The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Not Sauron (that's why I said not "Vice President"). Someone else who was offered a "position" by Morgoth.

[Inanna]

So, Ossë?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Another good guess, but nope.

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[Inanna]

Uff.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is it a fairly well-known quote?

I missed this post. I'm not sure I would call it well-known, but I think it is a compelling scene.

Neither the speaker nor the speakees are Ainur. But the speaker is a different 'race' then the speakees.

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[Frelga]

Uff.

I don't remember him. Was he a Maia?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I think that is one of the unnamed mates of Shelob.

[Jude]

On Yelp, she wrote "He was delicious".

[Inanna]

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[Voronwë the Faithful]

Here's the quote again so people don't have to look back to the previous page:

Legal notice King's blessing. Lower than the massive welfare and other options

The original quote was longer, but only one sentence, though two clauses separated by a semi-colon. I think only one word is completely unchanged, but the meaning of the translated quote is as different from the original as it seems at first. At the time that the statement is made, it is not apparent that the speaker is someone that Morgoth would want to offer a position to.

[Jude]

Fëanor perhaps?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Nope. Remember that I said that neither the speaker nor the speakees are of the Ainur (e.g., either Valar or Maiar) but that the speaker is a different race than the speakees. I will further clarify that both the speaker and the speakees are Children of Eru.

[Jude]

Fëanor's not an elf? Okay, I'm way overdue for a re-read of The Silmarillion. Let's make it one of my 2017 goals...

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Fëanor is an elf, but he never (to the best of my sometimes faulty memory) addressed anyone of a different race other than those among the Ainur (in other words, he passed out of the picture before men and dwarves passed into the picture).

[Jude]

Is Mîm the dwarf involved?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Nope.

[Jude]

Despite all the hints you gave, I think we'll need another...

[Voronwë the Faithful]

The speaker is, as you have already guessed, an Elf. The speakees are Men.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

To be more specific, the speakees are two young men.

[Inanna]

Gwindor?