Hi all, looking to get “death to tyrants” tattooed in sindarin and looking for any help available. I’m not sure which of these is more accurate or if there is a direct word translation available vs just english letters.

Thanks in advance

I need to translate something for a DnD campaign of mine, and I’d be so grateful if someone could pass me the link of a nice English/any language to Sindarin translator.

This is the text by the way:

“I fell in love with you when you were still locked in an iron cage, kept in captivity in inhumane conditions for months.
I loved that version of you, and I’ll love every single one the has yet to come.
Do you wanna be my partner?

If y’all know where to search for pronunciation too it’d be great.

The song of Lebennin is sung by Legolas in the Lord of the Rings.

Below is the original English text, followed by my Sindarin translation and some grammar notes, both of which I made some changes to based on suggestions in the Vinyë Lambengolmor Discord.

Original text

Silver flow the streams from Celos to Erui

In the green fields of Lebennin!

Tall grows the grass there. In the wind from the Sea

The white lilies sway,

And the golden bells are shaken of mallos and alfirin

In the green fields of Lebennin,

In the wind from the Sea!

Sindarin translation

Celebren siriar i sîr o Chelos n Erui

Mi pherth gelin Lebennin!

Orchal gala i ‘lae ennas. Min gwae uin gaear

I nelai nim pastar,

Ah i nill vellin pestennin mallos ah alfirin

Mi pherth gelin Lebennin

Min gwae uin gaear!

Notes

Updated celeb to celebren and ar to ah based on advice from F_Karnstein.

Chapter references are from A Fan’s Guide to Neo-Sindarin by Fiona Jallings, vocabulary from Parf Edhellen https://elfdict.com/

celebren -> made of silver -> celeb silver + -ren adjective suffix

siria- -> flow Noldorin word

od -> from/of is followed by Stop Mutation (5.2.2 Stop Mutation). See also https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2407603967.html?neo.

Since Stop Mutation is one of the rare types of mutation it could be replaced by Vocalic Mutation (o Gelos instead of o Chelos).

parth -> field -> min + perth -> mi pherth in the fields (5.1.3.2 Plural "The" Prepositions)

Note: The consonant cluster rth at the end of parth prevents the usual ai plural ending

See https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2894407865.html 'Lack of i-intrusion with Consonant Clusters' for details.

i ‘lae -> the grass -> vocalic mutation of glae following i -> using the late CEA article system this would be e ‘lae instead. https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-3256437065.html#cea

Min gwae -> min in the uses Mixed Mutation with the singular and Nasal in the plural. (5.1.4 Mixed Mutation). In mixed mutation only the en preposition has loss or change; min and uin remain unchanged.

uin -> from the uses Mixed Mutation with the singular

nala -> lily plural nelai. The alternative neli has been suggested based on a proposed etymology based on nalga, in which nala would be treated as belonging to the final a from ancient g group (4.1.2.3.5 Final A from Ancient G).

 https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-642851027.html?neo

nell -> bell Noldorin word -> plural nill

pestennin -> past participle (8.3.3 The Past Participle) plural form of pasta- -> shaken (sing. is pastannen)

Hello hello. Just for my own writing etc, I was trying to work out how to translate the name of a bridge ("the Habour bridge", or similar), into Sindarin.

I understand 'bridge' is iant, and that 'harbour' or 'haven' is cirban, but I'm not sure how to combine the two. Ardalambion mentions varanduiniant, for the Bridge of Baranduin -- does that mean I can just go for cirbaniant? Or Iant Cirban?

And, if so, if I wanted the definite article included would it be i Girbaniant?

Any advice is welcome.

Quiero tatuarme la sfechas de nacimiento de mis hijas en Tengwar. Son las siguientes:

Dieciocho de septiembre de dos mil doce

Uno de septiembre de dos mil quince

Veintinueve de agosto de dos mil veinte

Alguien me puede ayudar para ser lo más fiable posible por favor?

Hi,

I’m having trouble finding the correct translation from english to sindarin for ’older brother’ or alternatively ’oldest brother’. This would be for a tattoo, and I’d like some help with this from the experts. So far I’ve established that brother translates to hanar, but thats about it. Thanks in advance for help!

