drow word translator

I found a website with an english to drow translator. I am curious if the words are consistent with this server. It might be helpful for those of us who don't know the language, yet.

Well I've just popped in 'As you command' which in server-dribberish is A'dos quarth and it comes out as 'Zil dos quarth. So it looks like the only differences are in the less established words. It's also possible that 'zil is listed somewhere as 'as' but the intact phrase a'dos quarth is also canonical.

After that unhelpful intro, I'd say after a few random common phrases it's a reasonably reliable resource. I've certainly spotted a couple of people using variant dribberish and I was only left going 'WTF?' in one instance. Key words seem correct, which is the crux. There's a thread somewhere with about ten or fifteen common phrases that come up and I'd not really expect to use more than that plus the titles (and the twisted web of usstans and ussas and usstas and udosstas and whatnot). As regards the latter - as a rule of thumb 'Uss-' means I, my, me, etc. 'Dos-' is you, your, etc and 'Udos-' is us, our, etc. The precise meaning can usually be taken from context.

I have mainly been using it for the more common dribberish single words. Correctly getting i,me,my,myself with all the uss-. So far, for those, it seems reasonable. It also provides, in the top left corner, alternatives that might work.

Lazern wrote:

I found a website with an english to drow translator. I am curious if the words are consistent with this server. It might be helpful for those of us who don't know the language, yet.

What is the URL of the translator you found?
The one I have used in the past is: House Maerdyn

http://www.grey-company.org/Maerdyn/resources/translator/. It is in the bolded text. And I believe it to be the very translator you mentioned.

Yep that is the same one I posted.
The name in the post is a live link to it.
When I have an active laptop.. I have that Url pulled up to type out sentences faster.

http://www.grey-company.org/Maerdyn/resources/language.html#cdc

Here you go!