The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Not quite, but very close. Yes to Pippin, not quite yes to Minas Tirith (unless we are talking metropolitan areas).
"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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Ah, okay. I thought it might be during the conversation with Bergil and his yobbo friends, but it might be this instead:
"Man! Indeed not! I am a hobbit and no more valiant than I am a man, save perhaps now and again by necessity."
(after Gandalf introduced him as a man to Ingold)
"Man! Indeed not! I am a hobbit and no more valiant than I am a man, save perhaps now and again by necessity."
(after Gandalf introduced him as a man to Ingold)
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Yes, indeed! Well done.
Onward!
Onward!
"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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I had to leave off the first two words of the original quote, because TranslationParty just changed the whole thing to "Maybe you should".
When I lopped off the first two words, it came up with this:
When I lopped off the first two words, it came up with this:
You must immediately give me a letter and explain the reason why you are not sending it.
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Related to Gandalf’s letter left in Bree?
'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 know it but I'm too busy to get get a new quote 
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Frodo to Mr. Butterbur
"It is, and you had better give me that letter at once and explain why you never sent it"
"It is, and you had better give me that letter at once and explain why you never sent it"
'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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hill. Well, that was it. But this part of the world standing here is over.
'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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Thats Treebeard for sure.
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Yes. Quote?
'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 try to get out but they keep pulling me back in"
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Bunch of jokers we have here
'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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Ok, from memory its something like "Hill! Yes, that was it. What a small word for something that has stood here since this part of the world was formed"
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What a “hasty word”; after all, it is Treebeard.
Your turn.
Be quick.
(there’s some kids game that goes like this right: your turn, be quick, something, something)
Your turn.
Be quick.
(there’s some kids game that goes like this right: your turn, be quick, something, something)'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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Translation Party is really not working well:
YOU SAID:
It is difficult not to slip in talking to a dragon
INTO JAPANESE
しばしば言われるように、新しい環境に適応するのは難しい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
As is often said, it is difficult to adjust yourself to a new environment.
YOU SAID:
It is difficult not to slip in talking to a dragon
INTO JAPANESE
しばしば言われるように、新しい環境に適応するのは難しい。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
As is often said, it is difficult to adjust yourself to a new environment.
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Ok, here's one that is at least somewhat recognisable.
Someone I talked about. A wonderful person
Someone I talked about. A wonderful person
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Is it Gandalf to Bilbo?
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.
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!