The Tolkien Translation Game!

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Well, "I" and "the" are there. "End" is there, but as a noun, not a verb. Then the other words ended up as synonyms, or uncontracted contractions.
Alatar wrote:Is it said around the same time as "Is everything sad going to come untrue"?
Later than that!

Edit because it's a new page:
I should not end it until I resolve the confusion.
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Sam at the end of the Scouring: "I shan’t call it the end, till we’ve cleared up the mess."
"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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That's the one! :thumbsup:
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"Now I am a thief!"
"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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I just want to say for the record that I know what this is. :P

If none of you have solved it by next weekend, I'll pounce.
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I wouldn't imagine that it would be that difficult.
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Bilbo? "Now I am a thief indeed"? Not much of a translation there...
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It's actually "Now I am a burglar indeed!" but yes that is it.

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Sooo.... according to an ancient prophecy, it's Alatar's turn now...
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Jude wrote:Sooo.... according to an ancient prophecy, it's Alatar's turn now...
Which one? Prophecy, that is.
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"... and he shall solve the riddle, but get one word wrong. Thus shall ye know that he is the chosen one."

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Oh my.
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:clap:
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And so it shall come to pass. As soon as he gets home to his books that is.
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He doubted the paths of the Dead River.
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Is the word "river" in the original?
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It is. In fact most of the key words in the translation appear in some form in the original.
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Does it have to do with the Paths of the Dead?
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Nope
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