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vanwalossien 11-22-2003 08:27 AM
Gandalf

LePetitChoux 11-22-2003 12:39 PM
Yes indeedy, it was Gandalf.
[img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Guinevere 11-22-2003 03:09 PM
And what was that quote in English, if I may ask? (I hope the next quote will not be Russian again... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

vanwalossien 11-23-2003 05:41 AM
That last quote in English will be "'Give them this,' said Gandalf, searching in his pack and drawing out a leathern flask. 'Just a mouthful each - for all of us. It is very precious. It is miruvor, the cordial of Imladris. Elrond gave it to me at our parting. Pass it round!'"

And Guinevere; next quote won't be in Russian, but Norwegian. Much better? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Quote:
Vel, dere trenger å bli passet på, det skal være visst; følget ditt kunne jo vært på ferie!
[ November 23, 2003: Message edited by: vanwalossien ]

Guinevere 11-24-2003 06:57 AM
Thank you, Vanwalossien! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] And yes, Norwegian is MUCH better for me. (I spent a year in Norway once, and though it is 20 years ago, I still remember some Norsk! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )
So translating was no problem, but all the same it needed a lot of brainracking and searching in the books to find out who might have said that...
Quote:
"Well, you do want looking after and no mistake: your party might be on a holiday!"
said Barliman Butterbur to Frodo, when they remembered that Merry hadn't come back from his evening stroll.

vanwalossien 11-25-2003 02:48 AM
Snakker du norsk? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Da var det vel ikke så vanskelig?
Very correct of course Guinevere, your turn.

Guinevere 11-26-2003 03:48 AM
Takk, Vanwalossien ! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
We haven't had a German Quote for some time. Hope that one isn't too easy [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Quote:
Wenn jemals jenseits der Hoffnung du zurückkehrst in die Lande der Lebenden, und wir unsere Geschichten wiedererzählen, an einer Mauer in der Sonne sitzend und über alten Kummer lachend, dann sollst du es mir erzählen.
[ 3:39 PM November 28, 2003: Message edited by: Guinevere ]

GaladrieloftheOlden 12-09-2003 07:57 PM
Hmm... hint?

-Menelien

Mariska Greenleaf 12-10-2003 03:05 AM
No hint needed!

Found it, after a very long search, I can tell you...

Quote:
If ever beyond hope you return to the lands of the living and we retell our tales, sitting by a wall in the sun, laughing at old grief, you shall tell me then.
Faramir to Frodo.

Guinevere 12-10-2003 11:44 AM
Exactly, Mariska! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] (sounds very different from Movie-Faramir, doesn't it! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

Mariska Greenleaf 12-10-2003 12:51 PM
Allright!
The language will be dutch. Good luck!

Quote:
"Hier is je zwaard," zei hij,"maar het was gebroken, weet je. Ik heb het veilig bewaard maar ik ben vergeten te vragen aan de smids of ze het konden hersmeden. Nu is er geen tijd meer... Dus dacht ik, misschien, wil je dit wel hebben, denk je niet?"

Guinevere 12-11-2003 03:51 AM
Oh, that's Bilbo to Frodo, in Rivendell, when he gives him Sting:
Quote:
"Here is your sword," he said, "But it was broken, you know. I took it to keep it safe but I've forgotten to ask if the smiths could mend it. Not time now. So I thought, perhaps, you would care to have this, don't you know?"

Mariska Greenleaf 12-11-2003 03:55 AM
That's the one!
Very good.

Guinevere 12-16-2003 04:14 PM
Thank you Mariska. Dutch isn't so far away from German... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Hm, what language shall I use now [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] French would be no challenge for Mariska [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] so I'll try Italian again.
Quote:
Ho forse il potere di guarire il suo corpo e di richiamarla dalla valle oscura. Ma a che cosa si sveglierà: alla speranza o alla dimenticanza o alla disperazione, non lo so. E se è alla disperazione, morrà, se non verrà un altra guarigione che io non posso portare.
good luck!
[img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 5:15 PM December 16, 2003: Message edited by: Guinevere ]

Mariska Greenleaf 12-18-2003 10:22 AM
Italian is a great challenge, but you know, I used to have Latin in school and that kinda helped me with this one...

Quote:
I have, maybe, the power to heal her body, and to recall her from the dark valley. But to what she will awake: hope, or forgetfulness, or despair, I do not know. And if to despair, then she will die, unless other healing comes which I cannot bring.
Aragorn to Eomer about Eowyn.

Guinevere 12-18-2003 12:40 PM
Very good, Mariska! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Brava!

Mariska Greenleaf 12-18-2003 02:21 PM
I'm going to make one in dutch again, all the other languages I know are far too easy for you, Guinevere! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
I hope this one is a bit harder...

Quote:
" Niet slecht," zei ______,"Je zou er een goed verhaal van gemaakt hebben, hadden ze je niet voordurend onderbroken."
good luck!

Evisse the Blue 12-18-2003 03:05 PM
I've been waiting for quite a while to drop in, hope you don't mind [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Is this the one:
Quote:
"Not bad", Bilbo said. "You would have made a good story of it, if they hadn't kept on interrupting."

