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| edwards9mmbutterfly |
 Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:59 pm |
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Joined: 15 Mar 2006
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Location: England, UK
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Hey,
I'm looking for someone who can translate a phrase into Latin for me, or as close as possible, preferably not from an online translator, as I can do this myself, although I'm not sure how accurate the result is..
"Struggle is eternal, so fight on."
The best I have gotten from the translators is:
"nixor est eternus sic pugna in"
Any help would be greatly appreciated! |
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| veradee |
| Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 12:30 am |
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The problem with online translators is that they might be able to translate single words, but they definitely can't translate entire sentences. In Latin you have to decline nouns and conjugate verbs - something an online translator is quite incapable of. Therefore, I'm afraid your translation doesn't mean much.
If you want to ask several people to fight on, my translation would be:
Proelium eternum est, sic pugnam pergete.
If you address one person only, it would be:
Proelium eternum est, sic pugnam perge. |
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| memory |
| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:38 am |
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Veradee is perfectly right, online translators cannot be trusted.
Now, sorry to sound so professoral, Veradee, but if I remember well, also your translation is not correct (sigh, long time ago, I have been studying Latin for almost twelve years in school).
"Sic " is not used when the following is a direct consequence.
And "pergo" means to begin again after you have stopped. If the action is continuous, it would be better to use "continuo".
(You see, for us Italians it comes natural, our language is the "temporal prosecution" of Latin, we still use many of the same verbs!)
I personally would say:
Proelium aeternum est, ergo pugnandum.
(struggle is eternal, therefore it must be fighted)
to keep it the more classical possible.
Proelium aeternum est, ergo in pugna persevera (one person) or perseverate (many persons).
(struggle is eternal, therefore keep on fighting)
Remember that Latins used second singular person to give admonition.
I hope I am correct, after so many years I don't translate into and from this language.
Now. who wants to join us and give other solutions?
In the meantime, best regards to you both from Italy |
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