Arden Ray Smith (January 4, 1966) is a member of the

Elvish Linguistic Fellowship The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded b ...

and holds a Ph.D. in Germanic Linguistics from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He has published numerous articles relating to the

languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien The English philologist and author J. R. R. Tolkien created a number of constructed languages, including languages devised for fictional settings. Inventing languages, something that he called ''glossopoeia'' (paralleling his idea of ''mythopoei ...

. He was a columnist and editor of ''

Vinyar Tengwar The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society devoted to the study of the constructed languages of J. R. R. Tolkien, today headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter. It was founded by ...

'', 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. On July 1, 2012, Smith was appointed to the Volapük Academy by the Cifal, Brian R. Bishop, for his work with

conlangs A constructed language (sometimes called a conlang) is a language whose phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, instead of having developed naturally, are consciously devised for some purpose, which may include being devised for a work of fiction. ...

in general and provision of internet resources for the constructed language

Volapük Volapük (; , "Language of the World", or lit. "World Speak") is a constructed language created between 1879 and 1880 by Johann Martin Schleyer, a Catholic priest in Baden, Germany, who believed that God had told him in a dream to create an i ...

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'' ** (various issues) *1995: ''Proceedings of the J. R. R. Tolkien Centenary Conference'' **"A Mythology for England" (with Carl F. Hostetter) *1997: ''Hands of the Healer'' **(linguistic contribution) *2000: ''SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review'', Vol. 17 **"Tolkien and Esperanto" (with Patrick H. Wynne) *2000: '' Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth'' **"Certhas, Skirditaila, Futhark: A Feigned History of Runic Origins" *2001: ''Other Hands 31/32'' **(linguistic contribution) * 2003: ''Tolkien in Translation'' ** "The Treatment of Names in Esperanto Translations of Tolkien's Works" *2006: ''

Tolkien Studies ''Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review'' is an academic journal publishing papers on the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. The journal's founding editors are Douglas A. Anderson, Michael D. C. Drout, and Verlyn Flieger, and the current editors ...

'': Vol. 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

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