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J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The
Lord of the Rings, was passionate about language.

He invented
languages with grammar rules and histories: Sindarin and Quenya,
the former inspired by Welsh, and the latter inspired by Finnish and Latin.

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But inventing languages was a frustrating hobby because he had to isolate himself while creating them.

He wrote of the isolation that he and other people who loved languages experienced: “But they become shy, ashamed of spending the valuable commodity of time for their private pleasure, and higher developments are locked in secret places.”

He invented languages with grammar rules and histories: Sindarin and Quenya, the former inspired by Welsh, and the latter inspired by Finnish and Latin.

the former는 앞에서 언급한 Sindarin을 가리키고, the latter는 Quenya를 가리킨다.

inspired by Welsh는 the former를, inspired by Finnish and Latin은 the latter를 수식하는 분사구이다.

He wrote of the isolation that he and other people who loved languages experienced: “But they become shy, ashamed of spending the valuable commodity of time for their private pleasure, and higher developments are locked in secret places.”

who loved languages는 that절의 주어 역할을 하는 선행사 he and other people을 수식하는 관계절이며, experienced는 he and other people을 주어로 하는 동사이다.

ashamed of ... private pleasure는 주절의 they를 보충하는 분사구문으로, being이 생략된 것으로 볼 수 있다.

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J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, was passionate about language.

≪호빗≫과 ≪반지의 제왕≫의 작가인 J. R. R. 톨킨(J. R. R. Tolkien)은 언어에 열정적이었다.

He invented languages with grammar rules and histories: Sindarin and Quenya, the former inspired by Welsh, and the latter inspired by Finnish and Latin.

그는 문법 규칙과 역사를 가진 언어를 발명했는데, 그것은 신다린(Sindarin)과 꿰냐(Quenya)로, 전자는
웨일스어에서, 후자는 핀란드어와 라틴어에서 영감을 얻었다.

But inventing languages was a frustrating hobby because he had to isolate himself while creating them.

하지만 언어를 발명하는 것은 좌절감이 느껴지는 취미였는데 왜냐하면 그는 그것을 만들어 내는 동안 스스로를
고립시켜야 했기 때문이다.

He wrote of the isolation that he and other people who loved languages experienced: “But they become shy, ashamed of spending the valuable commodity of time for their private pleasure, and higher developments are locked in secret places.”

그는 언어를 사랑하는 자신 및 다른 사람들이 경험한 고립감에 대해 이렇게 썼다. “하지만 그들은 시간이라는
귀중한 재화를 사적인 즐거움을 위해 소비하는 것이 부끄러워 수줍어 하며, 더 높은 수준의 발전은 비밀스러운
곳에 갇히게 된다.”

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