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Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 09-12-2023, 07:43 AM
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Posted By Findegil
That was exactly my question (may be put a bit...

That was exactly my question (may be put a bit strange). Because the phrase 'First War' was not used in our texts other then what I mentioned in my last post. Thus never in the narative for the...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 09-12-2023, 06:53 AM
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Posted By Findegil
Did I miss something? As fare as I can find we...

Did I miss something? As fare as I can find we used the term 'first war' (without capitals) only in two place in our editing.
First it has the qualifier 'the first war of the West upon the North'...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 09-11-2023, 03:07 AM
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Posted By Findegil
I don't think so either. But in MT II Tolkien...

I don't think so either. But in MT II Tolkien used 'the First Battle' to name the strife in which Tulkas came to Arda.

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Findegil
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 12-09-2017, 07:12 PM
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Posted By Findegil
BoT-02.7: I am not sure that this the right place...

BoT-02.7: I am not sure that this the right place for this insert. But for the moment I did not find any better.

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Findegil
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 11-08-2017, 01:45 PM
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Posted By Findegil
Okay, if all of you feel that it is not necessary...

Okay, if all of you feel that it is not necessary we will skip BoT-21.5.

I think with that all open points are cleared, right?

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Findegil
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 11-07-2017, 12:05 PM
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Posted By Findegil
BoT: BoT-21.5: I can see your concerns,...

BoT:

BoT-21.5: I can see your concerns, Aiwendil. What about taking the info I want from an older source:

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Findegil
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 11-06-2017, 01:26 PM
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Posted By Findegil
I see as well no open points any longer. But I...

I see as well no open points any longer. But I have again found something that might be added:
- We missed the information which colure was used for which Lamp so fare. We could add it in this way:...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 11-05-2017, 06:25 PM
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Posted By Findegil
We could take up BoT-15 a bit earlier: ...

We could take up BoT-15 a bit earlier:
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Findegil
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 11-04-2017, 06:35 PM
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Posted By Findegil
BoT-13.7, BoT-13.8: Okay, I see that Ulmo in the...

BoT-13.7, BoT-13.8: Okay, I see that Ulmo in the role of Melkor arguing for the split is to risky. But what about this:

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Findegil
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 11-03-2017, 05:39 PM
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Posted By Findegil
BoT-03: “fields of Aman” to “fields of Arda”:...

BoT-03: “fields of Aman” to “fields of Arda”: Why? It is a change from specific to unspecific. So why should the new comers of the Manwë party not decent into Arda first in the fields of Aman?
...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-27-2017, 12:31 AM
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Posted By Findegil
I will not have much time to work in the next...

I will not have much time to work in the next week, so if you have the hope to find time for it earlier, that is fine for me.

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Findegil
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-26-2017, 06:20 PM
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Posted By Findegil
So the 9.58 will be removed. Aiwendil wrote:...

So the 9.58 will be removed.

Aiwendil wrote: That is a valid argument to which I can agree. What follows in AAm (so it si in the next section) are the journeys of Yavanna and Ororme to...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-25-2017, 06:44 PM
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Posted By Findegil
So I think we all agree to take AAm as basis text...

So I think we all agree to take AAm as basis text for the draft to come.

On the MT Questions

Okay for the “measurless regions” of Eä. That means we should use a part of MT opening section.
...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-23-2017, 10:49 PM
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Posted By Findegil
BD-12: It seems we a situation of turned tabels....

BD-12: It seems we a situation of turned tabels. Both of you agree to skip that passage about the reckoning of time but now I have made some caacluclations and might be willing to include it...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-21-2017, 08:14 PM
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Posted By Findegil
First of all a addition to my last post: ...

First of all a addition to my last post:
Bot-20: Sometimes it would be better to read more before writing. It is ture that this passage came from much earlier in the text, but none the less it is...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-18-2017, 01:26 PM
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Posted By Findegil
Thank you, Aiwendil, for this very through...

Thank you, Aiwendil, for this very through analyses and eloquent arguments for the structure of your draft, with which I mostly can agree.
Just to explain a bit how I arrived at the choice of basis...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-11-2017, 11:54 AM
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Posted By Findegil
BD-03: Your addition from MT, Text VI is a great...

BD-03: Your addition from MT, Text VI is a great in it self. I always had in mind that we had such a passage that clearly identifies Melkor and Manwë with special thoughts of Eru. As we are told that...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 10-10-2017, 11:44 AM
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Posted By Findegil
While for the chapter ‘Concerning the Dwarves the...

While for the chapter ‘Concerning the Dwarves the Ents and Eagles’ I think a matching of our editing should be helpful, I am in this chapter sure thst it would lead to more confusion and not less....
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 09-28-2017, 05:18 PM
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Posted By Findegil
For all these three basic questions there is now...

For all these three basic questions there is now no longer any choice for this project. But for all who would prefer a different option in these questions, it might be said that at least our finished...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 09-26-2017, 01:48 PM
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Posted By Findegil
First of all welcome to this quite part of the...

First of all welcome to this quite part of the Barrow-Downs gandalf85! The members of the project have always been thankful for any intrusion from outside, and as AcrusCalion has already mention...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 09-23-2017, 04:34 PM
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Posted By Findegil
I found an addition worth considering while...

I found an addition worth considering while working on The Making of the Sun and the Moon ... chapter:
The information that it was in the wielding of flame that Tulkas overcome Melkor is only given...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 08-24-2017, 07:05 PM
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Posted By Findegil
Arcus Calion worte:Sure, the question is do we...

Arcus Calion worte:Sure, the question is do we corret being -> beings. This singular for plural case is not in being due to our editing. It is inehrent in the source text from JRR Tolkien. I would...
Forum: Translations from the Elvish - Public Forum 08-23-2017, 04:51 PM
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Posted By Findegil
Chapter 1: Of the Beginning of Time

This is the first draft of the chapter 1 Of the Beginning of Time. The shift of the material from the Ainulindalë into this chapter and the split of this first chapter was discussed in the thread...
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