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For a long time, I have been wanting to make some Kryptonian shirts. Mostly for me, but I figured other people might want one, too. Finally, there are now six shirts available on Redbubble to choose from. Click here to go to the Redbubble page. Kryptonian:…

With the new font, I have now created a downloadable printable PDF. It is a single, two-sided reference sheet of all the characters in the Kryptonian writing system. If you are looking a good on-the-go reference or study material to learn the alphabet, this should be just what the doctor ordered. You can download the PDF here.…

A lot of progress was made on the Kryptonian language in translating the Man of Steel trailer. Mostly owing to one ridiculously-hard-to-translate sentence: "What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society intended." With all of this progress, several new features of the language were created…

As promised, here is the third Man of Steel trailer with dubbed-in Kryptonian. I will offer a fuller analysis and transcript/gloss soon, but for now I just wanted to get this out there. Enjoy! Note! Use YouTube's closed captions for subtitles.

My efforts lately have been in getting a version of the third Man of Steel trailer up with the Kryptonians speaking Kryptonian and not English. The good news is that finally just finished up the translation of the pertinent parts of the trailer. Thanks a ton to Nicolás Campi who continues to help me develop grammars and provide motivation on the project. The next step will be to record…

I have always wanted to see Kryptonian spoken in the Superman films. One scene in particular from Superman Returns really stood out to me as one that would benefit from Kryptonian rather than English: the scene where Lex Luthor visits the the Fortress of Solitude. With an English-speaking Jor-El it's kind of ho-hum, but with him speaking Kryptonian the effect it has on the perception of…

Here is a question sent by Lachlan Dale via Facebook that I thought I would answer here, as it brings up some interesting linguistic choices regarding translation. Ever the teacher, I'll seize the opportunity to perhaps teach some dear reader a little about language in general. At the heart of this inquiry is the question: "How do you translate the name, Superman?" There are really three ways to respond.

Welcome to the new look of the Kryptonian Project website! Wow! It's been about three years, give or take, since the site itself has seen much love. I've gotten married, changed jobs a couple of times, had a daughter, lost a couple of loved ones—what can I say? Life has been happening. With a new Superman movie on the horizon, I figured it was time to step up and carve…