High Valyrian Translator

High Valyrian is the language of the Targaryens, the Dragonlords, and the old Valyrian Freehold in Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon. Linguist David J. Peterson built it for HBO from George R.R. Martin's original fragments into a fully working language.

Peterson gave it real grammar, a sound system, and a vocabulary. It is not gibberish or a font trick. High Valyrian has noun classes, verb conjugations, and phonology rules the same way Latin or Ancient Greek do.

High Valyrian is a good fit for the lines fans usually try first: names, dragon commands, short quotes, and phrases that feel like they belong in the world of the show. It also works in reverse, so existing Valyrian text can be checked back into simple English. If you want the other major Game of Thrones language, the Dothraki Translator covers Khal Drogo, Daenerys, and the horse-lord side of the series.

High Valyrian works best with names, commands, and short fantasy lines:

1. Type a name, dragon command, title, or short phrase in English.
2. Click Translate to create the High Valyrian version.
3. Use swap when you want High Valyrian back in English.
4. Copy the output after checking names or canon-style wording.

Short fan lines usually stay clearer than long modern paragraphs with several ideas inside them.

Canonical High Valyrian phrases from the show:

Short lines work best here because High Valyrian fits titles, vows, commands, and formal fan phrases.

If you just want quick references, these are some of the High Valyrian words and phrases people look up most often:

Dragon commands, greetings, and well-known show phrases usually draw the most attention here because they are what fans recognize fastest.

Noble, dragon-linked, Targaryen-style lines are where High Valyrian feels right:

• Dragon commands: Dracarys (dragonfire), Lykiri (be calm), Sōves (fly). Test them here or look up others from the show.
• Cosplay and fan events: Daenerys and Rhaenyra lines land differently when you actually know what you're saying.
• Name translation: What does your name sound like in High Valyrian? Short names work especially well.
• Fan content and trivia: Captions, edits, quizzes, and Discord servers.

Names, titles, commands, and short fan lines work better when recognizable Valyrian flavor matters more than paragraph-length translation.

High Valyrian text can be checked back into plain English by swapping the direction before translating.

High Valyrian was the language of the Valyrian Freehold, the empire that ruled the known world before the Doom of Valyria wiped it out. After the Freehold fell, the language fractured. Regional dialects spread across the Free Cities of Essos.

Those dialects became Low Valyrian, a collective name for the evolved forms spoken in Braavos, Meereen, and other cities. High Valyrian is to Low Valyrian roughly what Latin is to French or Spanish; for a real-world old prestige language with a very different culture, compare it with the Old Norse Translator.

The Targaryens speak High Valyrian. Characters on the street in the Free Cities use Low Valyrian variants. The output here focuses on High Valyrian, the formal version Peterson built.

Most fictional language tools online just overlay a custom font on English letters. The text looks Valyrian but is meaningless underneath.

Peterson's High Valyrian is a real constructed language with grammar and vocabulary. Known show phrases are the safest. Longer sentences are best treated as close fan-style drafts, not perfect final translations.

If other fandom translators interest you, the Yoda Speak Translator covers another constructed speech pattern.