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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 ]

11-22-2003, 08:27 AM	#281
vanwalossien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: middle of Nowhere/Norway Posts: 372	Gandalf __________________ "The ships hung in the air in much the same way as bricks don't"

11-22-2003, 12:39 PM	#282
LePetitChoux Vegetable of Doom Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: London Posts: 720	Yes indeedy, it was Gandalf. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ je suis une bonne odeur

11-22-2003, 03:09 PM	#283
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	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] ) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

11-25-2003, 02:48 AM	#286
vanwalossien Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: middle of Nowhere/Norway Posts: 372	Snakker du norsk? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Da var det vel ikke så vanskelig? Very correct of course Guinevere, your turn. __________________ "The ships hung in the air in much the same way as bricks don't"

12-09-2003, 07:57 PM	#288
GaladrieloftheOlden Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Massachusetts - digging up a bottomless hole, searching for something that's not there... Posts: 1,514	Hmm... hint? -Menelien __________________ "Glue... very powerful stuff."

12-10-2003, 11:44 AM	#290
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Exactly, Mariska! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] (sounds very different from Movie-Faramir, doesn't it! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-11-2003, 03:55 AM	#293
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	That's the one! Very good. __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

12-18-2003, 12:40 PM	#296
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Very good, Mariska! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Brava! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-19-2003, 10:33 AM	#299
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Right you are! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

12-21-2003, 06:30 AM	#302
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	You're correct, of course, Guinevere! __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

12-23-2003, 03:06 PM	#305
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Richtig, Mariska! (but "of good" not "of gold" , but I'm sure that's a typing mistake... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

12-29-2003, 03:58 AM	#307
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Anyone? Hint needed? __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

12-29-2003, 07:45 AM	#308
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	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." __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

12-29-2003, 07:59 AM	#309
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Good work, Evisse! Your turn [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

12-30-2003, 07:10 AM	#312
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	Exactly. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

12-30-2003, 02:49 PM	#315
Mariska Greenleaf Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Dublin Posts: 1,036	Correct of course, Guinevere. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] It was indeed the rather ignorant Pippin... __________________ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.- Confucius.

01-04-2004, 10:25 AM	#317
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	usgezeichnet= excellent Purscht= fellow __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!

01-05-2004, 01:07 AM	#319
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	Excellent, Mariska!! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!