Dwemer Translations - how amny do we have?

Post » Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:05 am

How many direct translation of Dwemer words do we have? I believe "Volen" = "hammer" and "fell" = "city". There was also that translation from KotN. I'm not talking about the direct mappings in some aprts of Morrowind ( Gary Noonan etc ) but actual lore correct translations. I'm trying to name some of the things in my mod and some actual transaltions would be nice.
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Post » Thu Mar 03, 2011 11:47 pm

The translation from KOTN was Ayleid, not Dwemer.

You're talking about the letters written in blood at the Anvil chapel right?
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Post » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:21 am

Yeah the blood script. I thought there was a Dwemer example and an Ayleid example?
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Post » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:53 am

Yeah, KoTN is definitely Ayleid.

It's easy to make that mistake, because their alphabets are virtually identical. The only major difference is that the Dwemer alphabet uses a more geometric look, with a lot of straight lines, while the Ayleid one is a lot more curved, with swirly lines. It's like the cursive version.
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Post » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:15 am

How many direct translation of Dwemer words do we have? I believe "Volen" = "hammer" and "fell" = "city". There was also that translation from KotN. I'm not talking about the direct mappings in some aprts of Morrowind ( Gary Noonan etc ) but actual lore correct translations. I'm trying to name some of the things in my mod and some actual transaltions would be nice.


I think "fell" just means, well, "fell".
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Post » Fri Mar 04, 2011 4:21 am

Volenfell Is literally where Volderung Fell, in which clan Rourken sought it out and settled the land. It's also why hammerfell is called such.
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Post » Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:08 am

Maybe this can http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dwemer_Alphabet :goodjob:
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