J. R. R. Tolkien - In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commis...

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In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of a large and growing School of English Studies, in which no regular provision had as yet been made for the linguistic specialist.

J. R. R. Tolkien

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Im Oktober 1920 ging ich als Leser in englischer Sprache nach Leeds, mit einem kostenlosen Auftrag zur Entwicklung der sprachlichen Seite einer großen und wachsenden Schule für Anglistik, in der noch keine regulären Vorkehrungen für den Sprachspezialisten getroffen worden waren.

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