X: help on elven translation [Archive] - Wizards Community

X: help on elven translation [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Yaeri
09-04-06, 07:56 AM We're making a DM-screen for our friend's birthday. My significant other was going to put a slogan in elvish on the front for the players, so I was thinking of putting one on the back too.
I want to write "Pull the strings!". I'm guessing there's no straigth translation for that, so I was hoping some of you might have approaches on how to translate this.

PS: It's my intention to put the English translation under the elvish.
Lord Karsus
09-04-06, 06:52 PM -Don't got that, but I've got pleanty of other good things. Check my sig.
Berzerker_prime
09-04-06, 10:45 PM There really isn't anything in the way of a Faerūnian Elvish per se. That is o say, there is no established grammar and syntax. There are plenty of places where vocabulary has been established, so you could always use that to substitute one-to-one for Enlgish words. But really all you'd be doing with that is making a code for English, since you don't have a grammar.

Sweet water to you!

Berz.

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Yaeri 09-04-06, 07:56 AM	We're making a DM-screen for our friend's birthday. My significant other was going to put a slogan in elvish on the front for the players, so I was thinking of putting one on the back too. I want to write "Pull the strings!". I'm guessing there's no straigth translation for that, so I was hoping some of you might have approaches on how to translate this. PS: It's my intention to put the English translation under the elvish.
Lord Karsus 09-04-06, 06:52 PM	-Don't got that, but I've got pleanty of other good things. Check my sig.
Berzerker_prime 09-04-06, 10:45 PM	There really isn't anything in the way of a Faerūnian Elvish per se. That is o say, there is no established grammar and syntax. There are plenty of places where vocabulary has been established, so you could always use that to substitute one-to-one for Enlgish words. But really all you'd be doing with that is making a code for English, since you don't have a grammar. Sweet water to you! Berz.