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The Hobbit translated into Yiddish

J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 novel The Hobbit has been translated into Romanized Yiddish.

Translated by Barry Goldstein and published by Evertype, the Yiddish Hobbit – Der Hobit, oder, Ahin un Vider Tsurik – is available to purchase on Amazon.co.uk. It is also available as both a hardback and paperback in North America.

The opening line in Yiddish:

In a lokh in der erd hot gevoynt a hobit. Nit keyn bridke, koytike, nase lokh, ongefilt mit di ekn fun verem un a dripendikn reyekh, oykh nit keyn trukene, hoyle, zamdike lokh mit gornisht vu zikh avektsuzetsn tsi vos tsu esn: zi iz geven a hobit-lokh, un dos heyst bakvemlekhkeyt.

 

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