The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is this, from when Aragorn asks to speak to Frodo after the furor dies down, following Frodo singing "A Cow Jumps Over the Moon" and accidentally putting on the Ring:

‘A matter of some importance – to us both,’ answered Strider, looking Frodo in the eye. ‘You may hear something to your advantage.

[Jude]

That's the one! Your turn.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

TranslationParty still doesn't seem to be working, so I too used Google Translate. This is from Unfinished Tales.

Their eyes are not dim, and their hearts are hardened. Look at this in tokens!

[Jude]

The cadence of that is like a Trump tweet

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Think "as far away from Trump as you can get" and that is the speaker.

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[Inanna]

Gandalf?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Yup (though he is not called "Gandalf" in the "tale" in which the quote comes from).

[Inanna]

Is it from Unfinished Tales?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Hence my comment in the original post, "This is from Unfinished Tales."

[Jude]

I have to confess, I used the index at the back of Unfinished Tales to find this one:

Their eyes are not dimmed nor their hearts hardened. In token of which look upon this!

He then proceeds to show Galadriel the Elessar, which he got from Yavanna.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Well, however you got it, you got it! Well done.

Your turn!

[Jude]

Translationparty is still down; I guess they've exceeded the limit of their subscription to Bing translation.

This one got so changed I think I'll need to give a lot of hints:

I can't guess it's true. But it has the power and the danger it should be.

Hidden text.

First hint: spoken to hobbits.

[Inanna]

Spoken about The Nazgûl?

[Jude]

No. The speaker is speculating about an object that plays a significant role in the story.

[Inanna]

The palantír?

[Jude]

Nope, another object...

[Inanna]

Not the bloody ring.

[Jude]

Yes, the bloody Ring.

[Inanna]

I wonder if folks in ME felt about the ring the way I feel about the bloody CoVid.

[Jude]

Do you think anyone in ME would murder to get their hands on CoVid?