This is a bit late, but as I'm trying to name towns, could you help me out a bit with the way you name towns and all, like Tresarya?
I start by taking a language that I feel works for the kingdom or group. If you're going to use Cornish for elves, like I did, I recommend a related language like Welsh or Irish for the Dark Elves. For dwarves, I would use a Germanic language, probably one from the Old Norse branch. And then if you do that, I would use a language from a different Germanic branch for the halflings. For the humans, just use something not too closely related to what you've used before. (An) Italic language(s) might be a good option.
Next, I think of some characteristic of the town (or whatever I'm naming). This can be a location, something it is known for, the name of a founder, anything. Translate that word or phrase into your chosen language (unless it's a name, obviously). You can change around wording slightly until you get something you like, and, once you do that, take what you have and smush it together into a single word. To do this, you can cut parts out of words, switch out a couple letters, and condense it into the proper form. The resulting word can be as long or as short as you like; it depends on what kind of place it is, whether a long name fits it or a short one.
Here are some examples:
English: Crossing Red River Cornish: Treusva Rudh Awon Changing: Treysa Ry A Result: Tresarya
English: Stone Fist Of The Mountains Norwegian: Stein Neve Av De Fjellene Changing: Sten Nev Av Fjellan (The/De is removed) Result: Stennev'avfjellan
English: Snow Pelt Fur Irish: Sneachta Pelt Fionnaidh (Pelt translated to Pelt, so I switched it for Fur) Changing: Finna Soch (switched order) Result: Finnasoch
This is a bit late, but as I'm trying to name towns, could you help me out a bit with the way you name towns and all, like Tresarya?
I start by taking a language that I feel works for the kingdom or group. If you're going to use Cornish for elves, like I did, I recommend a related language like Welsh or Irish for the Dark Elves. For dwarves, I would use a Germanic language, probably one from the Old Norse branch. And then if you do that, I would use a language from a different Germanic branch for the halflings. For the humans, just use something not too closely related to what you've used before. (An) Italic language(s) might be a good option.
Next, I think of some characteristic of the town (or whatever I'm naming). This can be a location, something it is known for, the name of a founder, anything. Translate that word or phrase into your chosen language (unless it's a name, obviously). You can change around wording slightly until you get something you like, and, once you do that, take what you have and smush it together into a single word. To do this, you can cut parts out of words, switch out a couple letters, and condense it into the proper form. The resulting word can be as long or as short as you like; it depends on what kind of place it is, whether a long name fits it or a short one.
Here are some examples:
English: Crossing Red River Cornish: Treusva Rudh Awon Changing: Treysa Ry A Result: Tresarya
English: Stone Fist Of The Mountains Norwegian: Stein Neve Av De Fjellene Changing: Sten Nev Av Fjellan (The/De is removed) Result: Stennev'avfjellan
English: Snow Pelt Fur Irish: Sneachta Pelt Fionnaidh (Pelt translated to Pelt, so I switched it for Fur) Changing: Finna Soch (switched order) Result: Finnasoch
I start by taking a language that I feel works for the kingdom or group. If you're going to use Cornish for elves, like I did, I recommend a related language like Welsh or Irish for the Dark Elves. For dwarves, I would use a Germanic language, probably one from the Old Norse branch. And then if you do that, I would use a language from a different Germanic branch for the halflings. For the humans, just use something not too closely related to what you've used before. (An) Italic language(s) might be a good option.
Next, I think of some characteristic of the town (or whatever I'm naming). This can be a location, something it is known for, the name of a founder, anything. Translate that word or phrase into your chosen language (unless it's a name, obviously). You can change around wording slightly until you get something you like, and, once you do that, take what you have and smush it together into a single word. To do this, you can cut parts out of words, switch out a couple letters, and condense it into the proper form. The resulting word can be as long or as short as you like; it depends on what kind of place it is, whether a long name fits it or a short one.
