First Gaelic translation of Tolkien's The Hobbit

The first Scottish Gaelic translation of JRR Tolkien's fantasy adventure The Hobbit has been completed by a professor at the University of Aberdeen.

Moray Watson, a professor of Gaelic and translation – and a lifelong Tolkien fan – started work on A' Hobat before the start of the Covid pandemic.

The translation was supported by the Gaelic Books Council.

Tolkien's book was first published in the 1930s and was later adapted for a series of films by director Peter Jackson.