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Can You Read Tengwar?

“What the hell is Tengwar?” some of you might ask.  Tengwar is the Elvish writing system created by J.R.R. Tolkien for his amazing books.  I found a place where I could translate a phrase into Tengwar.  Below is the translated phrase:

Tengwar phrase

Can you figure out what it is I had translated?  Major Tolkien fans will probably know it immediately.  For others, it should be pretty challenging.

HINT - I didn’t translate an English phrase.

Chris's gravatar Chris United States October 10, 2007

Don’t tattoo that just yet, they’re not the same word. “mellon” means “friend” in Sindarin. The word for tree is “galadh”, not “mellorn”. I think you’re thinking of the mallorn tree, like the ones in Lothlorien.

mellon = friend
mallorn = kind of tree

Bruno Bruno "Jesus" Brazil October 10, 2007

Hey, thanks for the help!
Yes, I think I was messing up because the pronounce sounds similar… Well, I have some time yet to decide the exact word, but the tree I will mantain.
Thanks again. =)

shone's gravatar shone Bosnia and Herzegovina July 15, 2008

hello, my name is shone and i would like to translate few words on tengwar annatar for my tattoo, can yuo help me ? The words are :
Mother, Father i love you

Daniel Scott's gravatar Daniel Scott United States August 10, 2008

I need help translating my name in to tengwar, can any1 help please?

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