Help! Suggestions! need help with translation!

[Lessa]

well at least you can hit the target which is more than I can do

[GG]

Okay I just gotta be nozey.

How much-ish did that cost you?  I know non-custom bows are pretty pricy, but wow..  that musta set you back a pile..though if you love your hobby like I do mine, it's well worth it.

How long have you been shooting?

[EG]

It will cost me about 100 GBP when its finished.  Which is quite reasonable really.

Ive been shooting now for about a year, nearly.  I was shooting with it today.  I tried it out on Monday and the arrows were falling short of the target.. so he took it back and shortenend it a little to add poundage to it, and now it shoots brilliantly!

Have it at home at the moment so that I can decorate it before giving it back to him to varnish and put the handle on it!  Its absoluletly beautiful to shoot... will have trouble now getting my recurve bow out!

[Lessa]

that's a good price EG!!!

Mind you if you'd wanted it made of either ash or yew it would have been a heck of a lot more.

[EG]

yes it would.. may well get a yew one.. the wood is beautiful!  BUT a lot harder to work with and persuade to bend!

[Lessa]

for all that doesn't it make the best bows?

[EG]

each bow is different so its difficult to say.  Each behaves differently.  But yew, is yes the traditional wood used.

I want to put this phrase on it now

násië i súrë airita taulëllo mapa súlënya
is there anyone clever enough to tell me if I have translated it correctly ?

May the wind from the hallowed trees take my breath

[Lessa]

well I have no idea about the grammer and tenses but the words all seem to check out. Took me a while to find taulë for trees though

[EG]

thankyou Lessa!

yeah took me a while too!  But I wouldnt be surprised if I have the wrong endings on things, or they would be better in a different order!!

[Lessa]

perhaps those at the Tolkien society might be able to help you out?

[EG]

oh well!  got to be right now!  Ive painted it! hahah!  Least I know what I want it to mean 

[Mithrandir]

Gurth gothrim Tel'Quessir - Death to the foes of the Elves

Cuamin linduva yassen megrille - My bow shall sing with your sword

Lye nuquernuva sen e dagor - We will defeat them in battle

For future reference, those phrase are... well they're crap. Don't trust any phrase the Grey Company gives out - indeed, if it's in your favourites or bookmarks delete it because what they have on the website is roleplay Elvish (aka Grelvish) and is a strange mix of Sindarin, Quenya and just made up rubbish. Stay well away!

[Lessa]

ok ok don't lynch me

[GG]

Sounds really nice EG..and not quite as pricy as I'd imagined either.

Odd you should mention wood used for bows though. Around here there's a shrub called Osage Orange, or Bois d'arc.  The "orange" is actually inedible, but according th the wiki, "Straight-grained osage timber (most is knotty and twisted) makes very good bows. In Arkansas, in the early 19th century, a good osage bow was worth a horse and a blanket."

[Lessa]

now that was an expensive bow

I've heard about the Osage Orange making good bows. The wood must be very flexible as well as tough.

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