Is it Frodo to Sam, just after they passed the Watchers with the use of the Star-glass?

"The first enemy we meet will know us. We must get off this road somehow."

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Thats the one. So they're on a road IN Mordor...

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

Here's a new one. And as a hint, I will say that a procedural question that Jude asked some time ago in this thread is relevant to this quote.

Because the sun is dark and there are few faithful people, there is no hope for people.

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

So, it's from the Akallabêth? Or the "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"?

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

Yup!

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

Ok; I don't have The Silmarillion with me in India, so someone else will have to take it forward.

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

This is probably Amandil, speaking to Elendil:

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Yup!

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

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Is a hint needed?

It's from LOTR...

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Is it related to the retelling of some old Elvish tale?

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

Nope

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More hints are available - just ask!

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Is is Sam talking about the folk in the old tales?

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

Not Sam talking or being addressed.

I suspect that TranslationParty transliterates phonetically when it comes up against a word that it doesn't recognize. That may give you a clue as to where "hobbies" comes from...

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Treebeard about Hobbits?

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'You just said "your getting shorter": you've obviously been drinking too much ent-draught and not enough Prim's.' - Jude (as Merry)

Before we meet Treebeard.

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It may help to think of all the sad stories that one character told another...

The first part of the translation is extremely accurate.

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You would think that TranslationParty would recognize the word, seeing as that there were three major blockbuster films made with it in their titles!

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'But very bright were the stars upon the margin of the world, when at times the clouds about the West were drawn aside.'

There would have to be a matching word in Japanese, though

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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”

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