[rushnl]

Hi all!

I have been searching the net for this almost 3 days.

Does anyone know the tibetan script for the word.. FATHER

Thanks in advance.. its for a tattoo!

[Credendovidis]

Hello rushNL

It took me only 10 seconds of "googling" : search = English to Tibetan :)

This may help you (LINK)

Click on "Tibetan Script" for the "real" thing!!

Success ! That will look very special!!

:)

[TIBETALIA]

Hello rushNL

It took me only 10 seconds of "googling" : search = English to Tibetan :)

This may help you (LINK)

Click on "Tibetan Script" for the "real" thing !!!

Success ! That will look very special !!!

:)

When it comes to translation to /from an "exotic" language such as Tibetan things certainly are not as simple as "googling" something.

For example, the ZanWat Website (English to Tibetan Dictionary at eng-tib.zanwat.org) that Credendovidis has linked to is full of errors.

Frequently the Wylie transliteration for a Tibetan word is wrong, or there is a mistake in the "Tibetan Script" link so that the word displayed in Tibetan Uchen Script is incorrect, or both.

The "Tibetan Script" link links to an automatic Wylie to Tibetan conversion tool. While this Wylie Tibetan to Tibetan Uchen Script Converter itself seems to function correctly, there are not many people who will be able to give you the correct Wylie transcription to input.

Even if you are lucky enough and get the word displayed correctly in Tibetan Script, the converter unfortunately uses a set of graphemes that are shaped like nothing one would ever encounter in Tibetan Calligraphy. This tool is merely for informative / educational purposes.

As for this particular item, "Father", the ZanWat states that the Wylie transliteration for the Tibetan word "Father" is "pa lags". While this may be considered correct by a certain section of the Tibetan populace, the traditional, standard, and grammatically perfect spelling of the Tibetan word "Father" is in fact rendered in Wylie as "paa lags" or "pA lags".

I know that it is a bit late now for the asker (rushnl), but generally, anyone not literate in Tibetan trying to ascertain the correct shape of Tibetan glyphs corresponding to their source (English) words with the intention of having the glyphs tattooed permanently on their body would be well-advised to think twice.

There are at least 2 other Websites out there offering Automated Conversion (e.g. to convert an English name into Tibetan Script) which malfunctions seriously.

And even some sites that offer human translation often come up with very dubious results. (I have seen some completely senseless tattoos!) As of now, there only a handful of reliable people offering Tibetan Translation or Tibetan Script (Tattoo) Design.

They, almost without exception (as far as I know), will charge you a fee for the job you present them with, but unless you are willing to risk ending up with something like "chatterin' " permanently tattooed on your skin when what you had in mind was in fact "Catherine", or having "what-what" instead of "mouse" etc.etc., I guess there is no other way but to consult an expert.

Greetings,

Mike Karma

[Rinica]

I really need help also... I want to get tattoo my first one, and I want to write something on tibetan...
So if anyone can help me to translate something, please tell me and I ll give you my mail!
Thanks a lot

[Clough]

Hi, Rinica!

This is the old, and now archived thread of someone else. It's not generally visible, unless someone happens to visit the forum topic area where it's located, or is notified because their's activity on it because they've already posted on it.

This place doesn't work the same way that a chat room does. New questions that aren't in some way an answer to the very frirst question at the top of the page, need to be asked by starting a new thread.

Please start a new thread if you want what you're asking to get noticed the most.

I would suggest asking in the following forum topic area.

https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/newthr...ewthread&f=189

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Thanks!