The Tolkien Translation Game!
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`Come, come, my friend! ' said Boromir in a softer voice. 'Why not get rid of it? Why not be free of your doubt and fear? You can lay the blame on me, if you will. You can say that I was too strong and took it by force. For I am too strong for you, halfling,'
This might be tricky:
The wind blows in the left eye, the footsteps are blessed and head north!
This might be tricky:
The wind blows in the left eye, the footsteps are blessed and head north!
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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Alatar wrote:
The wind blows in the left eye, the footsteps are blessed and head north!
Is sit part of a song?
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was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
was a 2020 planner.
"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Is any key word unchanged from the original?
'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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Its very similar to the original.
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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Goldberry to the Hobbits:
“And hold to your purpose. North with the wind in the left eye and a blessing on your footsteps ”
“And hold to your purpose. North with the wind in the left eye and a blessing on your footsteps ”
'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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Well done! Not sure I'd have found that one!
The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End
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Yay. Here goes:
For one thing, he had not heard them suck through his mouth.
'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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Is it Théoden to Merry (and Pippin): ‘For one thing,’ said Théoden, ‘I had not heard that they spouted smoke from their mouths.’
"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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Bingo.
Your turn.
Your turn.
'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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I had literally just read that section, so it was pretty easy to recognize it!
Here is the new one:
"Choose you, for now I'm sick of the world."
Here is the new one:
"Choose you, for now I'm sick of the world."
"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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Eärendil to Elwing, when they were told to choose between mortality and immortality:
"Choose thou, for now I am weary of the world."
Strangely enough, before I went to look it up, I was absolutely sure that it was the other way around - Elwing to Eärendil.
"Choose thou, for now I am weary of the world."
Strangely enough, before I went to look it up, I was absolutely sure that it was the other way around - Elwing to Eärendil.
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Yup. It's funny the games our minds play with us.
Your turn.
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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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Wow, this one really got changed:
I'll start off by saying the pronoun is different from the original.I don't know the loophole. That happens.
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Does that have anything to do with dwarfish doors?
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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