Arden R. Smith

Arden Ray Smith (January 4, 1966) is a member of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship and holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics from the University of Californa, Berkeley. He has published numerous articles relating to the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was a columnist and editor of Vinyar Tengwar, for which he wrote the popular column "Transitions in Translations", in which odd elements in translations of Tolkien's work were described and commented upon.

Bibliography

• Vinyar Tengwar
  • "Transitions in Translations" column (various issues)
• 1989: Parma Eldalamberon 8
  • "23 and 31: Problematic Numbers in Elvish"
• 1992: Vinyar Tengwar 25
  • "The Subscript Dot: A New Tehta Usage"
• 1993: Vinyar Tengwar 29
  • "The Tengwar Versions of the King's Letter"
• 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
  • "A Mythology for England" (with Carl F. Hostetter)
• 1995: Parma Eldalamberon 11
  • "The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne, and Carl F. Hostetter)
• 1995: Vinyar Tengwar 37
  • "The Túrin Prose Fragments: An Analysis of a Rúmilian Document"
• 1997: Hands of the Healer
  • (linguistic contribution)
• 1998: Parma Eldalamberon 12
  • "Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson, Patrick H. Wynne, and Carl F. Hostetter)
• 2000: SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Vol.17
  • "Tolkien and Esperanto" (with Patrick H. Wynne)
• 2000: Tolkien's Legendarium
  • "Certhas, Skirditaila, Futhark: A Feigned History of Runic Origins"
• 2001: Other Hands 31/32
  • (linguistic contribution)
• 2001: Parma Eldalamberon 13
  • "The Alphabet of Rúmil" (editor)
• 2002: Vinyar Tengwar 43
  • "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya (Part One)" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Patrick H. Wynne and Carl F. Hostetter)
• 2002: Vinyar Tengwar 44
  • "'Words of Joy': Five Catholic Prayers in Quenya (Part Two)" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Patrick H. Wynne and Carl F. Hostetter)
  • "Alcar mi Tarmenel na Erun: The Gloria in Excelsis Deo in Quenya (editor)
• 2003: Tolkien in Translation
  • "The Treatment of Names in Esperanto Translations of Tolkien's Works"
• 2003: Parma Eldalamberon 14
  • "The Valmaric Script" (editor)
• 2004: Parma Eldalamberon 15
  • "English-Qenya Dictionary" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson)
  • "Addendum to The Alphabet of Rúmil and The Valmaric Script (editor)
  • "Early Runic Documents" (editor)
• 2004: Vinyar Tengwar 46
  • "Appendix III: The Tengwar in the Etymologies"
• 2006: Tolkien Studies: Volume 3
  • "Translating Tolkien: Philological Elements in 'The Lord of the Rings' (review)", a review of Allan Turner's book
• 2006: J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment
  • (various entries)
• 2006: The Lord of the Rings 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder
  • "Tolkienian Gothic"
• 2006: Parma Eldalamberon 16
  • "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 1" (editor)
• 2009: Parma Eldalamberon 18
  • "Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2" (editor)
• 2011: From Elvish to Klingon
  • "Confounding Babel: International Auxiliary Languages"
• 2012: Parma Eldalamberon 20
  • "The Qenya Alphabet" (editor)
• 2013: Parma Eldalamberon 21
  • "Qenya Noun Structure" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson and Patrick H. Wynne)
• 2014: A Companion to J.R.R. Tolkien
  • "Invented Languages and Writing Systems"
• 2015: Parma Eldalamberon 22
  • "The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 1" (editor)
  • "Quenya Spelling" (J.R.R. Tolkien, edited with Christopher Gilson)
• 2017: Tolkien Studies: Volume 14
  • "A Secret Vice: Tolkien on Invented Languages (review)", a review of Dimitra Fimi and Andrew Higgins' book
• 2017: J.R.R. Tolkien the Esperantist: Before the Arrival of Bilbo Baggins