The Tolkien Translation Game!

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He uses that phrase a lot... Maybe this one:

"You are not wise to be glad of the Yellow Face."
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That's the one!
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Do we have a new one?

Inanna?
"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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Sorry!

Here we go:
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Is it some unidentified Hobbit at the gate when the travelers first return to the Shire, 'Can’t you read the notice: No admittance between sundown and sunrise?’
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Yes. Just the last sentence “no admittance..”

Cool. Your turn.
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But the curse of the shadow gate that breaks some beggars is at least a promise of fate.

This was significantly reduced from the original, which was two sentences long. Good luck.
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Is it the Mouth of Sauron?
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No. Not LOTR.
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Was it spoken by Smaug?
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Is it spoken to or by Gorlim?
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No and no. But Al is in the right book.
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I think we may need a hint...
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First I had to remember what it was! :oops:

Al was actually in the right chapter. Not only was the original quote significantly reduced from two long sentences to one shorter one, the order of the phrases was reversed.
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I think I've found it:
Felagund wrote:Your oaths of faith to me ye may break, but I must hold my bond. Yet if there be any on whom the shadow of our curse has not yet fallen, I should find at least a few to follow me, and should not go hence as a beggar that is thrust from the gates.
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You have indeed found it! Impressively well done!
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I thought I would make things easy by including a quote that had a Tolkien-invented word in it that would make it through the translator, but half-way through it got changed to "BARAR" in all-caps.

Here's how it ended up:
Besides using it as a foot, the anger of BARAR is not here.
Earlier on:
Not only does it need to be a foot, but there is no anger of BARAR here.
The original word has the same vowels.

Feel free to ask for hints - two keywords survived, and the original has a synonym for "anger".
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BARAR? Wow.
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Valar?
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Yes!
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