Hylian Language Translations/Twilight Princess

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess introduces a new form of Hylian text that is a cipher based on the Latin alphabet. It translates directly to English in most cases, and occasionally to Japanese. The previous form of Hylian text, introduced in The Wind Waker, also makes an appearance in the Kakariko Village Graveyard.

Images from Twilight Princess HD are shown where available. For Hylian text added or altered in that version, see Hylian Language Translations/Twilight Princess HD.

Map of Hyrule[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration
Map		(Center)	H Y R U L E
		(Bottom-left)	Hyrule
			O	Scale	D
		(Bottom-right)
Ordona Province	(Top to bottom)		Ordon Spring
			Ordon Village
			Ranch
			Latoan ^{[note 1]}
Faron Province	(Top to bottom)		Faron Woods
			Temple of Time
			Farone^[sic]
			Forest Temple
Eldin Province	(Top to bottom)		Hidden Gulch
			Eldin
			Death Mountain
			L E (Part of "H Y R U L E")
			Kakariko Village
Lanayru Province	(Top to bottom)		Zora's Domain
			Zora's Rever^[sic]
			Lanalu^[sic]
			Y R U (Part of "H Y R U L E")
			Lake Hylia
			Lakebed Temple
Desert Province	(Top to bottom)		Mirror Chamber
			Arbiter's Keep
			H (Part of "H Y R U L E")
			Great Desert
Peak Province	(Top to bottom)		Snowpeak
Peak Province	(Top to bottom)		Ruins

Ordon Village[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Home Sign			うち	Home

Faron Woods[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Sign beside gate to North Faron Woods			The Approach To a Shrine Of Forest ^{[note 2]}
Labels in Trill's Shop			Oil

Kakariko Village[]

Location	Hylian	Transliteration
Broken entrance Sign	()	Kakariko
General Store Sign		Shop
General Store Signboard		武器 (Weapons)
Malo Mart Signs		Maros^[sic] ^{[note 3]}
Elde Inn Signs		Hotel
	(Lower text is illegible)	Hotel Orude ^{[note 4]} — ^{[note 5]}
	(Lower text is illegible)	危険 (Danger) — ^{[note 5]}
Hot Spring Sign		温泉 (Hot Spring)
Barnes Bomb Shop Signs		Bomb
		Bomb
		Extinct ^{[note 6]}
White posters		Sale

Kakariko Village Graveyard[]

Location	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Broken entrance Sign	()	墓場	Graveyard
Tombstones	(Lower text is illegible)	平原の民に加えて —	^{[note 7]} — ^{[note 8]}
Wall behind King Zora's Tombstone	(Text is illegible)	—	— ^{[note 8]}

Hidden Village[]

Location	Hylian	Transliteration
Entrance Sign		Welcome
Billboards		Welcome to Old Kakarico^[sic]
Wanted poster	1,000,000,000,000,000	Wanted 1,000,000,000,000,000

Hyrule Castle Town[]

Central Square[]

Location	Image	Transliteration
Signs in Chudley's Fine Goods and Fancy Trinkets Emporium		Celeeb
Malo Mart Castle Branch posters		Maros^[sic] ^{[note 3]}
Malo Mart Castle Branch shopping bags		Maros^[sic] ^{[note 3]}
Malo Mart Castle Branch Sign behind counter		Welcome
Malo Mart Castle Branch explosion-shaped Signs		Sale
Cafe Sign		Cafe
Door beside Cafe	(Text is mirrored)	Hyrule ^{[note 6]}

East Road[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Medical Clinic Sign			Hospithl^[sic]

West Road[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
STAR Game banner			STAR Circus
Sign inside STAR Game			Welcome

South Road[]

Location	Hylian	Transliteration
Bread stall		Bread
Meat stall		Meat
Hot Spring water stall		Water ^{[note 6]}
Flower stall	(Text is illegible)	— ^{[note 8]}
Market goods bag	(Text is illegible)	— ^{[note 8]}
Agitha's Castle Sign	(Text is illegible)	— ^{[note 5]} (Possibly reads "Agitha")
Fanadi's Palace Sign		Fortune
Telma's Bar Sign		Bar Terma^[sic] ^{[note 3]}

Telma's Bar[]

Location	Hylian	Transliteration
Menu poster	(Lower text is illegible)	Menu — — — ^{[note 5]}
Red bottles	(Text is illegible)	— ^{[note 5]}
Dr. Borville's invoice	175480000	ENOSZ DWFP HYCJ 175,480,000 IUMG
Dr. Borville's invoice		BV

Lake Hylia[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Flight-by-Fowl billboard			Rakka ^{[note 9]}^{[note 6]}
Flight-by-Fowl sign	File:TP Flight-by-Fowl Sign.png	(Text is illegible)	— ^{[note 5]}

Sacred Grove[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Door to Master Sword			Stone Statue

Temple of Time[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration
Entrance door			Time Door
Floor around Stone Statues	(Text is repeated)		石像 (Stone Statue)
Hallway to Pedestal of the Master Sword	(Text is repeated)		Stone Statue Sanctuary Master Sword Copy Rod ^{[note 10]}
Pedestal of the Master Sword			Master Sword
Framed image			MNOPQABCDEF GHIJKLRSTUV
Framed image		(Text in frame is reversed and repeated)	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ ^{[note 6]}

Arbiter's Grounds[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Trim on walls	(Text is repeated)	…　　…　 (Found among non-Hylian symbols)	W　…　I　…　Z

Mirror Chamber[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Mirror of Twilight's projection	(Text is repeated)		PQEN

Snowpeak Ruins[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration	Meaning
Cannon instructions	(Some characters are obscured)	?? 　　? ??? ? 　?	AHC?G? L　NWH O　?ZD NW??HC? XQTU HPV?LTO CGFLY　H?

Miscellaneous[]

Location	Image	Hylian	Transliteration
Wii Menu banner	(Text is reversed — portions repeat at random)		ABCDEF GHIJKL MNOPQ RSTUV
Sign			Signboard of Hyrule
Sign		— (Not confirmed to be Hylian writing)	—
Postman's flag			Postman
Postman's Letter	(Text is partially repeated)		ABCDEFABCDEF GHIJKLGHIJKL MNOPQMNOPQ RSTUVRSTUV WXYZWXYZ

Notes

↑ This is the name for Ordona in several non-English languages.
↑ This text was replaced with common sign text in Twilight Princess HD.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 This is a common translation error due to English's "L" and "R" sounds being represented by the same characters in the Japanese syllabary.
↑ This is the Japanese name for Elde Inn.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 This text is enlarged and legible in Twilight Princess HD.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 This text is altered in Twilight Princess HD.
↑ This is part of the legend told in The Wind Waker's introduction.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 This text is enlarged and legible in Twilight Princess HD, though it is filler text with no particular meaning.
↑ This is the Japanese name for Falbi.
↑ This is the Japanese name for the Dominion Rod.