I'm in need of a pronunciation guide for many of the names, places, etc. Tolkien references. Yes, I know there are many many linguistic/phonetic type systems out there -- with rather arcane symbols and physiological-oral guides ("No, no, more of a lateral liquid, not a bilabial medio-dental fricative..."). I studied linguistics in college, and even *I* find these references unhelpful.

I need to try to get translations that make sense for actors who will be reading the text aloud. So, is there something that makes translations like this:

"The testy yellow fox jumped over the lazy caterpillar"

"THE TES-tee YELL-oh FAWKS JUMPT OH-vur THE LAY-zee CAT-'r-PILL-'er"

Something like that... only for things like...

"Elbereth Gilthoniel"

"ELL-ber-eth GIL-thon-EE-'ull"

See my point?

Any thoughts?

Thanks...

Fritz