The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Alatar]

Nope

[Eldy]

Is it:

"I know the desire of your minds that what ye have seen should verily be, not only in your thought, but even as ye yourselves are, and yet other."

[Alatar]

That's the one!

[Eldy]

Thanks, Al!

The army was right. One of the great cartoons. Come among my hilarious people, what's your name?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

[Eldy]

It took a while to find a translation I liked, but once I saw this one, I knew my search was over.

[Jude]

Was this Beorn to one of the company of dwarves, hobbit and wizard?

[Eldy]

That's correct! Do you have the quote?

[Jude]

Ooh! It was my guess based on the tone of the quote. Let me check the books and get back to you...

(unless someone else already has it, in which case go ahead)

[Jude]

This is the most likely candidate:

Troop, was right. A fine comic one. Come in my merry men, and what are your names?

[Eldy]

You've got it! Your turn.

[Jude]

New quote:

You tag from the very buff.

[Eldy]

In LOTR?

[Jude]

Earlier.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

The Hobbit?

[Jude]

Yes!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is either "tag" or "buff" in the original?

[Jude]

No, but words that sound like them are.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

So more like homonyms than synonyms?

[Jude]

I would say so, yes.