Mariska Greenleaf 12-19-2003 10:33 AM
Right you are!
[img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Evisse the Blue 12-20-2003 05:17 AM
I wanted to go for a Spanish quote, but then I decided for Portuguese, as it hadn't been done before:
Quote:
Eu sei o que era que ultimo viu, ela disse, para que e tambem em minha mente. Nao tenha medo.
<font size=1 color=339966>[ 6:43 AM December 20, 2003: Message edited by: Evisse the Blue ]

Guinevere 12-20-2003 05:44 PM
Quote:
"I know what it was that you last saw," she said, "for that is also in my mind. Do not be afraid!"
Galadriel to Frodo after he has looked into her mirror.
(I was so lucky to find a old Portuguese dictionary in the house, that my mother once bought... [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] )

Evisse the Blue 12-21-2003 06:30 AM
You're correct, of course, Guinevere!

Guinevere 12-22-2003 04:13 PM
Thank you, Evisse! I'm lazy, so the Quote will be in German again... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Quote:
Es ist mehr Gutes in Dir als Du weisst, Kind des freundlichen Westens. Etwas Mut und etwas Weisheit gemischt im Ebenmass. Wenn mehr von uns Essen und Heiterkeit und Gesang höher schätzen würden als gehortetes Gold, so wäre es eine fröhlichere Welt.

Mariska Greenleaf 12-23-2003 02:58 AM
Quote:
"There is more in you of gold than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."
Thorin to Bilbo.

Guinevere 12-23-2003 03:06 PM
Richtig, Mariska! (but "of good" not "of gold" , but I'm sure that's a typing mistake... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

Mariska Greenleaf 12-24-2003 07:09 AM
Vielen dank!
And I'm sorry for the typo... [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

I decided to make one in french, et voilà!

Quote:
"Et moi, je vais monter aussi," disait le roi," Je suis agé, et je n'ai plus peur du danger. Je veux parler avec l'ennemi qui m'a fait tant de mal."
Bonne chance [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Mariska Greenleaf 12-29-2003 03:58 AM
Anyone?
Hint needed?

Evisse the Blue 12-29-2003 07:45 AM
That's Theoden to Gandalf in TTT, about going to see Saruman:
"And I too will go up, said the king. I am old and I fear no peril any more.I wish to speak with the enemy who has done me so much wrong."

Mariska Greenleaf 12-29-2003 07:59 AM
Good work, Evisse!
Your turn [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Evisse the Blue 12-30-2003 05:21 AM
Thanks! Italian coming up:

Quote:
Ma sembra impossibile in qualche modo di sentire triste o depresso in questo luogo. Sento che potrei cantare se ho saputo la canzone giusta per l'occasione.
This should be easy...

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 6:24 AM December 30, 2003: Message edited by: Evisse the Blue ]

Mariska Greenleaf 12-30-2003 06:05 AM
Quote:
But it seems impossible somehow, to feel gloomy or depressed in this place. I feel I could sing, if I knew the right song for the occasion.
Pippin to Frodo in Rivendell.

Evisse the Blue 12-30-2003 07:10 AM
Exactly.

Mariska Greenleaf 12-30-2003 08:06 AM
Quote:
Als je al deze dagen hebt rondgelopen met gesloten oren en een slapende geest, wordt dan nu wakker!
It's a Dutch one again, good luck! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

Guinevere 12-30-2003 10:58 AM
Quote:
If you have walked all these days with closed ears and mind asleep, wake up now!"
Gandalf says this to Pippin, when they have arrived in Minas Tirith, before going to see Denethor. (Apparently, Pippin still doesn't understand who Aragorn really is!)

Mariska Greenleaf 12-30-2003 02:49 PM
Correct of course, Guinevere. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
It was indeed the rather ignorant Pippin...

Guinevere 12-31-2003 04:48 PM
Thank you, Mariska.
Hm, what language shall I use now? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] I could translate into Norwegian, but some of those letters are not on my keybord... So I'll make it SwissGerman again. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]
Of course I'll give you some hints, if needed.
Quote:
"De --- isch en usgezeichnete Purscht und würd eme Drache in Rache gumpe um dich z'rette, wänn er nöd über sini eigene Füess stolpere würd; aber du wirsch meh als ein Begleiter bruche i dim gföhrliche Abentür."

Guinevere 01-04-2004 10:25 AM
usgezeichnet= excellent
Purscht= fellow

Mariska Greenleaf 01-04-2004 11:47 AM
Luckely you provided some hints!

Quote:
Sam is an excellent fellow, and would jump down a dragon's throat to save you, if he did not trip over his own feet; but you will need more than one companion in your dangerous adventure.
Pippin to Frodo.

Guinevere 01-05-2004 01:07 AM
Excellent, Mariska!! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Mariska Greenleaf 01-05-2004 08:47 AM
Thank you.

I decided to make one in Westflemish, this could be difficult, I will provide hints if you want to!

Quote:
"Gie zegt da, zegt_______,"voe de schuld weg te pakken van dedeen da je gèrn ziet. Worom zoekt ie joen uut, en zit ie lange bie joen, en vertrekt ie weere zo bliede?"
good luck! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 10:35 AM January 08, 2004: Message edited by: Mariska Greenleaf ]


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