The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Jude]

Or one of the discussions between Bilbo and Frodo in Rivendell?

[Frelga]

Yes to Al.

[Inanna]

Gandalf, to everyone: "And then alas! I let the matter rest, waiting and watching only, as we have too often done."

?

[Frelga]

That's the one, Inanna.

[Inanna]

"Waste?" I say. "I don't call it that"

[Jude]

Did this conversation take place in a pub called The Ivy Bush in Bywater?

[Inanna]

No.

Hint: note that the whole sentence is the quote.

[Jude]

This is a long shot, but:

"Fruitless did I call the victory of the Last Alliance? Not wholly so, though it did not achieve its end."

Elrond at the Council of Elrond?

[Inanna]

No. Much much later.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is it stated by a frustrated lover?

[Inanna]

We have frustrated lovers in LOTR? What book have I been reading?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Well, I think Mr. Gamgee is a bit frustrated with his future bride for saying that he wasted a year, don't you?


ETA: I suppose I should give the quote. Is it Sam to Frodo (quoting himself talking to Rosie): '“Wasted?” I says. “I wouldn’t call it that.” '

[Jude]

Wow - practically verbatim!

[Inanna]

V is, of course, correct.

And I still can’t picture Sam as a frustrated lover.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Arguably, he is doubly frustrated, being 'torn in two'. But that is a conversation for another time and place.


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[Voronwë the Faithful]

And here is the new quote:

"Don't hurry! More than you know. Give him peace."

[Jude]

Is this spoken about Gollum?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Long before Gollum existed.

[Jude]

Okay - about Túrin, maybe?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

You're on the right track, but still quite a bit earlier.