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mitthrawnuruodo
October 15, 2015

Translating quote into Dovahzul

I was hoping someone could help translate a saying for me:

Sky above me, Earth below me, Fire within me

I translated it word for word myself, but I'm not sure it's correct as translation is more of an art than an exact science.

Lok avok dovah, gol atum dovah, yol kosil dovah

Any help with the correct translation (and the script, too!) will be greatly appreciated!  Thank you :)

Category: Translation


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paarthurnax
Administrator
October 15, 2015

A phrase in-game that's fairly close is lok bothu'um tum, the Dovahzul version of "Sky Above, Voice Within." The literal translation is "sky flying, voice down" - a bit abstract, but if we want to model your quote after this, the translation might look like:

Lok bo, gol tum, yol kosil "Sky flying (above), earth down (below), fire within

You're right that translation is more of an art than a science. "Me" can get axed here since it can be implied without it. In runes, it would look like this:

LOK BO GOL TUM YOL KOSIL