The link to the Kickstarter is here: Free Elvish Lessons at the Realelvish Academy Please spread the word to as many people as you can. Even if you can’t donate, spreading the word helps a LOT! Here’s the video: Thank you guys so much!
Fiona J.
Hello! I'm your friendly neighborhood linguist! I grew up on a small sheep and horse ranch in Montana, but now I'm a city-slicker and a college grad, with a degree in English-Linguistics from the University of Montana. I am the owner and head translator of this website.
Choose the Projects I Work on for the Next Year
I put a ridiculous amount of work into this place. It is my passion. I love being able to provide you guys with free, up-to-date translations; I find working on the databases actually kinda soothing and fun. But, I also need to eat food. Funny how the human body works,
15% Off Sale Continues, Signed Copy on Ebay
As I promised the 15% off deal on Lulu books goes on until the end of July! Also, for this week only, I’m putting up a personalized, signed copy of “A Fan’s Guide to Neo-Sindarin” onto Ebay. This is something that usually you can only get when you meet me
Ookii Sora Con News
So, I went to Ookii Sora Con, and from what I got to see of it, it was a success! It looked like everyone else was having a blast. I on the other hand, got really sick and had to leave a few hours into the second day for the
2 New Essays about Tengwar Tattoos
Tada! After that poll and talking to lots of people on the topic, I now have two new essays up in the Translation Request section. They are: Basics of Tengwar for Tattoo Seekers Basics of Tengwar for Tattoo Artists Looking at the results of the poll, the things that most
About Elvish Tattoos
So, lately I’ve been getting a lot of tattoo requests, more than I’ve been getting requests for character names or fanfic dialogue. I want to be able to serve you guys more efficiently, so I need to bug you guys for information. I’m also interested in talking to tattoo artists
400 Books Sold! Lulu Print Books 15% Off to Celebrate!
I’m so excited guys! I did the first count up in a while of all the copies of A Fan’s Guide to Neo-Sindarin that I’ve sold, and discovered that I’d just sold the 400th book! This is something to celebrate, so for the rest of May and June, the Lulu
3197 Quenya Names Added to the Database!
Basically, I took the old Quenya personality namelist and moved all of the names into the database format. The names now appear in the Random Name Generator, and on these new pages: Personality Names: Valinor and Exilic Emotional Names: Valinor and Exilic Enjoy!
Miscon Schedule Up & 3133 Quenya Names Added to Database
Here’s a link to my Miscon appearances, and here’s the descriptions of them: Sat 1:00 – 1:50 PM, Dialogue and Non-Narrative Languages, Yellowstone Panelists: Fiona Jallings (dreamingfifi) In this panel, linguist Fiona Jailings will talk about how to include non-narrative languages in your stories. Whether it’s Middle Earth or Tokyo,
1144 Sindarin Names Added to the Database!
The Sindarin namelists have all been added to the database! I just updated the links and put redirects up on the old pages. Next is the Quenya namelists!