The Tolkien Translation Game!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Is it when they first start travelling with Sméagol and he asks: ‘What is it they eats? Have they nice fisshes?’

[Jude]

No.

If it helps, fish are mentioned, but only tangentially. The quote is not about fish - the focus is on something else.

Edit: here's the quote again, for the new page:

Good fish cakes of salt and just as good.

[Inanna]

Is it Frodo to Gollum about not having fish to eat?

[Jude]

No, Frodo is not the speaker.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Gollum is the speaker?

[Jude]

That is correct.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Gollum to Sméagol: "Let’s be good, good as fish, sweet one, but to ourselfs."

[Jude]

That's the one!

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Here's the new one.

We never give up on friendship.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Any questions?

[Jude]

Is it addressed to a hobbit?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

No hobbits to be found at this time.

[Jude]

Spoken in the Third Age?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

No.

[Inanna]

Second age?

[Jude]

Or relating to Túrin and Beleg?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Not Second Age and not relating to Túrin and/or Beleg.

[Jude]

Is it referring to a friendship between two different races?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

No, Friendship within one race.

[Jude]

Still can't recognize the quote.

Were the characters in question expected to give up on friendship, hence the quote saying they wouldn't?