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Hello! My name's Arno.
I love the beautiful Tengwar script created by Tolkien for the
world of Lord of the Rings.
Perhaps you do too, or perhaps you're looking for inspiration
for your next tattoo?
Type a sentence or name and see it
transcribed into Tengwar. Note the text is not translated,
it is simply written using the Tengwar characters.
To transcibe some text Sindarin or Quenya, select the appropriate
mode in the Options panel.
/r/real_arnog
CAUTION This transcriber only works well for English, Spanish, Sindarin or Quenya. The result may be inaccurate otherwise.
ATTENTION Ce transcripteur ne fonctionne correctement que pour l'anglais, l'espagnol, le sindarin ou le quenya.
Les transcriptions de phrases françaises peuvent être incorrecte.
CAUTION This transcriber only works well for English, Spanish, Sindarin or Quenya. The result may be inaccurate otherwise.
PRECAUCIÓN Para transcribir una oración o nombre en español, use el modo español en el menú de options.
CAUTION Is this Portuguese? To get an accurate transcription, select options, then select the Spanish, Quenya or Beleriand mode.
CAUTION Is this Italian? To get an accurate transcription, select options, then select the Quenya mode.
CAUTION This doesn't look like English. Is this Sindarin or Quenya? For a more accurate transcription, select options, then select the Sindarin, Quenya or Beleriand mode.
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If you type a single word, dictionary entries matching this word will be displayed. For example: love or hope. A few famous quotes are recognized as well. For example not all those or namarie or all we have to decide
Upper case letters are transcribed the same as lowercase letters.
Use the letter eth, ð, to indicate a "dh" sound, as in this, and the letter thorn, Þ, to indicate a "th" sound, as in theater. For a few common words, this happen automatically.
For some personal names or place names, you may need to have more control over long vowels.
To represent a long vowel, use a circumflex accent: Sûmit. As an alternative, to
represent a vowel on a long carrier, use a grave accent: Sùmit
If the text begins with an exclamation mark !, the Tengwar diacritics (tehtar) will be displayed in red. It's pretty.
Numbers are transcribed in base-12, with the least significant digit first. To transcribe a number in base-10, precede it with a #. For example: 31415 = û¨ñòöñ (B12, 112, 212, 612, 112 = 1621B12) and #31415 = õ¨TñTôTñTóT (5, 1, 4, 1, 3 = 3141510)
You can select and copy the text in Tengwar, and paste it in another application. If you apply a Tengwar font to the text, it will display correctly.
The North American English pronunciation is used, as provided by the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. The pronunciation is displayed using IPA symbols.
If a word is not in the dictionary, the word will be displayed in red and an approximate transcription will be attempted.
Indicate long vowels with an acute or circumflex accent, or by doubling them. For example: yára, yâra or yaarahÍ~C7E(ancient). Use a grave accent for double-diacritics instead of a long-carrier, or upside-down "a". For example mìre tÔ7R (jewel)
Diaeresis can be used to clarify the pronunciation for english speakers, but are ignored. For example: taurë (/to-ray/ = forest), yávië (= /yaa-vi-ay/ autumn).
To indicate that a n should be transcribed with noldo g rather than nuumen 5, use ñ. For example ñúle (black arts).
To indicate that a s should be transcribed with súlë 3 instead of silmë 8, use the letter thorn, Þ. For example: Þauron (Sauron, The Abhorred)
Intra-word hyphens (i.e. "Gil-Galad") are not displayed in Tengwar. Instead, use a "." to transcribe a mark between words, e.g. "Gil.Galad": "xj%=xj#2"
