Greetings all! I've been struggling on my own and have finally decided to join the community. I recently got back in to Tengwar calligraphy after a long hiatus and that sort of gate-wayed me in to trying to translate things in to Quenya. So here I am. My current project is The Irish Blessing:
Nai i tië tentuva lye velien•
Nai i súre nauva illumë pontilyassë•
Nai i árë nauva lauca antolyanna•
ar i rossë lantuva mussë restalyanna:
Ar tenna enomentielva
nai i ilúvatar i melë ve nassë
lyë colë mi paltalya
Násië
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your field.
And until we meet again
May the God that loves us all
Hold you in the palm of his hand
Amen
I posted my first crude translation up on the Counsel of Elrond forum. This is after 1 set of suggested revisions. Obviously it's not a direct translation, I opted to change 'rise up' to 'go forth' among some other small changes. please let me know if there are any grammar issues that might have been missed before I apply ink to parchment. Thanks!
Aeta Capella May 10, 2017 (23:50)
Tamas Ferencz May 11, 2017 (10:08)
paltalya is "your palm", it should be paltarya or paltaya "his/her palm"
cole -> coluva (following nai)
Tamas Ferencz May 11, 2017 (10:09)
Aeta Capella May 11, 2017 (14:31)
Also I did originally have it as paltaya but I guess when I was going through changing all of my -tya endings to -lya endings I accidentally did that one too. :P
Tamas Ferencz May 11, 2017 (15:19)
http://eldamo.org/content/words/word-2834544799.html
Aeta Capella May 11, 2017 (15:21)
Aeta Capella May 17, 2017 (21:42)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4jX8BoTPwA6vobWLsyRwHgmN-vnnlNRFwOkqdHT6vll5Li3tge__VmQp9Rg8rN5mkHysCesEym8
Tamas Ferencz May 18, 2017 (15:21)
the r in súre is not word-final so it is written with rómen, not áre
Tamas Ferencz May 18, 2017 (15:27)
Aeta Capella May 18, 2017 (17:22)
Aeta Capella May 18, 2017 (17:31)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/v-pFPoeGKz3vGZ6faU-t95k-aU9k1PXE5DknB0SSDIgNSdkM3J8MX3jH461ZqcA-t96hcDqdIbk
Tamas Ferencz May 18, 2017 (17:44)
Check out Amanye Tenceli, still the best website on Tengwar (in my opinion)
Aeta Capella May 18, 2017 (17:48)
Aeta Capella May 18, 2017 (17:53)