High Valyrian Translator

Begin with one or two complete sentences. Plain English works better than a line filled with slang, abbreviations, or references that only your friends understand. Write “Meet me at the castle gate after sunset” instead of “link up at the usual spot later.” The clearer version gives the High Valyrian translator real objects, actions, and timing to work with. If a name must stay unchanged, spell it exactly as you want it shown.

Check the direction below the text boxes. Use English to High Valyrian for a new phrase and High Valyrian to English when you are reading an existing line. After the result appears, compare the two texts. Make sure the sentence is still a request, statement, question, or command as intended. A small grammar change can affect who is acting, how many people are involved, or whether the line sounds formal.

• Translate short connected sentences instead of a whole chapter.
• Keep names and invented place names consistent across every line.
• Check permanent text, such as a tattoo or engraving, with an expert.

A constructed language is designed rather than passed down through a natural speech community over many centuries. That does not make it a simple code. High Valyrian has rules that let speakers build new sentences instead of memorizing a list of quotes. Words change form to show their job in a sentence, and endings can carry information that English often shows with word order or extra words.

This matters when you review a High Valyrian translation. Two forms that look almost the same may not be interchangeable. A familiar dictionary form may need a different ending when it is the object of a verb, when it refers to more than one thing, or when another word agrees with it. If you edit one word by hand, the nearby words may also need to change. Use a grammar source when you want to combine pieces from different translations.

English words often carry several unrelated meanings. “Light” can mean brightness, not heavy, or set something on fire. “Right” can mean correct, a direction, or a legal claim. Put the intended meaning into the sentence. “Carry the light bag” and “light the fire” leave much less room for a wrong guess. Do the same with pronouns. Replace “they” with a name or a clear group when the earlier sentence is not included.

Idioms are another problem. “Break a leg,” “spill the beans,” and “hit the road” should not be translated word by word. Say what the expression means: wish someone luck, reveal a secret, or begin a trip. The result may feel less clever, but it will carry the intended idea. You can add style after you know the basic High Valyrian sentence is sound.

Fans often want a short greeting, motto, invitation, or caption. These are good starting points because the message is focused and easy to compare with the English source. A role-playing group might translate a house saying, a command from a ruler, or a note found in a story. A writer might use a few lines to give a scene a sense of place without making readers follow a long exchange they cannot understand.

Language learners can use the tool to form questions about grammar. Translate a simple sentence, change one detail, and compare the results. Try one person and several people, a statement and a question, or a present action and a past action. Then check the forms in learning material. The translator gives you examples to investigate; it does not explain why every ending appears.

For cosplay or performance, keep spoken lines short. A correct written line can still be hard to say. Long vowels and marked letters matter, and English reading habits may lead you to the wrong sound. Find an audio source or ask an experienced speaker to record the line. Practice in small pieces, then put the sentence back together at a natural pace.

Some High Valyrian lines are well known because they appear in the books or shows. When a phrase already has an established form, use that form instead of asking a translator to invent another version. The examples on this page include several familiar lines for that reason. Keep in mind that spelling and marks over vowels are part of the written form, even when people leave them out in casual typing.

New phrases need more caution. The translator may have to express a modern idea with a general description. A phone, social network, or office department does not automatically have a standard word in the language. Names can usually stay as names, but a name built from an English joke may lose the joke. Decide whether you want to preserve the sound, explain the meaning, or create a setting-appropriate name. Those are different tasks.

Start with the English meaning. Write a plain back-translation of the result or use the reverse direction, then compare it with the original. A back-translation that sounds slightly different is not always wrong, because languages divide meaning in different ways. Look for large changes: the wrong person, missing negation, a statement turned into a command, or a singular object turned into several objects.

Next, check spelling and consistency. Search trusted learning material for the main words and look at how they behave in similar sentences. If your project has several lines, keep a small list of names and repeated terms. Do not change the spelling each time just because another version also appears online. For public fan work, it is honest to label an uncertain line as a best-effort translation.

The tool cannot promise that every new sentence matches the latest accepted vocabulary or every choice the language creator would make. High Valyrian resources continue to be discussed and expanded, while online lists may mix official forms, older forms, guesses, and fan inventions. A smooth-looking answer can still contain a form that needs correction.

Do not rely on one automatic result for a tattoo, jewelry, a printed costume, a commercial product, or a line that will be recorded and distributed. Ask a knowledgeable community member or translator to review it. Give them the exact English meaning and the setting, not only the generated line. Fixing a sentence before it is printed is much easier than explaining a permanent mistake afterward.