Questions tagged [translation-check]
For getting community feedback on an attempted translation.
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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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Check my Latin (a joke about mathematics) [closed]
I am trying to translate this to Latin:
Today, at the university (I study Computer Science), we were taught about the set theory. The professor was explaining to us why the cardinal number of a union ...
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Help with a 15th-century legal source on marriage
This is from Pope Pius II's History of Frederick III, as quoted by Jacob Grimm in an article documenting the history of marriage rites. It concerns Frederick's marriage to Eleonora of Portugal:
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Check my latin (a joke about academia) [closed]
In principio oralis inquistionis technicae electricitatis, professor me rogavit: "Ergo, collega, didicistine? Praeparavistine pro hac inquistione?" Ego respondi: "Non realiter, non.&...
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Check my Latin (a joke about electrical engineering) [closed]
Ego studeo scientiam computorum. Professor nobis sic explicabat Biot-Savart legem: "Aqua non incipit exire ex cuppa si parva pars aeris ex spatio circa eam cuppam non venit in eam. Similiter, ...
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Translating English quote to Latin: “In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, ..."
I don’t know if anyone is familiar with Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but I tried to translate the following quote to Latin:
“In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the ...
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Help translating "It's hard to go with you but impossible to go without you"
I'm a beginner in Latin language studies, and I wanted to translate a sentence from English to Latin. I'm a self-taught student, and since it's for something important, I'd like it to be right.
The ...
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Help translating an Estee Lauder quotation to Latin
I am trying to translate one quote from Estee Lauder, that goes as following:
I have never dreamed about success. I worked for it.
Google translator returned this result:
Numquam viderat elit. ...
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Position of predicative, genitive and adjective
I had the following sentence to translate:
The hostages of the Gauls of good family were for Caesar solid pledges of the fidelity of the chiefs and the nobles.
I'll mention here the original ...
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Where does the ablative go in a Latin sentence ? Does it even matter?
I'm learning Latin on my own with the book "Beginner's Latin" by Collar & Daniell, I recently reached Chapter IV where the ablative is introduced with the preposition In, my problem with ...
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What is the meaning of _voci populi_ in this quote?
There is one quote by Victor Klemperer that reads:
But there is no vox populi, only voci populi.
which seems to be a bit puzzling.
On a wiki-talk page the translation speculation runs with the ...
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"You are your own master" in Latin
I am translating the phrase you are your own master into Latin, or the more archaic way of saying it, thyself is thy master.
My first thought is something really succinct like this:
Tu Dominus (-a) ...
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Struggling to translate baptism record
Researching the baptism record of a relative dating from the early 1800’s where Catholic Priests used Latin in documenting the event. I apologize that I am a novice and hope its OK to post, but I ...
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Can the international phrase "one day" that means "sometime in the future" be expressed by "uno die" in Latin?
I'm trying to achieve the sentence:
One day you will achieve great things.
This could potentially be translated as:
Magna olim conficies.
But the first thing that I tried to do was to use the ...
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Estne hoc translatio correcta?
my name is Diego and this is my very first post. I am a big fan of Avicii. I am also a beginner in Latin and was wondering if anyone could help me out checking the translation I've put together of a ...
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Need help writing a reminder to myself in latin. - out of curiosity, knowledge. out of life, wisdom
This is what I want to remind myself everyday (probably tattoo it someday too):
out of curiosity, knowledge.
out of life, wisdom.
Is this how I’d write it?
ex curiositate, scientia
ex vita, ...
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Latin translation for ‘Just what will we come across this time?’
The original phrase in English was Just what will we come across this time?, but I doubt there is such a word in Latin that expresses humility in this sense, so I just threw just away and came up with ...
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How would I translate the motto: ‘Persipe Johnsonia’
This motto was found on a plaque in a school boarding house, and I am looking for a reasonable translation for it.
For context, the boarding house is called ‘Johnson’s’ (hence ‘Johnsonia’), therefore, ...
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Does "MERIT OMNIA VINCIT" mean "Merit conquers all"?
Trying to create a phrase based off of Labor omnia vincit. I figure I can just swap in "Merit."
Also does "Merit ex vi" mean "strength from merit" ?
TIA !
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Translation of US Army motto "This We'll Defend"
I am looking for a good translation of the US army motto, which is:
This We'll Defend
There are three variants of translation I have found:
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Haec protegimus
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Is nos mos vallo
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Hoc defendam
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Translation request: “never stop fighting for what matters most”
Alternatively, the phrase always fight for what matters most. It’s for an inscription on the back of a necklace, and I have somewhat of a character limit (35 characters, I was told) so I’m trying to ...
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Translation of specific sentence in Latin
I would like to know how could I say something like "Make yourself at home, but remember you aren't" in Latin. It is a quirky thing a Brazilian friend says a lot (I've translated it to ...
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How good is the new version of Google Translate?
Google Translate recently (a few days ago I believe) updated its translation model for Latin and the results seem quite impressive to me.
However, I am by no mean fluent in Latin and I would like to ...
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Questions on translating "primo tamen pessime regebat"
I came across the sentence (in the title) and I am confused about the translation of "tamen". Tamen means however but when I put it on google translate (ignoring its inaccuracy), it didn't ...
