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Is there a more idiomatic translation Into Latin of the sentence “Art will save me.” than “Ars servabit me fac.”?

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  • Welcome to the site! Where did you find that translation?
    – Joonas Ilmavirta
    Nov 2, 2019 at 10:56
  • @chuff: What has imperative "fac" got to do with it? Delete and begin to approach the target.
    – tony
    Nov 2, 2019 at 11:25
  • I have no Latin at all. I started with the Google translate result and then looked at other sites. The reverse translate results came close with the above translation.
    – chuff
    Nov 2, 2019 at 12:47
  • @chuff: Net translation sites are next to useless (for Latin); "ars me servabit" should do it.
    – tony
    Nov 2, 2019 at 15:46
  • Not surprised by observation on net sites, tony. Thanks for assist.
    – chuff
    Nov 3, 2019 at 1:39

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Ars servabit me fac

This means, literally, "art will save me—make!".

I would remove the "make!" (fac), but the rest is pretty good. If you want it a bit more idiomatic:

  • The most natural Latin word order would be ars mē servābit (though no order is wrong, per se)
  • If you want it to sound more like a motto, you can reduce it to ars servat: "art saves [people]"

There's not an exact equivalent for English "art" in Latin, but ars works for many circumstances.

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