On 7 Apr, 14:00, "Brashbey" <brash...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Gilz" <gdon...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Hi
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> > I was wondering if someone could help me.
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> > I'm trying to translate the phrase, angels watch over me, into latin
> > and i've had a couple of conflicting translations.
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> > Could someone tell me which one, if any, is correct.
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> > The two translations are as follows
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> > angelus incubo mihi
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> > and
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> > Angeli me custodiunt
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> > Thanks
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> > Gillian
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> "Angeli me custodiunt." is correct.
> =A0" Angeli mihi custodes sunt."
> " Angeli mihi tutores sunt."
> "Angeli me tuentur." (tueor, eris, eri)
> "Angeli me tutantur." (tutor, aris, ari)
> etc.
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> But in latin language the =A0simplest is often the best. (Please excuse
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> english, I'm french. I remember, a long time ago, in Aix-en-Provence
> University an excellent teacher who used to repeat that : "Simplify,
> simplify !!!" In french : "En th=E8me latin, allez toujours au plus
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> Par exemple pr=E9f=E9rez le verbe simple au verbe compos=E9.")
> I try to translate : "When you translate from french to ancient latin
> language, remember that the simplest is often the best. For example,
prefe=
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> a simple verb rather than the compound one."
> =A0How do you say that ? "prefer something to" or "rather than" another
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> prefer using the simple verb than the compound one ? Anyway it was an
> excellent advise.
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> So I suggest :
> "Angeli me ament." (cf "Di me ament !")
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> N.B. : Your first sentence is not good. Sorry. ;-)
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Thanks, i would like to add i didn't translate this myself ;-D
The first one i asked on another forum, clearly they were trying to be
funny or really unhelpful.
If the second one is generally accepted as being what i meant then
i'll probably use that.
Thanks
Gillian
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