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"Puella per portās urbis ducta est." Why is est added to the end of this sentence?
I'm a Latin beginner and I'm using a book called "so you really want to learn Latin", and they give a Latin sentence as below:
Puella per portās urbis ducta est.
My question is I don't ...
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Imperial Chariot Racing
In the made-for-TV re-make of "Ben Hur", Hugh Bonneville played Pontius Pilate. At one point "Pilate" said: "Chariot-racing is not a sport for amateurs. And to compete and to lose would be worse than ...
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Is "urgeo inurgor" a correct Latin phrase, meaning "to squeeze the unsqeezable"?
As a tongue-in-cheek joke, I'm trying to make a motto out of Russian phrase "впихнуть невпихуемое", which is literally translated as "to squeeze unsqueezable". 'Squeeze' being used in this context as ...
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What is a War Like?
In the film, "Go Tell the Spartans" (1978), U.S. Major Asa Barker asks young Corporal Courcey why he has volunteered to spend the last six-months of his military service, fighting in Viet ...
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Is "ab octo vocibus" a correct translation of "for eight voices"?
I'm wondering because of a composition I'm writing. I'm thinking of "Contrapunctus duplex ab octo vocibus" as a title for a movement.
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When do we add NE when asking a question?
There are some times that you use
QUID EST
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UBI EST
Which I assume are known as a question starting point.
But then there are verbs that you add a NE at the end to make the other person know you ...
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What is the best "worst" translation of Latin from Google Translate?
It's well-known on this community that you can't trust any Latin translation from Google Translate. A comment about translating goatherd with Google Translate got me thinking, though. What is the most ...
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What does NAM means in this sentence?
IULIUS SOLUS NON EST, NAM QUATTUOR SERVI APUD EUM SUNT.
MEDUS NON EST APUD DOMINUM, NAM IS DOMINUM IRATUM TIMET.
From what I can assume it means something like because? But I am not sure since ...
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Clarifications regarding translation of the phrase "Id agendum est ut satis vixerimus"
I am looking for lineal translation (or rather some clarifications) of a phrase from Letter 23 of Moral letters to Lucilius:
Id agendum est ut satis vixerimus
(I have found the Latin original here)
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Translate "mind over body"
I should start by saying that my experience with latin extends as far as the fact that some words sound similar in italian, not much more.
I'm trying to translate the idiom "mind over body", ...
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"And I am done with my graceless heart..."
I've come up with the following translation for the Florence + The Machine lyric "And I am done with my graceless heart, so tonight I'm going to cut it out and then restart":
Et corde ...
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What is "Sidera, quae vocantur errantia" in English?
I was reading the Perseus entry for sidus, which gives this quotation from Cicero:
Sidera, quae vocantur errantia
The original quote has sidera in ablative rather than nominative. I'm looking to ...
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Is my translation of "Under the light of the shining star" correct?
I've translated the title "Under the light of the shining star" into Latin:
Sub Lux Astri Lucens
Sub Luce Astri Lucentis
Is this correct? I've not learned participle forms of verbs yet, ...
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Does CUM EŌ EO mean I go with them?
If so, the pronunciation of the long vowel Ō is really important?
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What is the closest translation of "commeruero" to English?
My working understanding is best expressed as "I will have fully earned", with "commeruero" being the first-person singular future perfect active indicative form of commereo. If I ...
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What is "Ripa autem erat munita acutis sudibus sub aqua fixis ut sudes flumine tegerentur" in English?
Right now, I have:
Ripa autem erat munita acutis sudibus sub aqua fixis ut sudes flumine tegerentur
But he had been protecting a sharp spear underwater"
I don't know how to do the rest.
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How do you say "in the year of the plague" in Latin?
We're putting up a large sundial, which already has a suitable latin motto, but given COVID, under the date would like to add a small submotto with the phase "in the year of the plague".
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How do you translate "deeds, not words" into Latin?
I am looking to translate the phrase "deeds not words" into Latin. This is for a tattoo. I tried looking at Google Translate and it tells me either facta non verba or acta non verba. I need ...
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How do you say " Coup de grâce " in latin?
After searching for vocabs and etymologies in wiktionary I translated it only myself and I've got " gratiae colaphus "
Is it correct? Or should I use "misericordiae" for "...
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Translating "a forest's son" to Latin
everyone. I'm trying to translate the phrase "a forest's son" from song lyrics into Latin. I would like to say "son of the forest." My background is a little bit of Ecclesiastical ...
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How to say "let others have your way"
When talking about diplomacy, people often say:
Diplomacy is the art of letting others have your way
The phrase is subtly worded, alluding to the character of a diplomat who can get their desired ...
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Seeking feedback on English to Latin song translation
I am working on a translation of a song from English into Latin at a friend’s request. The song will be used in a Catholic Church context (prayer/worship). For that reason, I have tried to draw ...
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Dramatis Personae but for important words
What is a phrase that acts like Dramatis Personae (for listing the important characters of a play) but for the important words?
I've thought of Dramatis Vocabulum, but I'm sure there's a better answer ...
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