Questions tagged [translation-check]
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Looking for help translating four words for a business motto please
I'm in the process of setting up a new reiki business and would like to have my motto in Latin. I have already translated the words with a dictionary and Google so just wanted to make sure that what I'...
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Salsissimum futura erit - is this right?
I need this translation for an artwork
"future will be salty"
Salsissimum erit futura
Salsissimum futura erit
it's a joke for an illustration of Diocletian announcing the salt as payment.
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A Client Submits Feedback On Her Prostitutes
I am trying to translate the following line, inspired by a fatuous Roman spoof, "Plebs", in which two hapless new recruits to a cadre of male prostitutes, the "Knights of Eros", are being debriefed, ...
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Translate "New Moon on Monday" to Latin
What would be the correct translation of the song title "New Moon on Monday" to Latin? Word for word with the same structure as English seems like it would be something like "Nova Luna in dies Lunae", ...
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Would Patronum be an appropriate name for a Classical Christian School Kickstarter platform?
I am a web application developer. I am working on a platform similar to Kickstarter or GoFundMe to support individuals or teams who want to start or transition to a Classical Christian School. I see ...
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How to say "of the" as in "Church of The Blessed Virgin" with the sense of "belonging to" or "patronage"?
I would be glad if anyone could help me how to translate the name "Church of the Virgin Mary" or at least how to place "of the" in the sense of "belonging in patronage" in such contexts? Other ...
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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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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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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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Translation of natus est in morte
I thought this means born in death but I’m not sure. Can anyone help me out I never studied Latin seriously
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Is "iudicatus per historia" a correct translation for "judged by history"?
Im not sure about the usage of the "per" preposition, but this translation seems to be pretty straight forward. Is this correct?
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"Tears in rain" monologue in Latin
I've just read a Latin translation of the famous "Tears in rain" speech in the Blade Runner film. See its source in: I've seen things...
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships ...
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Translation of Odyssey Book I lines 52–54
I wasn't entirely happy with any of the translations I found online, so I was forced to attempt my own:
"...crafty Atlas, who knows the full depths of the sea, and holds, himself, the towering ...
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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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Latin translation of "hope for the best, prepare for the worst"
I'm looking in translating this text (in classical Latin rather than contemporary):
Hope for the best
Prepare for the worst
Expect the unexpected
(or alternatively "Plan for the worst")
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I thought of "we are greater within" as a nice phrase that might be cool in Latin
Thus far, I have researched Latin lightly and have passively watched multiple Latin videos. I would say I could probably figure out how to write a sentence in Latin given enough time with Numen and ...
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Advice From History
The rise of right-wing (fascist) parties, in too many parts of Europe, is as concerning as it is disturbing. Totalitarianism, with its seductive promise of simplistic solutions, always seems to have ...
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Is it correct to say, "Additionem in prima, secunda, et tertia syllogismi"?
Is it correct to say, "Additionem in prima, secunda, et tertia syllogismi"? I'm trying my very best to say, "The addition of the first, second, and third syllogisms."
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Is this correct Latin, substitution in an epigram?
I have never taken Latin, but I enjoy languages, and particularly pithy quotes.
There is a legal principle De minimis non curat lex, which is usually translated as “the law is not concerned with ...
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"Life decreed better!" in Latin
Sort of, related to my another qestion.
I am looking for mo secular (for the lack of a better word) version of a phrase "Di melius!".
While I know that deus could be interpreted as "...
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How do you say 'defender of the past'
How would you say this? Praterita defensor? Something like that? I want to be able to say, in Latin, 'defender of the past', in the same way one would say 'fedei defensor'.
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Translation check: "Give in not to apathy, but humanity"
Would ne cede apathia sed humanitate be a sensical translation of "give in not to apathy, but humanity"? I am trying to keep this as few words as possible but without sounding too abrupt. I was also ...
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A Quas/ Quarum Conflict
In North & Hillard Ex. 200; the following is to be translated into Latin: "He forgot all the wrongs which he had suffered, and by his arrival brought safety to the state which had treated him so ...
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Gerundive Confusion
North & Hillard Ex. 196: the following is to be translated into Latin: "He (Hannibal) had almost reached the top of the Alps, when some old men came to him in the guise of envoys. The misfortunes ...
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Ovid, Metamorphoses IV
Lines 154–157:
"hoc tamen amborum verbis estote rogati,
o multum miseri meus illusque parentes,
ut, quos certus amor, quos hora novissima iunxit,
conponi tumulo non invideatis eodem"
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Out of the primeval spirit of place Sertor made it, 2237
For an inscription:
Out of the primeval spirit of place Sertor made it, 2237
EX·GENIUS·LOCI·PRIMAEVVS·SERTOR·FECIT·MMCCXXXVII
Is it correct? Thank you for your help.
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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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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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Translating "Intrepid art" to classical latin
I need some help verifying that I have translated correctly, (english) -> (classical latin). I have translated "Intrepid art", as in art like drawings or paintings, to: "Artem ...
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Is the phrase "Ars gratia physicae" correct?
Is the phrase "ars gratia physicae" correct? What does it mean? Could it mean "Art for physics' sake"?
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How should this sentence be translated to Latin?
English:
My ambition allows me to realise I do not have to sacrifice.
Latin:
Mea ambitia concedo mea comprehendo non habeo sacrifico.
Is this correct?
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How to translate "Self-Isolation" and "Garden-Conversation" to Latin?
As new terminology enters the public lexicon how would some of these be expressed in Latin?
Self-Isolation: from segrego with a reflexive pronoun: "se segregat" = "he isolates himself.
The reflexive ...
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What is Art's Mind in Latin?
I looked at Natura Artis Magistra ("nature is art's teacher"), so I think mens artis is the correct translation of "Art's Mind".
How to translate "Art's Mind" (with art in the sense above) to Latin?
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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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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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Incorrect Google translations of Thumb and Fingers in Latin - request for "correct" answers [duplicate]
I have a little familiarity with Latin, but Google Translate contradicts my expectations.
thumb <---> abductor pollicis
first finger <---> flexor hallucis
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Need a check for correct english to latin translation(for a tattoo)
my mum wanted to get a tattoo and we were trying to figure out the correct translation for it. She wanted a tattoo consisting of different words, like this: "Live. Smile(or live smiling). Believe....
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Can you please fix the mistakes in translating these prayers from Koine Greek to English (Part 2 of 2)?
This is a continuation from this question
I do not know nearly enough Koine Greek to point out what I am specifically unsure about. That said, I do know enough to see that the Greek and English texts ...
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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.
Magno cum gaudio impressero ...
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Napoleon/ Scipio [closed]
Students of North & Hillard will be aware that Ex. 229 is a passage about Napoleon. In the answer book Ex. 229 is a passage concerning Scipio.
Does anyone know the refs for the Latin trans. of "...
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Can you please fix the mistakes in translating these prayers from Koine Greek to English (Part 1 of 2)?
This question is continued here
I do not know nearly enough Koine Greek to point out what I am specifically unsure about. That said, I do know enough to see that the Greek and English texts do not ...
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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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