The Tolkien Translation Game!
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So I'm guessing that Frelga has solved it. Are you going to post the answer?
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Another hint: it's from the Silmarillion.
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Still waiting for Frelga to post the answer.
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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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Oh, sorry, didn't realize. Al got it first.
Melkor to Ungoliant?
"Do as I bid; and if you hunger still when all is done, then I will give thee whatsoever thy lust may demand. Yea, with both hands."
Melkor to Ungoliant?
"Do as I bid; and if you hunger still when all is done, then I will give thee whatsoever thy lust may demand. Yea, with both hands."
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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Correct!
You missed out on the bonus points, though.
Your turn!
You missed out on the bonus points, though.
Your turn!
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I was afraid including "sucker" would disqualify me.
OK, I'll go look for a quote.
OK, I'll go look for a quote.
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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"However, whether it is evil and madness of the other riders."
I will tell you upfront that the word riders is not in the original quote and I've no idea how it got here.
I will tell you upfront that the word riders is not in the original quote and I've no idea how it got here.
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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Is it Gandalf to Denethor: "But others may contest your will, when it is turned to madness and evil."
If so, I really have no idea how "riders" got in there.
If so, I really have no idea how "riders" got in there.
"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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You got it. Should have left the riders there, it was too easy.
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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Deep place in the world! And, for the sake of people in there, I'll go the opposite of their intention. Who, we my my my now ,,, have this deadly darkness, it is a very strange, or, if you can not in you to read how it ?
"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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I love how TranslationParty isn't concerned with trivial things like coherence and grammar
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Is it Gandalf?
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No, though he was present.
"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 Denethor?
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No. (And he was not present.)
"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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I should say in response to your first guess that it was said in response to Gandalf. And the first part is virtually unchanged.
"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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So, Moria?
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Yup.
"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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Was this spoken during the discussion about whether or not they should go via Moria?
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No, that ship had already sailed (so to speak).
"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."