Hello, I want to make a tattoo in viking style. the Idea is to translate my name and the name of my siblings and a family quote into elder futhark runes. Do you know somebody for a correct translation?
Hello Laura, I will try to upload Elder Futhark to English alphabet proper guide tomorrow to the Resource Library. Just follow it to translate the names. You can upload it here after and I’ll take a look. Veronika.
the quote in German it’s: Familie ist Macht. Liebe und Loyalität/Treue (“Treue” because “ä” does not exist in futhark. (Für) Immer und ewig (without “Für” because “ü” does not exist).
the quote in english it’s: Family is power. Love and Loyalty. Always and forever.
For the most part, you can go with a translation you have made. It translated the letters individually but I believe in translating based on the pronunciation rather than letters themselves. I studied German a bit many years ago and the word like Macht, in my opinion, does not need Kenaz, you can leave just Hagalaz and have the same pronunciation. Because Kenaz gives K sound and I believe ch in German pronounces as H.
Same when we translate from English, if we want to have TH sound in a word like Thorn, we use Thurisaz Rune alone, rather than using Tiwaz + Hagalaz.
Hello Laura, I will try to upload Elder Futhark to English alphabet proper guide tomorrow to the Resource Library. Just follow it to translate the names. You can upload it here after and I’ll take a look. Veronika.