Translation from english to Sindarin and/or Quenya
Martin Schou
please be as kind as to direct me to the correct group :-)
I am looking for a translation of this text:
"My dear. My Love. My soul mate." for a set of engagement rings, so if
there is a difference between the male/female version of the words, that
would also be needed.
And of course written in elvish letters.
I've been looking around for automatic translators and/or word-lists,
but I can't find one for Quenya, and the Sindarin word-list I found
didn't have the word "soul" in it.
I do hope I can get some help in this, as I would really love to have a
set of engagement rings where one ring has the inscription in Sindarin
and the other has it in Quenya.
Sincerely
Martin Schou
Mark
"Martin Schou" <Martin...@Grue-Hornstrup.dk> wrote:
>
> I am looking for a translation of this text:
>
> "My dear. My Love. My soul mate."
"Eyemay earday. Eyemay ovelay. Eyemay oulsay atemay."
Aris Katsaris
"Martin Schou" <Martin...@Grue-Hornstrup.dk> wrote in message
news:3e10e71e$0$167$edfa...@dread12.news.tele.dk...
> I do hope this is the correct news group to ask for this - if not,
> please be as kind as to direct me to the correct group :-)
>
> I am looking for a translation of this text:
>
> "My dear. My Love. My soul mate." for a set of engagement rings, so if
> there is a difference between the male/female version of the words, that
> would also be needed.
>
> And of course written in elvish letters.
>
> I've been looking around for automatic translators and/or word-lists,
> but I can't find one for Quenya, and the Sindarin word-list I found
> didn't have the word "soul" in it.
Other than Salo and perhaps a couple other people, there are precious
few linguists lingering here... or so it seems to me.
I'd recommend Elfling at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elfling/
but I noticed their warning at:
http://nellardo.com/lang/elf/faq.html#s0.4
I'd bet that either "My dear" or "My Love" would be translated
as "Meldanya" in Quenya.
There a quite large Quenya lexicon at http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/ ,
btw.
Aris Katsaris
Martin Schou
I don't know which is worse. That you posted this or that I actually
fell for it for like 45 seconds.
Either way - that wasn't a very polite thing to do. Cool :-D - I love a
good joke, even if I'm at the butt of it :-)
/-Martin Schou
Iain D Broadfoot
> Mark wrote:
>> "Martin Schou" <Martin...@Grue-Hornstrup.dk> wrote:
>>
>>>I am looking for a translation of this text:
>>>
>>>"My dear. My Love. My soul mate."
>>
>> "Eyemay earday. Eyemay ovelay. Eyemay oulsay atemay."
>
> I don't know which is worse. That you posted this or that I actually
> fell for it for like 45 seconds.
>
no, the worst bit is that i didn't notice till now.
iain
Mark
C'mon. . .just close your eyes, and imagine Liv Tyler chanting it. :-)
Good luck with your rings.
Martin Schou
> "Martin Schou" <Martin...@Grue-Hornstrup.dk> wrote:
>
>>Mark wrote:
>>
>>>"Martin Schou" <Martin...@Grue-Hornstrup.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I am looking for a translation of this text:
>>>>
>>>>"My dear. My Love. My soul mate."
>>>
>>>"Eyemay earday. Eyemay ovelay. Eyemay oulsay atemay."
>>
>>I don't know which is worse. That you posted this or that I actually
>>fell for it for like 45 seconds.
>>
>>Either way - that wasn't a very polite thing to do. Cool :-D - I love a
>>good joke, even if I'm at the butt of it :-)
>
>
> C'mon. . .just close your eyes, and imagine Liv Tyler chanting it. :-)
Like I said - I loved it ... hehe
> Good luck with your rings.
Thanks.
/-Martin Schou
Andy Cooke
>
> I do hope this is the correct news group to ask for this - if not,
> please be as kind as to direct me to the correct group :-)
>
> I am looking for a translation of this text:
>
> "My dear. My Love. My soul mate." for a set of engagement rings, so if
> there is a difference between the male/female version of the words, that
> would also be needed.
>
> And of course written in elvish letters.
>
> I've been looking around for automatic translators and/or word-lists,
> but I can't find one for Quenya, and the Sindarin word-list I found
> didn't have the word "soul" in it.
>
Although I'm not a linguist, I may be able to help with "soul"
The closest equivalent may be "fëa" in Quenya and "fae" in
Sindarin. It refers to the spirit indwelling in the Children of
Eru, and comes directly from Eru for each individual, and is
ultimately indomitable.
For the rest, you're best off following Aris Katsaris' advice.
--
Andy Cooke
Mark
How about "My own, my love, my precious?"
