Translation for a tattoo

missara #2225

Hey (:

I was thinking getting a tattoo in Sindarin, but don't trust my skills to get the translation right. Thus I would ask help from wiser people (:

What is in my mind is a text "be yourself". The context is being true to yourself and not being anything else than what you are.

Thanks you for your help (:

Gilruin #2226

Technically, I suppose it could be translated no im but I wouldn't recommend tattooing that; as far as the currently published material goes the relation between Sindarin emphatic ("you in particular") and reflexiv ("yourself") is a mess. I would recommend that you transcribe the English sentence with Tengwar, which still looks good and doesn't need to deal with the uncertainties of translation: General mode for English.

missara #2228

Thank you Gilruin for the translation (: My plan is indeed to use Tengwar as otherwise it would look stupid in the eyes of others. Apparently it was a lot easier translation than I though.