The Tolkien Translation Game!

[elengil]

Jude, that's it.

[Jude]

You sit here and chat with my precious girl. It was like a mystery.

[Alatar]

Gollum to Bilbo?

[Jude]

Yes. Can you provide the quote?

[Alatar]

I need to grab my books but is it something like "Perhaps it sits and chats with us a bitsy? Does it like riddles?"

[Jude]

You've got the right quote, but it's slightly askew.

[Jude]

Actually, I'll give it to you. The original is:

Praps ye sits here and chats with it a bitsy, my preciousss. It likes riddles, praps it does, does it?

I'm impressed that translating software was able to make sense of that.

Your turn!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Um?

[Alatar]

Sorry, forgot all about it.

It is not good to walk around in the fog and see the worst.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Does it have to do with the Barrow-downs?

[Eldy]

If not the Barrow-downs, is it the Dead Marshes?

[Alatar]

Neither. Later.

[Eldy]

Does the word "fog" appear in the original quote?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Sam, about taking off the Ring, just after he crossed into Mordor.

‘Better have a look at the worst,’ he muttered. ‘No good blundering about in a fog!’

[Alatar]

Thats it!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Can't you see? No, I can't see. That little sword will be useless.

[Eldy]

Is it Gollum speaking about Sting?

"It won't see us, will it, my precious? No. It won't see us, and its nassty little sword will be useless, yes quite."

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Indeed it is! Well done. Funny that "nassty" got eliminated altogether. I guess that makes sense as it isn't really a word.

Your turn!

[Eldy]

Thanks, Voronwë!

Accounts receivable can kill you or me. However, baseborn spy is not a slave.

[elengil]

Was this spoken by an orc?

Accounts receivable can kill you or me.

I feel like I should send this on to our accounting department.