Second-guessing and Misunderstanding Tolkien

[herlig9]

I watched the film in a verrrrrrrry
old theater, so this is what I saw!

Aka thats what i imagined Thorin to look like. I played the Hobbit 2003 game. And to me he should have looked like this

 

[Elthir]

Tolkien once noted that Dwarves did not go bald — the detail arose in "Notes on Chronology of Durin's Line", which reads in part:

"Dwarves of different "breeds" vary in their longevity (. . . my edit for brevity). Dwarves remained young — e. g. regarded as too tender for really hard work or for fighting — until they were 30 or nearly that (Dain II was very young in 2799 (32) and his slaying of Azog was a great feat). After that they hardened and took on the appearance of age (by human standards) very quickly. By forty all Dwarves looked much alike in age, until they reached what they regarded as old age, about 240. Then they began to age and wrinkle and go white quickly (baldness being unknown among them), unless they were going to be long-lived, in which case the process was delayed."

JRRT, The Making of Appendix A, The Peoples of Middle-Earth, The History of Middle-Earth Volume 12, edited by Christopher Tolkien, Harper Collins, partly edited here for brevity by me, Elthir, Cat in a Coat

 

[Radaghast]

Sauron was considered more powerful than Gendalf. Sauron forged the rings and thus should know more about ringlore than Gendalf. Why did Gendalf realize that destroying the ring would bring Sauron low, while Sauron did not realize this?

One thing Sauron did realize was how to spell Gandalf.

 

[Radaghast]

Why didn’t they just fly the Ring to Mordor on the Eagles?

 

[Radaghast]

If a Balrog decided to become a farmer, would the free people of Middle Earth allow it?

Old McBalrog had a farm
E-I-E-I-O!
And on this farm he had no wings
E-I-E-I-O!

 

[Radaghast]

 

[Aldarion]

Old McBalrog had a farm
E-I-E-I-O!
And on this farm he had no wings
E-I-E-I-O!

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[herlig9]

Had that on VHS actually. My brother said he really liked watching it growing up. So he bought them for me when i was in store once.

 

[Radaghast]

Why didn't Gandalf use eagles to get into Mordor?

 

[Radaghast]

How did Sauron have access to the Elves Rings if he can’t touch them at all? Is there a mystical link between the unique Ring and Elves?

 

[Eldacar]

Never in my life have I heard anyone calling it "The Unique Ring"

 

[Server Room Gremlin]

Never in my life have I heard anyone calling it "The Unique Ring"

Could be a different language thing. In French, the One Ring is l'Anneau unique. The same word 'unique' is used in French for things like 'one-way road' and 'only child'. It's basically the word 'one' (un/une) as an adjective.

 

[Aldarion]

Never in my life have I heard anyone calling it "The Unique Ring"

Could be a different language thing. In French, the One Ring is l'Anneau unique. The same word 'unique' is used in French for things like 'one-way road' and 'only child'. It's basically the word 'one' (un/une) as an adjective.

Same in Croatian. The One Ring is often translated as Jedinstveni Prsten, which reverse-translated would mean The Unique Ring.

That being said, both Jedan Prsten (The One Ring) and Jedinstveni Prsten (The Unique Ring) are used in Croatian translations.

 

[Eldacar]

My polish fiancee informed me that in polish its "jedyny pierścień" which also directly translates to the unique or the sole ring.

Its already short for "jedyny w swoim rodzaju pierścień'' which would be the proper way to express "The unique ring" 😅

 

[Radaghast]

If Eru Ilúvatar blew into the nostrils of the three stone trolls from The Hobbit, would they come back to life?'

 

[Elthir]

Surely Eru can bring six nostrils back to life.

Or by "they" do you mean the entire Trolls?

 

[Radaghast]

What would hammer if Gimli used Excalibur to destroy Sauron’s ring instead of his axe?

 

[Radaghast]

Who would win, Durin's Bane or Severus Snape with the Sword of Gryffindor, Elder Wand, Narya, and Fire of Anor?

 

[AaronSecret]

In Bulgarian they translated Baggins as Torbins. because torba means a bag
gamgee as maitaper, maitap as a joking one, a merrily laughing one
there are other ones I noticed when I read in my native language but I forgot them.
do translators keep in Baggins in your languages, or do they translate it to sound metaphorically?

 

[Radaghast]

In Bulgarian they translated Baggins as Torbins. because torba means a bag
gamgee as maitaper, maitap as a joking one, a merrily laughing one
there are other ones I noticed when I read in my native language but I forgot them.
do translators keep in Baggins in your languages, or do they translate it to sound metaphorically?

According to Brave search, yes:

• French: Translated as Bilbon Sacquet or Bilbo Bessac, where "Sacquet" means small bag and "Bessac" relates to a large bag or knapsack.
• Spanish: Known as Bilbo Bolsón, utilizing the augmentative form of "bolsa" (bag) to convey the meaning.
• German: Rendered as Bilbe Beutlin, where "Beutlin" is derived from "Beutel" (bag).
• Dutch: Translated as Bilbo Balings, adapting the root to the Dutch word for bag.
• Finnish: Appears as Bilbo Reppuli, using the word for rucksack or backpack.
• Russian: Commonly translated as Bilbo Soomnicks or Torbins, referencing "soomka" (bag) or "torba" (pilgrim's sack).
• Portuguese: Brazilian translations often use Bilbo Bolsão (big bag) or Bolsoiro, while older Portuguese editions sometimes kept the name untranslated as Bilbo Baggins.
• Hungarian: Translated as Zsákos Bilbó, where "zsákos" means "baggy" or "with a bag."
• Czech: Rendered as Bilbo Pytlík, with "pytlík" meaning a small bag.
• Norwegian: Translated as Bilbo Lommelun, a name implying softness and pocket-like qualities.