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Êl síla erin lû e-govaned vîn.

I'm with you on Valarin needing to mostly be an invention, which is why I lean toward not using it for the series. (I am intimately familiar with the paucity of Valarin words, but I also believe there is more to go on than just this small wordlist, especially given other things Tolkien wrote...

I love this idea! Just add that we incorporate into this the individual themes of the Valar somehow.

I'm so glad we're talking about this. Beyond the fancasting, the blog askmiddleearth has a great deal on analysis of race in Middle Earth that would also be a good point of reference at least for casting ideas (though as others are suggesting, should not limit us).

Well yes, you're right that 'equate' isn't quite accurate, but I was actually thinking of the 'Note to Translators.' I think, especially if the frame narrative is from the POV of Westron-speakers, that we should keep with Tolkien's system in LotR and keep Westron English like you said. As for...

The thing that makes me really resistant to English is how Tolkien so explicitly equated it with Westron, which doesn't exist until the late Second Age (at earliest). I think presenting the Elvish languages authentically, as they are (attempted) in the Jackson films, would be a daunting, but...