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 | Meaning | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||||||
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 | Image | Hylian | Transliteration | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
Extinct [note 6] | ||||
White posters | Sale
|
Kakariko Village Graveyard[]
Location | Image | 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 | Image | Hylian | Transliteration | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Hylian | Transliteration | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||||
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 | Image | Hylian | Transliteration | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Image | Hylian | Transliteration | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
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 | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
(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 | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
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.
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