This below is an essay I wrote in 2011 for the seasonal magazine of the Spanish Tolkien Society, Estel (No. 72, pdf included below as well). I tackled the Spanish translation of 'Rivendell', a place name that, contrary to pretty much the rest of toponyms in Tolkien's world, keeps being wrongly translated - in my opinion - in most of the Spanish Tolkien material, books and film dubbing alike.
In the 6-page essay, I talk about Tolkien's own translating advice and guidelines, describe the way that 'Rivendell' has been translated into a number of languages, focus on the Spanish translation choices and give my opinion on the matter and my personal choices in order to translate the name of the Elven settlement in Eriador.
This essay is, for the moment being, in Spanish only, but I am open to translate it into English in the future if someone expresses that interest :).
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-Estel No. 72. My essay is on the pages 2-5:
And a pdf version of the essay (once again, in Spanish):
