"Veritum. Linga deis et poetae nostrum datum oblqua est. Monointelcti vari qui alta scientia gardum et in spiriti vivum. Mono vocabulari votrum grandiorum estum."
I can't find an online translation for Latin To English, anyone able to help?
2006-10-22 21:20:23 · 6 answers · asked by sarcasticquotemarks 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
This is an message I received from a friend trying to be clever; there may be errors in it as he's not exactly known for his excellent spelling.
2006-10-22 21:31:43 · update #1
This isn't Latin. It might have been termed "dog Latin", but even that normally has some regard for grammatical form. There was golden age Latin, silver age Latin, vulgar Latin and this isn't even fit to be termed scrap metal Latin. Trying very hard to get into the mindset of your pal, my guess as to what he conceivably trying to say (and didn't say) was something like this: "True. I'll express it in the language of the gods and our poets. Individual opinions differ as to the overall meaning and the underlying spirit. But your vocabulary is inadequate."
This is a wild, wild guess. Don't bother with websites. This is a load of nonsense and your friend should either learn Latin or leave it well alone.
2006-10-22 22:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I would not rate his Latin as very good...
As far as I can see, it is a commentary on the paucity of the modern intellectual world...but who is he to talk?
Roughly speaking:
The truth is that the language of the gods and the poets is nowadays obsolete (or difficult to understand) . There are few intelligent people who have a high degree of knowledge and live in the intellectual world. Little of what you say is of great worth (or merit).
You might have difficulty with an automatic translation as it is all very odd Latin. It seems a jumble of words stuck together without use of proper grammar.
I think he is bluffing and has never learnt the subject.
2006-10-22 22:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by WISE OWL 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Might help to know where this 'truth' ('veritum') on language ('linga') comes from...
2006-10-22 21:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by jinz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
search it urself at
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/latin2.htm
at the end of this site, they provide some sites which contains Latin translator
2006-10-22 21:23:03 · answer #4 · answered by Papilio paris 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Try http://www.mezzofanti.org/translation/
2006-10-22 21:39:17 · answer #5 · answered by spitfire7611 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you may wanna try these links below...
2006-10-22 21:23:50 · answer #6 · answered by Ricky the Kid 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