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How would "Lord make me swift and accurate" translate into old Latin?

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@marcrmz,

What do you mean by "old" Latin.

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@George,

I was under the impression that there is an older version of Latin used in bible scriptures and in certain Latin quotes.

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@marcrmz,

Strictly speaking "Old Latin" is the earliest version of the language (prior to 75
BC). Most of the Latin literature you find quoted is from "Classical Latin" (75
BC to about 200 AD). The bible was translated into Latin in the late Fourth
into the early Fifth Century. The Latin of this period is called "Late Latin".

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@George,

Thank you for correcting me. I guess the version I am looking for is Classical Latin.

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@marcrmz,

Fac me citus et accuratus.
I assume this refers to a male.
If female,
Fac me cita et accurata.

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@George,

Thanks for the translation. This was my first post and didn't expect to get an answer so quickly. Thanks again!

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@marcrmz,

You're welcome.

Usually you won't get an answer so quickly, but I was just tidying things up
before heading home and I logged in to see what was going on at Able2Know
and there you were. Well, there your post was.

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@George,

hi im looking to get a tattoo of my daughters name, its chantel do u no the old latin translation fr it? all i keep getting is abeo and im wondering is that right coz im looking for somethig fancier, tanx Smile

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@twinkM,

I'm sorry, I don't know any Latin equivalent of the name "Chantel".

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@George,

ok thanks anyways george

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@twinkM,

You're welcome, twinkM.
Chantel is such a lovely name just as it is.

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@George,

ahh ty george Smile

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@twinkM,

twinkM wrote:

ahh ty george

I'm assuming you mean "try", so here goes.

Adapting a name to Latin is done one of three ways.

1. Use as is.
2. Change name to something more Latin-sounding.
3. Find the meaning of the name and pick a Latin name with same meaning.

Having said that,

1. Apparently you don't want to do that.
2. My take on that would be Santalissa.
3. Chantel comes from a Celtic word meaning "stony place".
The Latin equivalent would be Petra.

Please read this.

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@George,

hey george, nah i just meant thank you Smile

been thinkin ill 4get the latin thing and go with something a bit more original but thanks again Smile

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@twinkM,

You're welcome, twinkM.

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Hi can you help me translate "Only God can judge me." & "What doesn't kill me will only make me stronger."
Thanks!
Geric

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@Geric,

Geric~

For "Only God can judge me",
Deus solus me iudicare potest.

Deus --> God
solus --> alone, only
me --> me
iudicare --> to judge
potest --> can, is able

For "What doesn't kill me will only make me stronger",
Quod me non interficit me modo corroborat.

Quod --> what
non --> not
interficit --> kill
modo --> only
corroborat -- makes stronger

~George

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@George,

Hi..., I'm sorry, could you please help me translate this into classical latin?
"with patience and firmness, and by god's blessing of sincere intention and hard work"
thanks in advance...

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@Lisee,

"with patience and firmness, and by god's blessing of sincere intention
and hard work"

cum patientia firmitateque, et dei bendictione consilii sinceri et laborae durae

cum --> with
patientia --> patience
firmitateque --> and firmness
et --> and
dei --> god's
bendictione --> blessing
consilii --> of intention
sinceri --> sincere
et --> and
laborae --> of work
durae --> hard

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