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Merry
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This translation matter would have driven Tolkien loco, wouldn't it? :shock:
Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West,
for your King shall come again,
and he shall dwell among you
all the days of your life.
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Absolutely, Merry.

Since we're on a new page, allow me to repeat the newest question in our game:

Who said, "I am nearly dead of it."
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“Therefore I say: Eä! Let these things Be! And I will send forth into the Void the Flame Imperishable, and it shall be at the heart of the World, and the World shall Be.”
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serait-ce Pippin, qui meurt de faim dans ''La Communauté'', sur la route avec Grand-pas? (trad en français..de Strider)
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Sorry Michka, this quote comes from The Hobbit.
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Lindariel, sorry, on holidays,without my book! If in bookshop I find the edition ''Hobbit'' english published,I could play (est-ce clair?)
Merry, j'ai commandé ''Les lettres de Tolkien'' à lire en vacances
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eh,bien j'ai peut-être trouvé: page 118,chapitre: De Charybde en Scylla'; "Pour moi,je suis presque mort d'inanition, dit Bilbo,d'une petite voix faible que personne n'entendit"
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How wonderful, Michka: the Letters to read on vacation! That's my idea of a little bit of heaven!
Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West,
for your King shall come again,
and he shall dwell among you
all the days of your life.
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Correct Michka! Your turn!
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qui dit: ''Il a eu sa part à le voir!'' ?
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sorry, je repose ma question: à quel moment de l'histoire un garde dit cette phrase?
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j'essaie english: ''He had his part, to see him'', si c'est correct(?)
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That seems a good translation, Michka, although could the last part also be 'to see it'? I have no idea who said this! But I think your secondary clue is that a guard said this line, right? Maybe that will help someone.
Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West,
for your King shall come again,
and he shall dwell among you
all the days of your life.
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Merci,Merry, j'ajoute que le garde parle d'une dose de vin, est-ce plus facile?
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Michka, I believe the original English quote you're referring to is, "He has had his share by the looks of it." This is from the chapter "Barrels Out of Bond" in "The Hobbit," and it is said by one of the Elvenking's guards, who arrive to find the Butler and the Captain of the Guard passed out from drinking the King's best wine. They then proceed to push the barrels into the river, and thus Bilbo and the Dwarves escape from the Elvenking's fortress.

Playing this as a bilingual game makes it even more interesting and challenging!
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True: it's kind of a team sport now!
Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West,
for your King shall come again,
and he shall dwell among you
all the days of your life.
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