The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Is that a white wizard talking about a brown wizard to a grey wizard?
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Yup
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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So, it must be this:
And in retrospect, I should have said "a multicoloured wizard" rather than a white one.Radagast the Brown! Radagast the Bird-tamer! Radagast the Simple! Radagast the Fool! Yet he had just the wit to play the part that I set him. For you have come, and that was all the purpose of my message. And here you will stay, Gandalf the Grey, and rest from jouneys. For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman the Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!
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That's it.
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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Has translationparty stopped working for you folks in Firefox? I can only get it to work in Chrome now.
To lock the door, even if you do not open it today, everyone is not abuse.
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Need a hint?
Hidden text.
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Is the instruction given to hobbits?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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If that last word were in the singular rather than the plural, I would have said yes.
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Is it given to Bilbo?
'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude
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To Frodo?
By Gandalf?
By Gandalf?
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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No, and no
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Is it Frodo to Merry, at the end of the Long-expected Party: ‘Lock the door, and don’t open it to anyone today, not even if they bring a battering ram.’
"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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That's the one!
I'm seriously impressed...
I'm seriously impressed...
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This one is fun.
One can be, to catch the cat and Kitty told him to escape.
One can be, to catch the cat and Kitty told him to escape.
"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 Frodo's song at the Green Dragon?
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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Nope!
"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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Frodo, however, is one of the ones being spoken of.
"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 "Kitty" in the original?
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No, but something very similar.
"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."