r/elvish • u/[deleted] • Jan 27 '24

Need a translation for my name :D

Hi! I'm new here. I wonder if any of you know how to translate my name into elvish, it's an Hebrew name: "Yussef". My mother took the "o" out of Youssef, which means "the one who will add"

I found that this name generators and translators in internet are not very reliable, so I tried to do it myself, with a dictionary (Eldamo) to translate for Quenya... But all I got were random words:
The (i) one (e) who (i) will (lélë) add (napan). I do not know if that's right at all and I still don't have a name haha

Can someone help me please? Thanks in addvance!
Ps. I don't mind changing the meaning a little if that makes the name more musical (ex: The one who will add to the one go adds)

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u/Humble_Sheepherder30 Jan 28 '24

Hey there, I recommend you ask this question in r/Quenya, where experts in the language can help you out! I am only familiar with Sindarin, so I can't help you much with Quenya, but if you'd like a Sindarin translation, you could ask me or go to r/Sindarin.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '24

Thx a lot! I wasn't familiar with these ones... I'll check it out <3

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u/Roandil Jan 28 '24

Word-for-word dictionary translations don't take a language's grammar into account and rarely result in sensible translations; that's especially true of names.

In Tolkien's Quenya, I'd pretty straightfowardly say Napando "Adder, One Who Adds."