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Forum: Quotable Quotes 05-13-2010, 10:17 AM
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Posted By Guinevere
It can't be that, I think, because of the length...

It can't be that, I think, because of the length and the two question-marks.
It rather looks like it could be Gandalf to Bilbo, right at the end of the book:

"and why should not they prove true?...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 08-12-2009, 01:35 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
Thumbs up C'est ça!

Your turn, Nerwen :)
Forum: Quotable Quotes 08-11-2009, 02:04 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
Thank you, Pitchwife :) and please excuse the...

Thank you, Pitchwife :) and please excuse the delay! (I borrowed the smilie from the German Tolkien Forum "Elronds Haus")
OK, here is a new quote, in French again :
Forum: Quotable Quotes 08-04-2009, 01:26 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
http://www.myrias.de/Templates/Elrond/images/idea....

http://www.myrias.de/Templates/Elrond/images/idea.gif
I translate your Latin back to "Elven Latin":

"Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!"

(Elendil's...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 07-18-2009, 04:14 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
Please go ahead, Pitchwife! I'll soon be away on...

Please go ahead, Pitchwife! I'll soon be away on holidays.
Forum: Quotable Quotes 07-18-2009, 01:53 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
Is nobody going to answer this?? Since my...

Is nobody going to answer this?? Since my mothertongue is German, I thought it was too easy for me...:rolleyes:
Forum: Quotable Quotes 11-29-2008, 02:21 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Thumbs up Correct!

Well, that was a fast answer, Andsigil! ( Especially considering how long it took me to translate that quote to Italian! :p)
Btw, welcome to the game!
Forum: Quotable Quotes 11-29-2008, 01:56 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
OK, I'll try my hand at some Italian again:

OK, I'll try my hand at some Italian again:
Forum: Quotable Quotes 08-16-2008, 01:48 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
Well, if no one else cares to translate that, I...

Well, if no one else cares to translate that, I will.

Morgoth to Húrin:

"Sit now there, said Morgoth, "and look out upon the lands where evil and despair shall come upon those whom you have...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 06-26-2008, 01:38 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Thumbs up That's it!

Well done, Cailin! :)
Swiss German dialect has some things in common with Dutch, like the guttural "ch" sound.
Forum: Quotable Quotes 06-20-2008, 03:36 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
Thank you, Legate! Since Aganzir's...

Thank you, Legate!

Since Aganzir's German is too good I'll try Swiss-German dialect to make it more challenging.

"Ich bi sicher du häsch mir s'aller schwärste Züg gä. Ich ha Verbarme mit...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 06-08-2008, 04:14 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
http://www.myrias.de/Templates/Webprojekt/images/i...

http://www.myrias.de/Templates/Webprojekt/images/idea.gif

Now you confirmed my guesses and I look at it again, it suddenly does ring a bell!!
Is it the end of the Ent & Entwife song?
Forum: Quotable Quotes 06-08-2008, 02:13 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
I haven't forgotten this, I keep looking at it...

I haven't forgotten this, I keep looking at it from time to time .
I found or guessed several words (those you gave I had already found) but others remain mysterious and the whole thing doesn't...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 02-10-2008, 04:20 PM
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Posted By Guinevere
Yep, that's it, Aganzir.

Yep, that's it, Aganzir.
Forum: Quotable Quotes 02-09-2008, 03:52 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Its from LotR alright. ( from RotK to be...

Its from LotR alright. ( from RotK to be precise; if that's any help to you :))
Forum: Quotable Quotes 02-07-2008, 03:41 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Thank you, Legate! :) Btw, this was...

Thank you, Legate! :) Btw, this was interesting, I didn't know what "Koine Greek" was, and so I looked it up . It's amazing how many languages you know!! :eek:
Unfortunately I am not able to bring...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 02-05-2008, 05:53 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
http://www.myrias.de/Templates/Webprojekt/images/i...

http://www.myrias.de/Templates/Webprojekt/images/idea.gifI guess it must be this:

Dakryous myriona ymeis ekcheeite; kai _____ peribalousin _______ kata ymas, kai ekbalousin ymas exo, ina mete echo...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 01-02-2008, 04:15 AM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Thumbs up Correct, of course!

Should I have picked an obscurer quote then? ;)

There aren't that many languages I can (grammaticaly correctly) translate into from English. There are more languages I can understand a bit, of...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 01-01-2008, 03:56 PM
Replies: 834
Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
OK, here is a quote in French again:

OK, here is a quote in French again:
Forum: Quotable Quotes 12-29-2007, 02:40 PM
Replies: 834
Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Thank you ! Arrow was a useful hint :) I...

Thank you ! Arrow was a useful hint :)

I guess it must be Théoden to Hirgon:





Here I must disagree with you! The feeling of the book is often not the same when translated! There are...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 12-17-2007, 02:41 PM
Replies: 834
Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Wether the quote is well known or not was not my...

Wether the quote is well known or not was not my problem: I am absolutely clueless about Greek, so I gave up and hoped for some of our more learned members to come along.
Forum: Quotable Quotes 12-14-2006, 02:02 PM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Thumbs up Correct!

well, a few words are a bit different in the original:

"If I thought that Manwë needed such a messenger," said Amandil, " I would betray the King. For there is but one loyalty from which no man...
Forum: Quotable Quotes 10-24-2006, 06:19 AM
Replies: 834
Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
ok. :) avoir besoin de... = to need ...

ok. :)
avoir besoin de... = to need
trahir = to betray (here in the conditional form)
ne...que = only

It's neither from the LotR nor from the Hobbit
Forum: Quotable Quotes 10-22-2006, 02:54 AM
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Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Do you need a hint? Or is just nobody looking at...

Do you need a hint? Or is just nobody looking at this thread?? :rolleyes:
Forum: Quotable Quotes 09-09-2006, 01:53 PM
Replies: 834
Views: 282,250
Posted By Guinevere
Thank you, Gothmog! :) Here is another...

Thank you, Gothmog! :)

Here is another quote for those who know some French:
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