Here are some examples:
English: Crossing Red River Cornish: Treusva Rudh Awon Changing: Treysa Ry A Result: Tresarya
English: Stone Fist Of The Mountains Norwegian: Stein Neve Av De Fjellene Changing: Sten Nev Av Fjellan (The/De is removed) Result: Stennev'avfjellan
English: Snow Pelt Fur Irish: Sneachta Pelt Fionnaidh (Pelt translated to Pelt, so I switched it for Fur) Changing: Finna Soch (switched order) Result: Finnasoch
I don't have any examples with person names to place names, since I haven't done that myself, but it is a possibility.
Ah. Although, where do you actually translate the text?
Usually Google Translate, but, as in the case of Cornish, it doesn't support all languages. So for those I just look up "[language] translator" and find something that works.
Ah. Although, where do you actually translate the text?
Usually Google Translate, but, as in the case of Cornish, it doesn't support all languages. So for those I just look up "[language] translator" and find something that works.
Okay. I use Google Translate, and as they didn't have Cornish, I figured I may as well ask.
Usually Google Translate, but, as in the case of Cornish, it doesn't support all languages. So for those I just look up "[language] translator" and find something that works.
Okay. I use Google Translate, and as they didn't have Cornish, I figured I may as well ask.
For Cornish, the translator I use should be the first search result. It's pretty good, though it doesn't seem to have a huge vocabulary, so you might need to get a little creative.
Okay. I use Google Translate, and as they didn't have Cornish, I figured I may as well ask.
For Cornish, the translator I use should be the first search result. It's pretty good, though it doesn't seem to have a huge vocabulary, so you might need to get a little creative.
For Cornish, the translator I use should be the first search result. It's pretty good, though it doesn't seem to have a huge vocabulary, so you might need to get a little creative.
My apologies for being inactive this weekend. I caught a bad cold and I had to deal with it since Friday.
Now that I've recovered from that, I can finally, and I mean it this time, start the RP. Of course, Hunter and Emy haven't got their RPCs in yet, but that is partly my fault.
Please note that this is partly based off of the Ranger's Apprentice series, meaning that some weapons/terms will be taken from there.
Here's my RPC:
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Name: Avelyn Race: Human Class: Ranger (Hunter) Gender: Female Age: 15 Homeland: Aelaedal Backstory Info: As all masters are trained, they are apprentices. Avelyn is one of the few ranger apprentices, meaning she may be dexterous, but she isn't the most trusted among other countries. She lives in a country in Aelaedal (name of it to be decided. not the best at coming up with names). Appearance: Avelyn dons a green and gray mottled cloak to conceal herself in the background, especially in shadows. She also wields a brown scabbard, holding two knives, being a throwing knife and a saxe knife, a larger, but still capable, knife. The other weapon she wields is a longbow as tall as herself with a quiver of two dozen feathered arrows.
My apologies for being inactive this weekend. I caught a bad cold and I had to deal with it since Friday.
Now that I've recovered from that, I can finally, and I mean it this time, start the RP. Of course, Hunter and Emy haven't got their RPCs in yet, but that is partly my fault.
Please note that this is partly based off of the Ranger's Apprentice series, meaning that some weapons/terms will be taken from there.
Here's my RPC:
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Name: Avelyn Race: Human Class: Ranger (Hunter) Gender: Female Age: 15 Homeland: Aelaedal Backstory Info: As all masters are trained, they are apprentices. Avelyn is one of the few ranger apprentices, meaning she may be dexterous, but she isn't the most trusted among other countries. She lives in a country in Aelaedal (name of it to be decided. not the best at coming up with names). Appearance: Avelyn dons a green and gray mottled cloak to conceal herself in the background, especially in shadows. She also wields a brown scabbard, holding two knives, being a throwing knife and a saxe knife, a larger, but still capable, knife. The other weapon she wields is a longbow as tall as herself with a quiver of two dozen feathered arrows.
