Chu reasoned that the initial translation was too dry to be successful. Moreover, the first translator's understanding of the fantasy genre was too limited to fully evoke the fantastic macrocosm that Tolkien depicted in his work. Chu promised that this time around he would provide a much more vivid translation.
他的理由是前一部「魔戒」中文版譯得不精彩，譯者對奇幻文學並未深入了解，無法彰顯托爾金架構出「魔戒」的龐大世界，他保證自己會比首版譯得更精彩。