Logos Translations

This page provides translations for various Logos inscriptions found throughout the game. Since the language of the Eloh is pictographic, the resulting directly translated sentences are often grammatic atrocities. As such, each literal translation is followed by one or more grammatically correct interpretations.
===Wilderness===
* The Memory Tree (Note: the obstructed symbols on the eighth line make it quite difficult to interpret, the true meaning is not clear)
** Ours Ancestor Ignorance Choice Destruction Ours Home PlanetThe Eloh Give We/Us This Planet To/For Release We/Us From Past DefeatNow To/For Defend This Planet Is Ours Eternal WorkOurs Spirit Is Intertwined And/With This PlanetWe/Us Will Not Permit The Defeat Of Eloh Of This PlanetHere We/Us Honor Ours (blank) AncestorThe Bridge Between Planet Build Many Years PastWhere Now (blank) Speak (blank) Past Was SpeakOnly The Enlighten Permit Enter The Communication TempleWe Defend The Secret Of This Planet
** Our ancestors, in ignorance, chose to destroy our home planetThe Eloh gave us this planet to release us from our past mistakesNow, to defend this planet is our eternal taskOur spirit is intertwined with this planetWe will not allow this planet's Eloh to be defeatedHere we honor our ancestorsThe wormhole was built long agoWhere now we speak, the past was spokenOnly the enlightened are permitted to enter the communication templeWe defend the secret of this planet
* Four sided column located at (740, 270)
** Big Past Our Civilization Growth On Boundary Location Of Was Far Journey In CosmosWhen Our Civilization Was Baby We Looking To/For The Cosmos And/With Ponder Why We Was Alone In CosmosAfter Big Year Our Civilization Discover The Secret Of PhiPhi Mixture Every The Star Of CosmosAnd/With Phi We/Us Journey The CosmosWe Ponder To Discover Others Who Might Have Journey The Cosmos Before Us
** Our civilization grew long ago on a planet far awayWhen our civilization was young, we looked to the stars and wondered why we were alone in the universeAfter many years, we discovered the secret of PhiPhi combines everything in the universeWith Phi, we journey the cosmosWe think we will discover others who have done so before us
* Four sided column located at (740, 270)
** But There Was Not Others Before We/UsWe Alone Discover The Secret Of PhiBut We/Us Release Boundary Evil Of Now Dominate The CosmosLearn Our LanguageLearn The Secret Of PhiEffect We/Us Was Journey The Cosmos To/For Discover You (Plural) To/For Give The Secret Of PhiTogether We/Us Will Be Defend The FutureThe Battle To/For Control Of Cosmos Begin Now
** Unfortunately, no one preceded usWe were the only ones to discover the secret of PhiHowever, we released the evil that now dominates the cosmosLearn our languageLearn the secret of PhiThus we journeyed the cosmos to find you, to give humanity the secret of PhiTogether we will protect the futureThe battle for control of the cosmos begins now
===Palisades===
* Four-sided columns located at both (-520, -40) and (240, 780)
** Duplicate of the second listed Wilderness column
* Short four-sided column located at (45, -30)
** Big Past Civilization Flower On Planet Was Far Journey In CosmosWhen Our Civilization Was Baby We Looking CosmosAnd/With Ponder If We Alone In CosmosAfter Many Year Our Civilization Discover Secret Phi
** Our civilization flourished long ago on a planet far awayWhen our civilization was young, we looked to the starsand wondered if we were alone in the universeAfter many years, we discovered the secret of Phi
===Eloh Vale===
* Fork pillar at (-60, -165)
** True Spirit Honor Friend Meet Star
** This is a reference to the nearby Eloh communication temple, where the good spirited can communicate with their contemporaries across the cosmos.
* Four-sided columns located at both (-60, -250)
** Duplicate of the second listed Wilderness column
* Fork pillars in the sanctuary
** Give Enemy True WarNow Planet Knowledge Yours
** This refers to using wormholes to combat the Bane
===P'reo Das===
* Two-sided columns located before the Civilization logos shrine
** We/Us Hope To/For Discover Who Might Have Journey Cosmos Before We/UsBut Was Not Others BeforeWe/Us Alone Discover Phi
** We hoped to discover others who came before usHowever, we were the firstWe alone discovered the secret of Phi
=== Themes and Expressions ===
Secret of Phi is a very common Eloh phrase referring to the power behind the Logos rather than the Logos or Logos elements themselves.