Narnian quote guessing game??

[ilja]

I'm sorry I haven't got the CoN in English. I could post a german quote (:pleased: ) or a quote from LoTR which I've bought two months ago. It would be for example my signature.

[Mornamoice]

[Shadowland Dweller]

[*~Diamond in the Rough~*]

Ahh but there are ways around this, my friend:

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It WAS a secret until now ;) I had people believing I could speak any language out there and fluently at that LOL

[Sarah N.]

Hmmm... no Latin though. Too bad. Have you all noticed how often Lewis quotes from Latin and doesn't offer a translation? I hate that. I guess it is more annoying because I half understand what is being said, but can't get the whole thing.

[Mornamoice]

In Lewis's world, I think it was expected that any reasonably educated person had studied Latin and didn't need a translation. He must not have foreseen the gradual elimination of Latin from the curriculum in most schools (at least here in the US--I don't know how it is in the UK).

I had Latin in high school and went on to pursue a Classics major. My high school was the only school in the district still offering Latin when I was there... it got rid of the programme five or six years later.

My daughter attended a Classical Christian school when we lived in Colorado, and would have started Latin in second grade if we had not moved. Sadly, enrollment was not enough for the school to keep going and I've heard they had to close. I would love to find a Classical Christian school near where we live now, but there's no such thing within a reasonable distance. Katie thrived there in first grade, and was very sad when we had to move. Someday I have to get in gear and start teaching her and her siblings Latin again.

I can't guarantee the accuracy of it, but I found this freeware when I did a google search for Latin Translator. http://www.sofotex.com/Latin-Translator ... 23697.html

[ilja]

OK, here are some german quotes; I post more than one at once in case you won't guess the first. I don't know if it's easy or too hard.

"Ich dachte, du wärst schon mal hier gewesen", sagte Jill.

Die Sonne stand schon hoch am Himmel und die kühlen Morgenstunden waren schon verstrichen. Es ist meine Schuld! ...

"Jetzt ist alles still hier. Doch ich habe zu Zeiten hier gestanden, als die Luft erfüllt war vom Lärm der Stadt; ..."

[Lady Rebecca]

[Mornamoice]

[Aleena]

the first is a quote of by Jill from The Silver Chair.

the second is from The Horse and His Boy.

the third is (I think) Jadis commenting on Charn in The Magician's Nephew.

Did I get them right?

here's the next quote:
"You are a chap of one idea, aren't you?"

[ilja]

[Lady Rebecca]

Thanks, Mornamoice, for accurate translations! :) My guesses were rather wide of the mark! :)

"You are a chap of one idea, aren't you?"

Puddleglum, to the Warden of the Marches of the Underland, who kept saying, "Many fall down, and few return to the sunlit lands."

How about this:

"Here she comes, here she comes, they cried."

[Shadowland Dweller]

[Lady Rebecca]

<Sighing Deeply, with a smile on her face, Lady Rebecca replies>

The most beautiful part of the move. The Princess Bride is funny, and mostly silly, but at certain points, truth shines out like a beacon and it quite takes my breath away.

[Shadowland Dweller]