Help!! I need the following motto translated into Latin - DELEGATE OR DIE!!?

Question

If I don't pass some of my volunteer jobs on down the line - I won't be long for this world!!

I need the DELELGATE to be a verb - meaning I musr delegate some of my responsibilites to other people or I may die!!

Answer 1

Better to delegate than perish~
Commendare quam perire praestat.
~or~
Delegare quam mori praestat.

Delegate or perish~
Delega aut peri.
~or~
Commenda aut morere.

In the suggestions I am using commendare (to intrust to the charge of) or delegare (assign) but I prefer the former in phrases that do not actually specify an object.
As an alternate to mori (to die), there is perire (to perish).

To my mind, the word-for-word translation doesn't sound as authentic as the first option I have given, but it's your motto!

Answer 2

For something with alliteration, generally good for a motto:

Mandare Aut Mori

Answer 3

Here's another take on the translation:
Delegatus non potest delegare.

This roughly translates to-- a delegate cannot delegate (his powers)

Don't know what's going on with you, but remember:
Latin is a language--dead as it can be!
It killed the mighty Romans--now it's killing me!

Answer 4

Delegate vel Intereo ut est Latin of DELEGATE OR DIE meus amicus