The Tolkien Translation Game!

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Is it before or after the flight of the Noldor?
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I had to think about that. After, but just barely.

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So it will be! Dear those songs must be explained and still often purchased. Because there is no other price.
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More questions?
"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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Is the second sentence fairly accurate?
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Yes!
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Manwë
So shall it be! Dear-bought those songs shall be accounted, and yet shall be well-bought. For the price could be no other.
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elengil for the win!
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The advice I gave and the advice I received. From there, I followed a strange path and sent a message to some of you.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
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"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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The first sentence is not a complete sentence. Is it the same case in the original?
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All full sentences in the original.
The dumbest thing I've ever bought
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"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Gandalf?

Tom Bombadil?
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Inanna wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:43 am Gandalf?
yes
Inanna wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:43 am Tom Bombadil?
no
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"Does anyone ever think about Denethor, the guy driven to madness by staying up late into the night alone in the dark staring at a flickering device he believed revealed unvarnished truth about the outside word, but which in fact showed mostly manipulated media created by a hostile power committed to portraying nothing but bad news framed in the worst possible way in order to sap hope, courage, and the will to go on? Seems like he's someone we should think about." - Dave_LF
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Gandalf to the three hunters:
Counsel I gave and counsel took. Thence by strange roads I came, and messages I bring to some of you.
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elengil wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:55 am
Inanna wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 12:43 am Gandalf?
yes
The White?

Edit: oh good, I was thinking of the same quote but now I don't have to look for it. 8)
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Jude wrote: Fri Jan 14, 2022 1:18 am Gandalf to the three hunters:
Counsel I gave and counsel took. Thence by strange roads I came, and messages I bring to some of you.
That's the one
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New quote:
But with him gone, I have to take the kind of path I can find. And there's no time for a long search.
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Strider?
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No, he wasn't present.
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Frodo?
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He was the speaker, yes.
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