Where's the Tolkien fans at?
Noticed my 1973 copy of The Hobbit has a message on the inside cover.
Can anyone translate?
@Arioch1530 Probably English. It looks like it starts with something like "Dear Jess" and ends with something like "Love, Cathy/Kathy".
@Arioch1530 There seem to be errors and inconsistencies, but here's a guess:
Dear Joyce,
May the vitality of Middle Earth remain always in your heart and each journey there awaken the child within who joins again to the joy and wonder of life.
Happy birthday.
Love,
Kathy
@Aaron Thank you so much!
@Arioch1530 @Aaron This seems pretty close! I get “the child within *you once* again” (“y[u] ons[e]”).
Yes! That must be it. That prose reads more naturally. I was working with something like "hu 'ouyns 'ahgahyn".
There's a ton of play in the rest of it too, so further improvements would not be surprising. It's terrible writing; it's not clear how specifically the Tengwar are being used (the "mode") and there are tons of errors.
@Aaron @joeld Thank you both so much!