A friend of mine came across this phrase in his reading, and, since I'm the local Latin expert, asked me for a translation. However, I can't find "lorem" in my trusty Cassell's dictionary. Is it medieval Latin, perhaps? Also, the phrase appears to have two main verbs ("sit" and "amet"), causing me further confusion. Could someone please provide me with a translation and explanation for this? Thanks.
2007-08-22 03:40:20 · 7 answers · asked by BrianaJ 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's used as a text placer and is a modified version of something rather ancient. The bit you quote was originally:
Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit (Translation: "Neither is there anyone who loves grief itself since it is grief and thus wants to obtain it.) Little wonder you couldn't find 'lorem' - it's really the accusative case of dolor = dolorem.
2007-08-22 03:55:33 · answer #1 · answered by JJ 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The first answer is correct. This is in fact Latin, taken from an ancient work by he Roman writer Cicero, except that the words are phrases taken from parts of two pages of Cicero s work, then scrambled to make nonsense sentences. It appears that the first word "lorem" comes from a sentence that ran between two pages, the original word being "delorem" which was split between the two pages with the first part "de-" at the end of the first page, and the rest of the word "lorem" at the beginning of the next page. Because the words of the phrases are scrambled, direct translation makes little sense, but the sentences the phrases came from were completely readable in Latin. The "Lorem ipsum" text we know today was first created by an unknown typesetter in the 1500s as a way to compare the visual appearance of different fonts, without the reader being distracted by the words having meaning (which can bias your impression of how good the font looks). This "test book" for typesetting has been in use ever since, even making the leap into the computer age. The full explanation can be found here: http://www.lipsum.com/
2015-11-07 03:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by odori_chan 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-04 10:34:28 · answer #3 · answered by fogleman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Lorem ipsum actually doesn't mean anything at all it's a more or less normal distribution of English letters, and it doesn't mean anything; since the 1500's, publishers have used it to display fonts and typeface. People are said to be easily distracted if the words make sense, so this nonsensical phrase is used so that the consumer can focus entirely on the typography/fonts/typeface. dolor is pain, sit amet is or looks for it and consectetuer is wanting to have it-these words are from one of Cicero's writings they usually call it lipsum
2016-04-04 03:05:34 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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What's the translation for "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet"?
A friend of mine came across this phrase in his reading, and, since I'm the local Latin expert, asked me for a translation. However, I can't find "lorem" in my trusty Cassell's dictionary. Is it medieval Latin, perhaps? Also, the phrase appears to have two main verbs...
2015-08-05 21:31:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna.
Nunc viverra imperdiet enim. Fusce est. Vivamus a tellus.
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Aenean nec lorem. In porttitor. Donec laoreet nonummy augue.
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2016-03-21 09:33:51 · answer #6 · answered by Mike 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-24 13:07:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought that was just random latin words we used for page design mock ups. but i followed alaric's link and was surprised that it had a story behind it
2007-08-22 03:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by bitoy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is not really Latin. The fascinating story behind this is to be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum
2007-08-22 03:46:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