However, it is exceedingly difficult to create a fluid, graceful translation of The Lord of the Rings. J.R.R. Tolkien was a linguistic scholar who infused his creation with complex, arcane language and lofty imagination that allowed his readers to inhabit the fantasy world he had fashioned. Translators around the globe agree that this is one of the most difficult works to translate.
但要將《魔戒》這部巨著翻譯得流暢又優美，確實不是一件易事，因為作者托爾金本身就是專攻語言學的大學教授，他在創作這部作品時，運用了大量艱澀的詞藻與高度優美的想像力，帶領讀者進入奇幻殿堂，也因此成了全球翻譯界公認最難譯的書籍之一。