Freeman Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 I am just curious if anyone could translate into latin...
Martin Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 I am just curious if anyone could translate into latin... I know someone who is pretty good with latin If you want, give me a brief sample of what you want translated (no promises! but something might work out) BTW how are you at translating Latin into English?
5614 Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 sorry, i do science / computers / electronics, ever since an early age languages have been a no-no i could probably find some one who could though... what do u want translated? is it long? there might be a website which does it for you! there are websites which translate english --> french / spanish
JaKiri Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 I could probably translate into latin. If I could find my latin dictionary, because I probably won't know most of the words you want to use.
Sayonara Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 Yes, but I probably won't be particularly inclined to actually do it.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 I once downloaded a latin translator... *googling* This one does online translations: http://www.quicklatin.com/ http://cawley.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl EDIT: The first one was latin to english, not the other way around...
Sayonara Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 English -> Latin translation software = lol lol lol lol
Sayonara Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 What? Nothing. I'm sure it will work really, really well.
YT2095 Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 I`de like to know what needs to be translated before I actualy commit myself. did that thought cross anyone elses mind? )
Freeman Posted July 1, 2004 Author Posted July 1, 2004 I wanted to know how would one translate this quote from Goëthe, more specifically Faust: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!" BTW, I wanted to get a good latin-english dictionary. One that is cheap, preferably. Does anyone know a site that sells good ones?
Sayonara Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 The grammar in that phrase is not simple. A dictionary won't be much help tbh.
Freeman Posted July 1, 2004 Author Posted July 1, 2004 I know latin grammar pretty well, just not the words!
Martin Posted July 1, 2004 Posted July 1, 2004 I wanted to know how would one translate this quote from Goëthe' date=' more specifically [i']Faust[/i]: "Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now!" BTW, I wanted to get a good latin-english dictionary. One that is cheap, preferably. Does anyone know a site that sells good ones? Was immer du tun kannst oder träumst es zu können, fang damit an! Mut hat Genie, Kraft und Zauber in sich. (gefunden von Gerhard Bendig) -------end quote----- Freeman, this is from a German famous quotations site: http://www.daszitat.de/Autoren/G/goethe02.html Notice that it does not say the quote is from the actual play Faust! It says the quote was found (perhaps in a letter or in some of G's papers) by a person named Gerhard Bendig. Be careful about attributing it to the play unless you can learn the act or scene where it occurs. Freeman, also think about the force of the original words which have Goethe's spirit more alive in them. The English translation is a bit slack----I fear the Latin will come out even less energetic. this is not the fault of English and Latin which are wonderful languages, but something that happens often in translation german is a wonderful language which, just as much as Latin, should never die. I would take the motto direct in German and use it proudly
Guest Narinder Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Hi there I wanted to post this as a new post, however I wasn't sure how to. So I just thought I'd just ask you. I was wondering if you could translate that in english for me. thank you for your help. Anol sheh ley kon-nud de ne um Thanks Narinder
Martin Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 ... translate that in english for me. Anol sheh ley kon-nud de ne um Thanks Narinder are you sure it is not something unpleasant? an insult, or maybe a fake? where does it come from and what language is it, if you know please. maybe it is just a pretend language and does not mean anything. On google it says "Gladiator Theme" and "Now we are free" It has one Hebrew word "shalom" that I recognize but I cannot be sure that the whole thing is real Hebrew because I dont know the language Anol shalom Anol sheh lay konnud de ne um (shaddai) Flavum Nom de leesh Ham de nam um das La um de Flavne... We de ze zu bu We de sooo a ru Un va-a pesh a lay Un vi-I bee Un da la pech ni sa (Aaahh) Un di-I lay na day Un ma la pech a nay Mee di nu ku x4 La la da pa da le na da na Ve va da pa da le na la dumda Anol shalom Anol sheh ley kon-nud de ne um. Flavum. Flavum. M-ai shondol-lee Flavu... (Live on...) Lof flesh lay Nof ne Nom de lis Ham de num um dass La um de Flavne... Flay Shom de nomm Ma-lun des Dwondi. Dwwoondi Alas sharum du koos Shaley koot-tum.
