story. But this is only a rumour, right? Checked at theonering.net, which usually are first with the movie-related news, and they didn't have anything yet on this story.

]]> Comment on Upcoming Tolkien book auctions by Urulókë http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/114#comment-1571 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 23:56:03 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/114#comment-1571 I added the direct links to each auction item now. The main link goes to the homepage of each auction house, where you can use the search box to find the tolkien lots as well. Good luck! I added the direct links to each auction item now. The main link goes to the homepage of each auction house, where you can use the search box to find the tolkien lots as well. Good luck!

]]> Comment on There and Back Again: The Hobbit at The Bodleian Library by wellinghall http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/109#comment-1570 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:22:38 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/109#comment-1570 Another report here - http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/100301_1.html - wellinghall Another report here -

http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2010/100301_1.html

- wellinghall

]]> Comment on There and Back Again: The Hobbit at The Bodleian Library by Urulókë http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/109#comment-1569 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:50:50 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/109#comment-1569 This sounds really cool! Now to convince my company that I really need to be in the UK on Thursday... This sounds really cool! Now to convince my company that I really need to be in the UK on Thursday...

]]> Comment on Translate TolkienGuide now available by Urulókë http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/106#comment-1568 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:49:52 +0000 http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/wordpress/archives/106#comment-1568 Agreed, I think this is mostly useful for getting a general sense, or perhaps a few words in a different language. Full sentences still seem a bit beyond the tool's capability, and probably will remain so. The best translation tool is native speakers doing the work - for example, how Facebook and wikipedia do it with volunteers. I don't think TCG has enough static content for this to be a useful approach yet, though. Agreed, I think this is mostly useful for getting a general sense, or perhaps a few words in a different language. Full sentences still seem a bit beyond the tool's capability, and probably will remain so.

The best translation tool is native speakers doing the work - for example, how Facebook and wikipedia do it with volunteers. I don't think TCG has enough static content for this to be a useful approach yet, though.

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