The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Hint: the second part of the sentence has changed beyond comprehension. The first part is pretty accurate.
It is part of a longer quote between only two people.
quote is:
Look at it! Change the style.
It is part of a longer quote between only two people.
quote is:
Look at it! Change the style.
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Is it...
‘Elves are beautiful. They’ve got,’ she spat the word, ‘style. Beauty. Grace. That’s what matters. If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty cruel little bastards they are.’
Oh wait, wrong universe.
‘Elves are beautiful. They’ve got,’ she spat the word, ‘style. Beauty. Grace. That’s what matters. If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty cruel little bastards they are.’
Oh wait, wrong universe.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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RoFl. Just what I needed today, Frelga. 
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folks - I said the first part is pretty accurate!
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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Is it Sam to Frodo: "‘Look at it! The wind’s changed."
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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yes. Thank You!
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This should be pretty easy, I think:
Even if you are wearing it, I command you that you follow, to leap from a cliff, or his cast into the fire.
Even if you are wearing it, I command you that you follow, to leap from a cliff, or his cast into the fire.
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Is this Frodo to Sméagol near the Black Gate?
edit: Should we add "Sméagol" to the word filter to add the acute accent?If I, wearing it, were to command you, you would obey, even if it were to leap from a precipice or to cast yourself into the fire.
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Yup, and yup!
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Just to make this easier, I'm going to use one of the interim translations rather than the final one, which was garbled beyond recognition:
I came from the other side. Baggins saw?
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I added Déagol too. I don't know why I didn't add them in the first place. (x-posted with Jude).
"Spirits in the shape of hawks and eagles flew ever to and from his halls; and their eyes could see to the depths of the seas, and pierce the hidden caverns beneath the world."
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Gandalf?
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Farmer Maggot comes to mind for some reason.
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Follow your instinct! It's a million-to-one chance, but it just might work!
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Million-to-one chances come up nine times out of ten.
Is it the Nazgûl as quoted by Farmer Maggot?
'"I come from yonder' [more stuff spoken by Maggot] "Have you seen Baggins?"
Is it the Nazgûl as quoted by Farmer Maggot?
'"I come from yonder' [more stuff spoken by Maggot] "Have you seen Baggins?"
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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Especially if you stand on one leg.
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And I didn't even have to stick my tongue out.
Still, he had only play a role in his wit
Still, he had only play a role in his wit
If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.
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