The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Jude]

No, earlier than that.

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Oh! Even now you are hard to beat!

[Jude]

Need to narrow it down further?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Apparently.

[Jude]

Well, so far you've narrowed it down to the Third Age, before the Scouring of the Shire.

I'll narrow it down further: Gandalf the Grey was still alive. Not that he was involved with this quote, though.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Was the speaker a hobbit not of the fellowship?

[Jude]

That is correct.

[narya]

So, a non-fellowship hobbit to a fellowship hobbit. At Crickhollow?

[Jude]

Yes to your first sentence. They've left Crickhollow by now.

[narya]

Was the speaker Bilbo?

[Jude]

Yes!

[narya]

I'm currently in a secluded valley, camping, but there's a free wifi site at the visitor's
center. So of course I had to check in And then I pulled up Libby, downloaded FOTR and hey presto! I thought the quote might be in Rivendell. But could not find it with a quick skim. I'm off now, for another adventurous day. I leave it to someone else to find the quote.

[Jude]

If nobody has solved it by the next time you check in - you were on the right track.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Ah, okay. But I'll leave it for narya when she gets back.

[narya]

"Ow!" he cried. "You are too hard now to slap!" (Bilbo, to Frodo, after Frodo put on the mithril shirt.)

[Jude]

That’s the one!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Are we going to have another quote?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

"Ow!" he cried. "You are too hard now to slap!" (Bilbo, to Frodo, after Frodo put on the mithril shirt.)

Your turn, narya!

[Inanna]

Poke.

[Jude]

Has anyone heard from narya?

Should we be worried?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Her most recent post here was on March 30, but I've seen posts from her on Facebook just a few days ago.