The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Inanna]

bringing it to this page:

"You care about yourself, take me home and give you"

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Are the "three short sentences" all continuous, or are they separated by some kind of "he said" kind of thing?

Is the order of the three parts of the translation the same as the order of the three short sentences?

[Alatar]

All continuous, all the same order

[Alatar]

Anyone?

[Jude]

Is the first sentence accurately translated as a statement that the addressee cares about himself? Or a command to take care of himself? Or something like "If you care about yourself..."?

Or something else?

[Alatar]

No, but Faramir is paraphrasing Frodo for effect.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I would suggest it is this, except that it is three short phrases, not three short sentences.

"You bid me mind my own affairs, and get me back home, and let you be."

[Alatar]

That's the one. Sorry for being unclear.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

From Unfinished Tales:

You will be late, my lord. I stopped expecting you for a long time. I don't think it's as welcome as when the deadline is reached.

[Jude]

Was this spoken to Húrin?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

No. Later.

[Alatar]

Morwen?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Later still. Considerably.

[Jude]

Spoken during the Third Age?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Earlier.

[Alatar]

Spoken by an Elf?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Nope!

[Jude]

Was it spoken in Númenor?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Indeed it was!

[Inanna]

Erendis to Aldarion?