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Seek Latin translation

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Ofelix, Nov 14, 2006.

  1. Ofelix

    Ofelix The world changes, we do not, what irony!

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    Yes, for my own amusement I'd very much appreciated if you could help me out. As you can see I'm preparing to collect every piece of writing I've ever done in a single book, so I'm looking for a proper title something like:

    Gift of Lord - ???? - Actualy my name in Hebrew means that which is writted « MTY »
    Writing blesses Writers - Scriptum Gratia ????
    I am Ofelix - Ego sum Ofelix ? I know they are less... crude way to say it though.
    The writings of my life - Scriptum Vitae perhaps?

    I've only a very basic grasp of Latin, let alone propoer declension. Thank you all in advance.
     
    Ofelix, Nov 14, 2006
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  2. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    "Donum Domini" would be the gift of the Lord in both senses; "Donum a domino" would be something like "from the Lord"

    Scribere benedicit scriptores :p

    You got #3 right. Congrats. :p

    Scriptura vitae meae :p
     
    chevalier, Nov 14, 2006
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  3. Daie d'Malkin

    Daie d'Malkin Shoulda gone to Specsavers

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    Need trans- 'I pull the strings' into latin.
     
    Daie d'Malkin, Nov 28, 2006
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  4. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Literally, that would be "traho funiculos" for common speech, "funiculos traho" for a more classical expression or maybe even "funiculos ego traho" to stress that it's the speaker and not anyone else. But it just sounds wrong. A bit like it is in general with translating idioms. Can't think of any Latin saying to match our pulling the strings idea, sorry. ;) I just know they referred to puppet strings as "nervus" rather than anything else, and they would probably use a different word than "traho" - "pull". Maybe something like, "nervos ego moveo".
     
    chevalier, Nov 29, 2006
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  5. Daie d'Malkin

    Daie d'Malkin Shoulda gone to Specsavers

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    Well, it's for a coat of arms, so...
     
    Daie d'Malkin, Nov 29, 2006
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  6. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    Then leave out the "ego". It's always left out in coats of arms mottos.
     
    chevalier, Nov 30, 2006
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  7. Daie d'Malkin

    Daie d'Malkin Shoulda gone to Specsavers

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    Needa nother one, which you should be able to help with, Chev.

    'Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord'
     
    Daie d'Malkin, Dec 3, 2006
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  8. chevalier

    chevalier Knight of Everfull Chalice ★ SPS Account Holder Veteran

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    My advice for such cases is google it to find the Bible book and verse signature and then look it up in a Latin Bible online. Outside that context, perhaps something like ["]Ultio mea est["] dicit Dominus. Deuteronomy says Mea est ultio in Chapter 32, Verse 35 AFAIK, but ultio mea est would be more classical Latin.

    [ December 06, 2006, 04:01: Message edited by: chevalier ]
     
    chevalier, Dec 5, 2006
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  9. Daie d'Malkin

    Daie d'Malkin Shoulda gone to Specsavers

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    I googled,and the answers were...wrong, basically. It's Romans 12:19, anyway
     
    Daie d'Malkin, Dec 5, 2006
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  10. revmaf

    revmaf Older, not wiser, but a lot more fun

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    Well, Romans 12:19, the whole verse, in the Latin Vulgate, is:

    But I think the original occurrence of this saying is indeed in the Hebrew scriptures, Deuteronomy 32:35, in the Vulgate:

    It often happens that the New Testament quotes from the Septuagint, an ancient Greek translation of Hebrew scriptures, and then once that is translated again into Latin (by St. Jerome, in this case) it's usually not parallel with the Hebrew at all.

    And I don't know enough Latin to sort out which part of those verses you would clip out, exactly. Looked them up on a nifty program called BibleWorks, which has a bunch of different language versions of the Bible.

    So maybe all I've done here is confuse the issue!
     
    revmaf, Dec 6, 2006
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