Sayonara Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 His post is entitled "I have a question about Latin translation". However the phrase is not Latin.
Guest Narinder Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Thank you for the translation. I was woindering if anyone knew about any website which translates Latin or Hebrew to English. Thanks again Narinder.
Guest McMaas Posted April 17, 2005 Posted April 17, 2005 Hi, I wanted to have a saying that I often use in forum signatures translated to Latin, to make it look and sound more interesting. The saying is: "Don't use a canon to kill a mosquito" the idea behind it, of course, is not to overdo things, not to exaggerate. Using some sites and a translation program for Latin to English I have come to the following: "non utere ballista necare scarabi" As, those of you with knowledge of Latin, may see, I've replaced canon with ballista and mosquito with scarab, to keep things in temporal and lingual context. I would like to know if I've come close to a proper translation of the saying and if and how it could be improved. Regards, M. Maas
Flareon Posted April 17, 2005 Posted April 17, 2005 Using some sites and a translation program for Latin to English I have come to the following: "non utere ballista necare scarabi" Do not use an infinitive to indicate a purpose. Instead, employ a purpose clause by using, ut + subjunctive, which would literally translate into, "do not use a missile in order to kill a scarab." However, I must ask you, what is "scarabi?" Whatever the noun, it must be an accusative and scarabi must be something, but a known Latin word or an accusative, it is not.
Dak Posted April 17, 2005 Posted April 17, 2005 can anyone translate the chant of the Beneverian monks from monty pythons 'the holy grail' for me? the chant is "pie ei dominae. dona eis requiem" (i have a feeling iv spelt it phonetically rather than correctly). the best i can do with my limited grasp of latin is "worshipful of jesus, grant this person eternal rest" kindof dissapointing for a monty python, i was expecting something like "hey we are monks, doing the funky chicken" oh, and is 'dracosbane' curse of the dragons? if so, is it a cuse originating from dragons, a curse upon dragons, or is it unclear? cheers
Guest McMaas Posted April 17, 2005 Posted April 17, 2005 Do not use an infinitive to indicate a purpose. Instead' date=' employ a purpose clause by using, ut + subjunctive, which would literally translate into, "do not use a missile in order to kill a scarab." However, I must ask you, what is "scarabi?" Whatever the noun, it must be an accusative and scarabi must be something, but a known Latin word or an accusative, it is not.[/quote'] Scarabi is what the Latin translation program I downloaded, indicates as the word for scarab. My knowledge of Latin is pretty much limited to the standard Roman sayings like Vini, Vidi, Vici and Carpe Diem and such, so I went on the info the software gave me . If you could give me the correct word for Scarab, or perhaps the Latin word for Insect or something, I'd be most grateful. Also, could you tell me which subjunctive you have in mind to combine with ut, as said, my Latin's abysmal at best.
Guest McMaas Posted April 17, 2005 Posted April 17, 2005 can anyone translate the chant of the Beneverian monks from monty pythons 'the holy grail' for me? the chant is "pie ei dominae. dona eis requiem" (i have a feeling iv spelt it phonetically rather than correctly). the best i can do with my limited grasp of latin is "worshipful of jesus' date=' grant this person eternal rest" kindof dissapointing for a monty python, i was expecting something like "hey we are monks, doing the funky chicken" oh, and is 'dracosbane' curse of the dragons? if so, is it a cuse originating from dragons, a curse upon dragons, or is it unclear? cheers[/quote'] I entered the chant into my translation program, which I do have some doubts about, but with the fact that it came from a Monty Python movie in mind, a little imagination could go a long way on this... pie ei dominae. Conscientious woe the ladies. dona eis requiem Present to them the rest My best guess would be something like "Give us the ladies and leave them the rest." Of course, it's been a while since I last saw the movie, so I'm not sure of the context of this chant. Oh, please mind the fact that in the previous reply, I presented another question for the linguists
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