The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Voronwë the Faithful
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I think Eldy does the best work with translationparty. I'm pretty sure it's not an accident!
"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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Not an accident, it just takes patience to try lots of quotes until you get something suitably mangled and, preferably, amusing. 
ETA: Reposting for the new page.
ETA: Reposting for the new page.
It's a very small pig. I have no courage other than my own food. But you fought the Valkyrie and ran away!
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I'm thinking Pippin/Bergil or Pippin/Merry?
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Nope. Earlier than Pippin/Bergil.
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But still in the Third Age?
"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 it Ugluk:
I don’t trust you little swine. You’ve no guts outside your own sties. But for us you all’d have run away.
I don’t trust you little swine. You’ve no guts outside your own sties. But for us you all’d have run away.
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I think Eldy has been taking a break, but I am sure that it is correct so go ahead and post a new one.
"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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Here you go:
“Then the old man died and fell on his face. Our people have never heard of the ancients in the mountains.”
“Then the old man died and fell on his face. Our people have never heard of the ancients in the mountains.”
'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 that about the terrors of the pass through the Harrow-whatsit, when Aragorn is getting ready to pick up his army of the dead?
Eta - yes, there it is
Eta - yes, there it is
For the old man died in that hour and fell upon his face; and no other tidings of the ancient dwellers in the mountains have our folk ever learned.
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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That was fast. Your turn.
'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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New quote.
The squirrel won't go here, but I'll keep you posted.
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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Does the original actually have the word "squirrel" in it?
If so, is it related to Faramir and his men?
If so, is it related to Faramir and his men?
"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 squirrel but no Faramir
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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Treebeard to Gandalf regarding Isengard:
“Not a squirrel will go here, but I shall know of it.”
Tolkien had some particular way of writing… look at that sentence.
“Not a squirrel will go here, but I shall know of it.”
Tolkien had some particular way of writing… look at that sentence.
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That's it, Inanna.
And yes, he did.
And yes, he did.
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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New Quote:
Drop it and turn it off! Here is your fee, beggar's beard!
Drop it and turn it off! Here is your fee, beggar's beard!
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude