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farlung
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Post Translating names from Decipher Lord of the Rings RPG
on: January 05, 2016 04:46
Hi all.

I've found the name Nimbathel as an Elven female name on the Decipher LotR RPG.

I'm trying to figure what should be the translation. So far, I understand that "nim" should be "white", but I'm unsure of how I should translate the rest.

Looking at the dictionaries, it seems to me that the second part should be "thel", which can be translated as "will", or "th^el" (sorry, no keyboard support here), which is "sister".

Can someone with more knowledge of me shed some light?

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on: January 07, 2016 07:13
From a bit of Googling it appears it's meant to mean 'White star pathway' [nim = white, bâd = pathway, el = star. (Core Book, p. 63)]

Though it would actually be Nimp = White, pale.
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on: January 09, 2016 02:36
Hi Galadivren.

Thanks for your answer. Are you saying that the translation was already in the Core Book? I've the italian version, and there could be some difference.

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on: January 10, 2016 05:46
Looks like it yes. I've never heard of the book before so I don't have a physical copy to compare against the PDF online.
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