Seek for the Sword that was broken...

[Thinlómien]

Wow, the Russian translator was clearly having fun!

Finnish:

Käy murtunut miekka noutamaan,
se on kätköissä Imladrisin;
siellä neuvot vahvemmat laaditaan
kuin taiat Morgulin.
On merkki siitä nähtävä vaan
että tuomio lähestyy,
Isildurin Turma kun havaitaan,
Puolituinen ilmestyy.

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Wow, the Russian translator was clearly having fun!

Well, it sounds waaaaaaaaaay better in Russian, even with the changes, than on the translation I provided. The only thing I ws really confused about (before I read LOTR n English) was why Boromir says "than this is the last hour of Minas Tirith" (the line translated from my Russian copy). I figured out in the end that the original poem had to contain something about "doom" or "last hour" or something like that, and the translator left it out. It took me a while, though.

Does the Finnish version translate more accurately?

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Galadriel55

Does the Finnish version translate more accurately?

It is kind of weird - in the sense that the grammar is rather obscure and it's difficult to say what things refer to, but I would maybe translate it as something like:

Go to fetch the Broken Sword, it is hidden in Imladris. There will councils be made that are stronger than the spells of Morgul. A sign only should be seen that the doom is nearing closer, when Isildur's Bane is observed a Halfling will appear.

Bad English, I know, but the Finnish is kind of bad too!

[Thinlómien]

PS. G55 - have you seen this thread: Pleased to meet you, Frodo... Reppuli? ? Maybe you would be interested in reading it or contributing something to it?

[Galadriel55]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Wow, the Russian translator was clearly having fun!

Ye-es, in a way, I guess. But it's more me being a bad translator. When I translated it, the whole thing just fell apart.