Quotes in other languages

[HerenIstarion]

that did it! thanks! (as I thought dünnyögte to mean 'chant' I was after singing species in all the books. But all guessed riddles are so easy in an afterthought, and so hard to break from the start )

That was Tom Bombadil, reflecting sad story of the Kings of Arnor:

Few now remember them,' Tom murmured, 'yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folk that are heedless

PS Who is Dinaan and why is his car dead?

[Althern]

Spot on. Over to you.

As for Dinaan, I once read the phrase 'as dead as Dinaan's cat' in a book by Jack Vance. In context it meant something quite dead. According to Google (the final word in our times), there is no such thing as Dinaan or his cat. So, it just remains a phrase that I steal from time to time, because I like the way it sounds. Who knows? If more people use it, it could become colloquial language.

[HerenIstarion]

Allrighty than. Another quick search showed dinaan to mean 'date' ins sanscrit. What is has to do with dead mammals, remains obscure

As for the next, it will be french for a change:

Si vous souhaitez savoir, je vous dirai que ces portes ouvrent en dehors. De l'intérieur vous pouvez pousser les ouvre avec vos mains. De l'extérieur rien ne déplacera les mais le charme d'ordre

[The Saucepan Man]

... I can see that one.

If you wish to know, I will tell you that these doors open outwards. From the inside you may thrust them open with your hands. From the outside nothing will move them save the spell of command.

Gandalf to the Fellowship outside Moria, concerning the Doors of Durin.

[HerenIstarion]

Absolutely. Over to you

[The Saucepan Man]

Thanks, H-I. But, as I said, I'm no linguist (I'm English, after all ). So any attempt by me at translation would most likely be doomed to failure.

I will therefore turn the thread over to anyone who wants to post the next quote.

[HerenIstarion]

Not to let it die, Russian for now:

- Uh! Vot i oni, - skazal on loshadiam, - Na vid, vrode, ne opasnie. Mojete idti!