The Tolkien Translation Game!
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I will never not get momentarily confused and think that the character name is Gerbil.
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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Eat it, remove the wolves at the birds eating them at least.
"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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Said in a tree?
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
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Not exactly. ;-)
There is one element of the translated quote that is completely absent from the original and I can't figure out where it came from.
There is one element of the translated quote that is completely absent from the original and I can't figure out where it came from.
"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 that element "birds eating them"
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Yes, at least the "birds" part. Eating (or at least a synonym thereof) is in the original. But no birds.
"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 this related to the mysterious disappearing wolves between Rivendell and Moria?
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Nope! Later than that.
"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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Nope! But arguably close.
"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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No, but they had just turned away from 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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do we need another hint?
"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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The speaker's statement was a relief to the people being spoken to, who thought that something different was going on.
"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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When you say it was arguable close to Saruman, was it spoken by or to Gandalf the White, during the brief time they thought he was Saruman?
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Yes, but later than that.
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"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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Found it!
Gandalf to Théoden: "Grievous is the fall of your men; but you should see at least that the wolves of the mountains do not devour them"
Gandalf to Théoden: "Grievous is the fall of your men; but you should see at least that the wolves of the mountains do not devour them"
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Yup! Well done!
What I meant when I said that it was "arguably close" to having been spoken by Saruman is that when Gandalf the White was revealed to the Three Hunters he said to them "Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been."
Your turn, Inanna.
What I meant when I said that it was "arguably close" to having been spoken by Saruman is that when Gandalf the White was revealed to the Three Hunters he said to them "Indeed I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been."
Your turn, Inanna.
"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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Goodness, that was hardly a hint, V.
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Waiting for safety over the years.
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Waiting for safety over the years.
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