Questions tagged [translation-check]
For getting community feedback on an attempted translation.
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How would you say, they left/abandoned you but we remain/stay faithful
Google translate gave me “relinquentes autem fideles permanemus” for “they left you but we remain faithful”but I know google translate can be just a tad less than accurate haha. Any help would be ...
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Quid aliud edam?
A semi-sated lower-class Roman stands in front of the pantry and mutters to themselves: "What else could I eat?"
What would be the most natural or idiomatic way of expressing this sentiment?
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Translating command "Be of highest value!" to Latin for jewelery engraving
What is the most accurate translation for the command "Be of highest value!"? The meaning of the phrase is to behave as someone who brings out the best in others. As in, be the highest value ...
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Conjuring daemons -- a fictive modern formula
In it's "City of ..." book series (p. 300, I don't have the book name) Cassandra Clare let a person speak the formula "Quod tumeraris: per Jehovam, Gehennam et consecratam aquam quam ...
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"Habemus dicentis"?
The headline on electoral-vote.com this morning is Habemus Dicentis, playing on Habemus Papam ("We have a pope") to announce the selection of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the U.S. House of ...
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Nominativus cum infinitivo
Can somebody please tell me if my translation for the sentence: "It seems that the slave is carrying a letter." is correct?
Videtur servus epistulam portare.
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In regards to "Est" and "Errare humanum est"
I am new to Latin and very rough because I am teaching it to myself after so many years. I was working on a sentence that I thought was simple enough but became confused. The translation of "...
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Translation of "whoever saves one life saves the world entire"
I am very interested in this translation. Google spits out "quicumque salvat unam vitam, totum mundum salvat". I am wondering if this is correct as I have seen google translate fail ...
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Please help check grammar of “Complicationem subtilitate tracta”
We are trying to decide a motto for our organization and came up with this Latin phrase: “Complicationem subtilitate tracta.” It is supposed to mean “handle complication with sophistication”. Could ...
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I want to get a tattoo but I need help with translation. How would you say “for myself” in Latin? Would you say “pro/per ego/memet”?
I want to get a tattoo but I need help with translation. How would you say “for myself” in Latin? Would you say “pro/per ego/memet”?
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"Let the fu—rs rot"
As a continuation to my previous question... For the sci-fi story I'm writing, I need a Latin motto which would translate to "Let the fuckers rot!" (or, Ad usum Delphini, "Let the ...
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How to translate "A moment in my arms, a lifetime in my heart" for a tattoo?
I’m in need of some help with a translation from English to Latin.
I’m in the middle of designing a tattoo and the client wants the sentence
‘A moment in my arms, a lifetime in my heart’
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Translation check: "prō amōre signī"
What would people take "prō amōre signī" to mean in English? Also, is the use of ablative case for "amōre" correct) required following the preposition "prō", and how ...
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Holy Thermonuclear Napalm
I'm writing a sci-fi story about the Vatican inventing a very special weapon to eradicate heresy on mass scale. Since the weapon comes from the Roman Empire, it should be called in Latin, right?
After ...
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How is "mi esse ab eo mihi" to be translated in the Phileros Inscription?
In the necropolis, outside Pompeii's Nocera gate, there are a number of elaborate tombs, which include full-sized statues of the dead and the bereaved. One of these, now fenced-off, belongs to a ...
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Feedback on my Translation of Yeats into Latin
I'm looking for feedback on my rendition of W.B. Yeats' poem Who Goes with Fergus? (1893). Comments, corrections, emendations and suggestions are all welcome.
Here's the original poem:
Who will go ...
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Is "Ad astra, per sanguinem" the correct translation of "To the stars, through blood."
I am wanting to get this phrase as a tattoo. I want to make sure this is the best way to translate this to match the original meaning in English.
Also, I am wondering about this alternative phrase &...
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Translating Schiller's short poem (Das Höchste) into Latin
We have this poem (Das Höchste) by Friedrich Schiller.
Suchst du das Höchste, das Größte? Die Pflanze kann es dich lehren:
Was sie willenlos ist, sei du es wollend – das ists!
In English (could not ...
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Does "Carpe Via" make sense?
I am contemplating a run of tee shirts for the Bicycling SE site. One of the phrases for confident cycling is to know when to "take the lane" which means that sometimes you have to ride in ...
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Translation of building inscription regarding architect of Alcantara Bridge
The Alcantara Bridge in the Extremadura region of Spain is one of the oldest structures extant whose architect is known by name. It spans the Tagus River near the modern-day border of Spain and ...
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"vulgarem latinum accentu italico pronunciatum sed est"
In the comment section of "Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in LATIN · Act I Scene 1" by ScorpioMartianus, one can read the following comment:
vulgarem latinum accentu italico pronunciatum sed ...
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Is "Deo donante" a good translation of "God's blessing"?
I want to write the words "God's blessing" in Latin. I came up with the translation Deo donante after a Google search. I want to double check if Deo donante means "God's blessing" and to understand ...
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Why do translators translate Newton's 2nd law as though it referred to "force" when it does not mention force?
Here's Newton's 2nd law.
Lex II: Mutationem motus proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae, et
fieri secundum lineam rectam qua vis illa imprimitur.
The term esse vi motrici is often translated as ...
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How do you translate "Don't Fear the Reaper" into Latin?
In T. Pratchett's Discworld series, Death's motto is "Non Timetis Messor", meant to be a translation of "Don't Fear the Reaper". But in other books he uses "Timetere", and I am unsure of which would ...
