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The Tolkien Translation Game!
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Oh, in that case:
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Balin said, not "wrote". (humph!)
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I agree, but the phpbb software doesn't let us do that.
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So, fix it.
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You gots it, Jude!
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Wow, did this one ever get changed:
Old Tuk lives there every year and says his room is old and embarrassing.
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Hint needed?
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Yes. Which book?
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The Lord of the Rings
(do you want more specific?)
(do you want more specific?)
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Tuk = Took?
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Well I found it. But I cheated.
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How can you cheat in this game?
Inanna, correct!
Inanna, correct!
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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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Simples. I went here and did a Ctrl-F on "old took":
Like I said. That's cheating. I actually thought it was from Fellowship. So I'm not claiming it!
Like I said. That's cheating. I actually thought it was from Fellowship. So I'm not claiming it!
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I removed the link, which unless I am missing something appears to be a massive copyright violation.
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<aside>I'm not sure to be honest. A lot of older books are freely available online under Project Gutenberg, but I'm not sure if that applies to LotR. I do know its absurdly easy to find so the Tolkien Estate has obviously made no attempts to have it removed. A google of "lord of the rings text online" will demonstrate.</aside>
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How long since JRRT died? Copyright holds for 70 years after author’s death.
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All of Tolkien's works are still under copyright protection, other than his introduction to G.B Smith's book of poems that he was instrumental in publishing and a guide to Middle English that he was involved with. Please do not post links to copyright-protected works on this message board.
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Without violating copyright, it's possible to search Tolkien's works on Google Books. It only shows a snippet of text around the search phrase rather than entire work, so Google can probably argue fair use.
Although considering that I own two print copies and a Kindle version, I can't see how I'm violating anything with an online search.
Although considering that I own two print copies and a Kindle version, I can't see how I'm violating anything with an online search.
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Your searching online is fair use; making a full text available online for people to download is not.
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