Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28872594-20160628182239

Hello got fan! I'm an italian student and a lover of got of course. I need your help for my english exam. I'm in a dire situation " for the exams session is dark and full of terrors". Basically I have to write an essay on the linguistic elements of " Game of thrones : asoiaf " and make a comparison to the Italian translation. Now one of the main issues is the title itself since the Italian version is named  "Throne of Swords : tales of ice and fire" which is almost completely different from the original. Throne of swords is related to the Iron Throne while the translator uses tales instead of song beacause the latter sounds better. To make a good comparison I need to understand the meaning of the original title more deeply. I think it refers to the competition among the several houses in the series but I'm not sure about that. Any thoughts?

p.s. honestly idk if this is the right place to ask this so I apologize in advance. Admins feel free to delete this post if it is not related to the forum 