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'Volo' in Indirect Speech
I am to translate the following sentence into Latin:
The king told Fabricius that he would give him a fourth part of the kingdom.
I did it as follows:
Rex Fabricium dixit se velle dare quartam ...
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"Facilis descensus averno" or "descensus averno facilis est"?
I have always seen "facilis descencus averno" as the translation for "the descent to hell is easy", but I saw it written as "descensus averno facilis est" and I'm in doubt now. Which one is correct?
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What is a good Latin translation for No Rulers?
What is a good Latin translation for "No Rulers" as an isolated motto? Only thing I can find is Nec Principes.
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Translation of "The ant labors for the good of the nest"
I'm looking to translate "The ant labors for the good of the nest", or to rephrase, "The ant works for the benefit of the nest/hive/colony".
So far I've come up with:
formica ...
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Can There Be Multiple Subjects in a Clause Where One Is the Subject of Another Clause
I want to construct "I like learning, but learning from a book only can be boring": "Discere amo, sed discere a libro ipso sit taediosum."
I was wondering if you can omit "...
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'From a dream' = Ex somnium / somnus?
(I've never posted on StackExchange before so sorry if I'm missing any tags etc.)
I'm currently tasked with some creative writing tasks and have been asked to title a work dealing with nightmares (...
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Does this translation for "wondrous things are found in new beginnings and opportunities" fit?
I currently have "mira in novis initiis et occasionibus reperiuntur" as a potential translation but I'm unsure if it fits the meaning.
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Remember your future in Latin? [closed]
what's the correct way of saying Remember your future in Latin?
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'Aurifer' or 'Auriferus'?
What is the masculine form of "Aurifera" ?
I supposed it was "auriferus":
Tibicen auriferus is like a goldish beetle.
http://www.masscic.org/sightings/cicadas/tibicen-auriferus-in-...
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Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum – Lucretius
I saw this quote in someone's forum sig file (signature): "Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum." - Lucretius
Curious, I consulted Google Translate, which my professional translator brother cautions ...
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Interpolation of words by scholars leads to changes in the meaning
The following sentence is from "De architecture" a 1 BCE book(English translation)
Uti autem Aristarchus Samius mathematicus vigore magno rationes
varietatis disciplinis de eadem <re> ...
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How Does "quae gessisset" Come to be Translated as "what he claimed to have done"?
In Allen & Greenough section 583, p.377: "Subordinate Clauses in Indirect Discourse", the following example is offered:
"cuius ingenio putabat ea quae gesserat posse celebrari"...
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Is this grammatically and sensibly correct Latin?
I am putting together a Memorial Service Program and would like to use the Latin of:
To love the memory of him who is so loved that it will never be forgotten and who will always be alive in our ...
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How would I say "I came, I saw, I kicked ass"?
I recently encountered someone in an online game who had the battlecry "Veni, vidi, calce asinum!". Now, my Latin's quite rusty, but I'm certain that can only be translated as "I came, I saw, I kicked ...
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Is 'arcanus scintilla vitae' gramatically correct?
I'm trying to figure out how to put together "the mysterious spark of life" in Latin, though the cases are a tad confusing. Doing some searching and translating has led me to those 3 words, ...
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Trying to write: I will fervorously and with great haste send our magnum opus for printing
I am trying to write a quite convoluted sentence in Latin (this is a quick attempt at some quick humor). However I am unsure of the correct placement of the different.
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How do I say "Brief Mass of the Butterfly" in Latin?
I am writing a mass setting that I would like to call the "Mass of the Butterfly". Since it doesn't include all of the ordinary, it's a missa brevis.
I started with Google Translate, but it ...
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God is Vengeful Translation Help
I'm looking at getting a Latin phrase/quote on my arm and I'd like to know if the translation I'm thinking about using is correct. I've pulled some translations from this website (Protected By God - ...
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Is this Latin translation of "I see the world" correct?
I used Google Translate to translate "I see the world" to Latin. Google gave me "I videre mundum." Is this correct? If not, what would be correct and what did Google actually give ...
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To think of someone
I have been trying to translate this English phrase into Latin properly, and I started to check it in some resources.
In this text it goes: "..., cum de tuis cogitas,...". And I have no idea ...
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What is the translation of engelmannii?
I see this latin word used in many botany names as the species name, of genus-species.
Google translate said 'National Forest'. I'm skeptical.
What is the translation to English of engelmannii?
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What is the Latin for good/ bad vibes?
Clearly this word ‘vibes’ is colloquial, if not slang. My first attempts were to modify a phrase from Plautus for ‘good vibes’ viz. ab initio inter nos congrūimus concorditer and from Cicero for ‘bad ...
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Corrections/review of a verse translation
I'm translating a Tennyson verse (Sir Galahad) and had it went over by a couple of folks with some corrections. I would like you guys to give it a final pass if you would be so kind. I searched and ...
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Mea [linguae?] culpa
Is the following phrase: “Mea [linguae?] culpa” gramatically correct? It should mean “My linguistic/lingual fault”.
I know that just “mea culpa” means “my fault”.
I know that “mea maxima culpa” is ...
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mihi vs meus. When to use which?
When would be the right time to use either
for example
filius decorus meus/mihi
from what I understand, using mihi with nominative seems to mean the same as using meus?
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Translation: Tempus Medendi
I am hopeful someone may be able to assist me with a translation please :)
I am trying to find numerous ways to say: ‘the season of healing’ or ‘time of healing’ in Latin..
I found ‘Tempus Medendi’ in ...
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