The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Inanna]

Yup. Your turn.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Defeat the enemies with his weapons and his weapons

(I tried to do another but it literally did not change other than changing "it is" to "it's". No fun in that.)

[Inanna]

His weapons are weaker than my weapons. Sad!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Sadly, not that is not it.

[Jude]

Is the enemy in this quote referring to Sauron? (assuming the word is in the original quote)

[Voronwë the Faithful]

No, nor even his servants, at least directly.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

And I should add that the specific word "enemies" is not in the original quote, though it is a translation of a synonym.

And the word "weapons" does in fact appear twice in the original quote.

[Jude]

So the word for "enemy" is in the plural?

Is it "foes"?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Yup!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is another hint needed?

[Jude]

Yes please!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Contrary to what the translated quote says, the two sets of weapons referred to are those of the person being talked about and those of his or her foes.

[Alatar]

Is it Gandalf to Denethor? About the Ring?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Nope. During the time period that Gandalf is MPD (Missing, Presumed Dead).

[Jude]

Was it spoken in Lothlórien?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Later than Lothlórien.

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[Jude]

Spoken during the confrontation between the three hunters and Éomer?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Earlier.

[Jude]

Well, here's a possibility:

"Then let us lay him in a boat with his weapons, and the weapons of his vanquished foes".

Aragorn to Legolas and Gimli, referring to Boromir.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

A very good possibility, given that it is the one!

Well done on quite a hard one. Your turn.

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