Sharing the joys of my favourite book (please read it please)
Right now over on ao3, Iâm translating my favourite childhood book from Swedish into English because itâs such an amazing story that I want more people to share it with.
Short introduction: the book is called Bröderna LejonhjĂ€rta (lit. The Lionheart Brothers) written by Astrid Lindgren back in the 1950s. Itâs a fantasy about a pair of young brothers who end up in this world called Nangijala (mostly just a fantasy because of the medieval-esqe setting and that one dragon, its actually an isekai now that I think about it). It touches on heavier themes like war, the looming threat of being conquered, betrayal, espionage, resistance, defeating an impossible enemy, death, mourning, but most of all brotherly love. No romance or smut, obviously (the mcâs 10).
Iâve made sure to include every illustration from the book as well. Theyâre all there within the text and in the exact spots where they appear in the book. Iâve made sure to write end notes with insight on certain terms and translation decisions to give further context wherever needed.
Anyone can comment, but I donât care if you decide not to (I donât care about recognition, I just want to grow the fandom). But do inform me of any errors if you spot them.
As of this post, Iâve posted 7/16 chapters (aka 91/249 pages), I foresee that thisâll take until somewhere around the end of July to to finish. Itâs currently 17,3k words long, so the math says itâll probably end up being just under 50k in the end.
Title: The Lionheart Brothers | English translation
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