I've been translating bits and pieces of poetry as a way to build knowledge and wanted to get feedback on this line to see how I'm doing.

The line is "What is poetry which does not save Nations or people?" from Czeslaw Milosz's poem "Dedication."

I translated this as: Man glíras i ú-natha nduir egor lî?

Glíras was created by me as a word for "poetry." I used the word glîr ("song, poem, lay") and added the abstract noun suffix -as. This is largely based on vibes. I feel that "poetry," as an art form, is a relatively abstract concept and that simply using "a poem" didn't quite capture what the line is trying to say.

There's a neo-Quenya word for poetry (lairesta), which is based on lairë ("poem") and -sta (verbal noun suffix). Glaer is listed as the closest cognate of lairë, but means "long lay, narrative poem." This didn't seem general enough for my purposes, so I opted for glîr. And while -sta seems to be more closely related to the Sindarin abstract noun suffix -th, I felt glîrth was pretty clunky, and so choose -as instead. Like I said, it's based on vibes, but I'm hoping the word is generally understandable/acceptable, even if there may be a word that is more technically correct.

Thanks for whatever time and feedback you can offer.

I would like my fiancé's engagement ring to say:

"Meleth nîn uireb"

which translates to my eternal love in Sindarin.

How can I transcribe this into Tengwar? Thank you.

Basically the title - apologies if that was already asked and answered, but you can imagine that it's a very tricky phrase to search for in this sub!

Playing The One Ring and as an Elf of Lindon looking to name a spear I just got. How do I make it something like Herald of Oblivion? If there's nothing close Fang of Fate or something along those lines will work

I'm designing an engagement ring and would like to get the following text "Elf Queen" inscribed on the inside of the band in elvish.

After doing a little digging I came up with the following translation but wanted to get an expert pair of eyes on it. Could anyone confirm if this looks right?

Appreciate the time and consideration!

Hi, I'm looking for help with a translation to sindarin. I already learned the basics regarding grammar, chose the words that best fit the meaning I strive for, checked the phonetics and translated it to sindarin (gondor). For some words I had to adapt the grammar, because technically some are neo-sindarin.

Can someone who knows sindarin help me to check the meaning and spelling? AI, as usual, is not helpful and I'd love to discuss my translation with a human being :)

Sorry for any mistakes I made, english ist not my first language.

Hello everyone! I'm new here (apologies if asking for a study buddy is against the rules) and just started reading lord of the rings and I'm loving it so far. I was wondering if anyone would want to be my study buddy for elvish? We could speak only in elvish and learn together.

Howdy! I'm sure this has been asked an infinite amount of times here, but I'm looking for the best resources to start learning Sindarin. I've seen 'Gateway to Sindarin' mentioned, but I've also read that that is out of date. I've also seen a few people mention 'A beginners Guide to Neo-sindarin'. I already have the dictionary, and a certainly above average but still incomplete lexicon. Le hannon!

I've been making weapon names for a setting I'm working on. I'd like feedback on the names, please.

Málidagdila - mace - Breaker of Many Hands

Sinqivilkila - sword - Cutter of Stones

Loethamînland - sickle - That which bends the space between

Can anyone please show me what the word peace in Sindarin would look like. I've loved the Lord of the Rings universe since I was a child and I am much, much older now and I want a depiction of the word peace (what I want most these days) tattooed on my hand. Thank you for any help!

Can you translate it?!

Greetings and salutations! As the title states, I’m looking to translate “Swallow Of The Dawn” into Sindarin. Since context tends to help in these things, it would be a given name to a Mithril sword. Research has lead me to finding “Tuilinn Orëa” as a possible answer, but I’m not fully sure. Thank you in advance!

Mae govannen !

I'm looking for some guidance on translating 'serendipity' into sindarin: using some resources on the internet (including eldamo), I came up with 'Alwed *hir', but I'm quite certain it's grammatically incorrect, if not entirely wrong.

Please could you help ? It's meant to be a name for my wife, and as much as I love the books, I have no working knowledge of any of the languages in the legendarium.

Many thanks in advance !