The translation was supported by the Gaelic Books Council. Tolkien's book was first published in the 1930s and was later adapted for a series of films by director Peter Jackson.

The first ever Gaelic translation of "The Hobbit" has been published by a university professor. Moray Watson, Professor of Gaelic and Translation at the University of Aberdeen and a lifelong ...

The Gaelic translation is supported by the Gaelic Books Council, and joins the classic's growing list of versions that includes Hawaiian, Esperanto, Breton and Yiddish.

Moray Watson, a professor of Gaelic and translation at the University of Aberdeen, began working on a Gaelic draft of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit prior to the first Covid-19 lockdown.

Photograph of Prof. J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Pictured in Oxford, 1972 (Image: NQ) The Gaelic translation, supported by the Gaelic Books Council, joins a ...

The translation was supported by the Gaelic Books Council. Tolkien's book was first published in the 1930s and was later adapted for a series of films by director Peter Jackson. Advertisement ...

The translation was supported by the Gaelic Books Council. Tolkien's book was first published in the 1930s and was later adapted for a series of films by director Peter Jackson. More on this story ...