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  1. P

    Language Translation

    Im working on a puzzle and I have instructions that I need translated into english but I am having the hardest time ever. Can anyone here help me? Here's the link to what I need translated. Any help at all will be greatly appreciated. https://i.imgur.com/au0Y0u1.png
  2. W

    Need help with translation!

    Could someone help me translate this? https://imgur.com/a/Zdw8uHS thank you so much
  3. J

    Write a name in Sindarin

    I am trying to design a memorial tattoo for my little brother that has just passed. He loved everything elven. He would write his journals in Sindarin. I need to know how to spell his name using the Sindarin alphabet. His name is RYAN KEITH SMITH. Or perhaps a translation of the meaning of the...
  4. vMarie

    Help with sindarin translation

    Hi, so I've been working on translating two sentences into sindarin. I'm going to have them tattooed so I want them to be as accurate as possible. They are: "I have passed through fire." and "and I have forgiven those who trespassed against me." (a mix of the last lines in the lord's prayer and...
  5. L

    Need a translation for a 🧙Gandalf quote

    Hi! I want to get a tattoo of Gandalf's quote 'All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us' in elvish font. I keep finding different versions of it, and I'm wondering which one is accurate! Here are some images I have found: if someone can tell me which one is accurate...
  6. C

    I need help with a translation, please. Eng-Quenya

    I need the following phrase translated into Quenya: Keep safe our souls and minds. I got the following, with my attempt: Mando fear(lva?) a ore(lva?). I'm not sure how to use "mando" as a verb for "keep safe" rather than "safe keeping". Also, I'm not sure how, or where, to add the -lva for...
  7. FleaBane

    Another "help me with my translation"-post

    Hi all! So I have a friend who lost her sight and wants a translation for a tattoo she'd like to get. (Before you say it: I know. I know. But it's her choice.) So her quote is: "Keep looking for a light in the darkness and hope will never die." Now my Sindarin is shoddy at best and I'm trying...
  8. S

    Translation from english to quenya: «Me and you»

    Hello! I need a translation for this senctence: «Me and you» After some searching my suggestion is this: «Amin ar´ lle» But I don´t know if this is correct. I also need to find out the elvish symbols/writing for this sentence, where can I find this? One can´t simply translate a sentence...
  9. O

    Need a Simple Translation Help

    Hello, I have been searching for the translation of the word 'Honor' to Sindarin, but couldn't find it anywhere. Maybe someone here can help?
  10. E

    Translations of The Hobbit

    Hi Everyone, I`m looking for information about the translations of the Hobbit into French (there are two, I`m interested in both). I have the translations themselves, but I`m wondering if anyone knows where I can find information about them? I`m looking for commentary or something similar. Thanks!
  11. T

    Dwarvish Tattoo translation

    Hey guys, New poster here, I have a quick question. I've been doing some research for a tattoo and I wanted a tattoo in dwarvish runes with my favourite chapter from the hobbit. Link below of what I was thinking. Just wanted someone to confirm it was right before I went and got it permanently...
  12. C

    Help with translation please!

    I want to translate two words into Elvish but I do not trust some of the websites' suggestions I've seen. I am a huge Tolkien fan but I am not very versed in reading/interpreting his languages. The two words are: Beloved Hope Any info you have is very much appreciated! Also, "dear one" Thanks!
  13. P

    Need help with a translation...please read post

    My son is very ill with a failing liver. He needs a transplant to live. He drew a picture which I blew up and framed in Cherry wood. I want to inlay the frame I made with ivory of the following words... ....Dream Building..........and..... "sometimes words have two meanings"........ The...
  14. B

    Help with a translation to Sindarin

    Mae govannen! I know it's kinda rude to start my life in this forum with a request but I'm still gonna do it while in the same time feeling bad about it. Anyhoo: I want to tattoo a short sentence in Sindarin. I translated it from German but in English it says: "The next story awaits." Because...
  15. J

    Tattoo Script Translation

    Hello please could someone translate this for me? TIA
  16. Orchidfox

    🎶Song of Beren and 🧝Luthien Translation

    Hi new member here. I have a question. Does anyone know the last verse of the Song of Beren and Luthien in its original writings, perhaps in Tengwar, Quenya or Sindarin? Or if there isn't does anyone can translate the last verse only into correct elvish writings? I need it to make a drawings...
  17. D

    ⛏️Dwarfish Translation Help?

    So I'm looking to get a tattoo in Dwarfish, just want to make sure I don't have it wrong first :P I'm wanting the numbers "4 8 15 16 23 42", this is what I've got so far:
  18. G

    Need help on Quenya Translation

    I want to translate the quote "Further up and further" from C.S Lewis's the Last Battle into Quenya. I want to get it as a tattoo. I have already figured out the Tengwar transcription. I just need to verify the Quenya translation. So far what I have is, "Ambela amba ar ambela mina". Any help...
  19. A

    Need some help with translation!

    I got this note from my neighbor, I did some research and I found out that it is black speech, I have no idea what it means, so please help me.
  20. C

    Thranduil translation

    I would love to see some linguistically correct versions of Thranduil's name in Quenya. I only need it for a passing reference in a story I'm writing, but I've been curious for years. My research, such as it is, has taken me through the elements of his Sindarin name, tharan and tuil...
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