"Concerning... 'The Hoard'" revealed

[gondowe]

Originally Posted by Tar Elenion

Letter 131 is another source:
"The remaining two Silmarils are regained from the Iron Crown — only to be lost. The last two sons of Fëanor, compelled by their oath, steal them, and are destroyed by them, casting themselves into the sea, and the pits of the earth. The ship of Earendil adorned with the last Silmaril is set in heaven as the brightest star. So ends The Silmarillion and the tales of the First Age."

Good catch, the ever-present letter helping us again. I, accustomed to the translation into Spanish, had not noticed it.

Greetings

[Tar Elenion]

What does the Spanish translation make it say?

[gondowe]

The same. But in the understanding is ambiguous. Could mean only the jewels were cast. and is a passage that can be easyly overread.