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Old 03-29-2003, 02:21 PM   #13
Lostgaeriel
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Thanks for the quotes from The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen, Annunfuiniel. But I believe they must be translations back to English from your native tongue. (I believe you made mention in another thread that English is not your first language.)

Tolkien's turn of phrase has been lost in these translations. Compare:

Quote:
Arwen saw him again after the long time of separation; and while he went towards her, under the trees dressed in golden flowers in Caras Galadhon, Arwen made her choice, and her fate was set.
to the original
Quote:
And thus it was that Arwen first beheld him again after their long parting; and as he came walking towards her under the trees of Caras Galadhon laden with flowers of gold, her choice was made and her doom appointed.
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