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Hi,

I would be genuinely grateful if someone could help me translate the following bucket list which I had composed for myself. I wanted it to be cryptic and I couldn't think of a more beautiful language than Latin.

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1. I'd like to adopt our second child.

2. I'd like to visit Africa someday again, and teach. Teach the kids to actually dream.

3. I 'd like to visit a war zone, not for the thrill that I could get for all the action, but for helping me understand the value of life.

4. I'd like to do my PhD. Someday.

5.I 'd like to play at least one instrument before I die.

6. I want learn to draw comic strips. I think comic strips are really short films, frozen in time.

7. I want to learn the art of photography.

8. I'd like to fall in love with everyone someday, forever.
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Thanks a ton for the help!

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@Moschinodrenched,

are you gonna have that tattooed?

that's gonna hurt, i think...

our little scholarly dude that does all the translating is already in bed tonight.

his avatar is George, but we call him Curly...

best of.

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@Rockhead,

Hi,

No problem! Thank u for the help! No, I am not getting it tattooed -that would seriously hurt!! Smile

I am probably going to send it over to my fiance, and let him "solve the puzzle". That is, if its possible! Smile

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@Moschinodrenched,

cool.

Curly mostly does tattoos.

but he's good.

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@Rockhead,

Rockhead wrote:

. . . his avatar is George, but we call him Curly...

No, we don't. Yet.

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@Moschinodrenched,

This may take a while, but I'll give it a shot.

I'll post a couple at a time.

1. I'd like to adopt our second child.

I Puerum nostrum secundum velim.

puerum --> child
nostrum --> our
secundum --> second
adoptare --> to adopt
velim --> I would like, want, wish

2. I'd like to visit Africa someday again, and teach. Teach the kids to
actually dream.

II Ad Africam aliquando rursum adire et docere velim. Vere
somniare docere.

Ad --> to
Africam --> Africa
aliquando --> someday
rursum --> again
adire --> to go to, visit
et --> and
docere --> to teach
Vere --> actually, truly
somniare --> to dream

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3. I 'd like to visit a war zone, not for the thrill that I could get
for all the action, but for helping me understand the value of life.

III Ad locum pugnae adire velim, non ad actione exultandum, sed ad me
pretium vitae comprehendere iuvandum.

locum --> place
pugnae --> of fight (locum pugnae = war zone)
non --> not
ad --> to (used with gerund to indicate purpose)
actione --> by means of action
exultandum --> get thrills (gerund)
sed --> but
me --> me
pretium --> value
comprehendere --> to understand
iuvandum --> help (gerund)

4. I'd like to do my PhD. Someday.

IV Doctor Philosophiae fieri velim. Aliquando

Doctor --> doctor
Philosophiae --> of philosophy
fieri --> to become

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5.I 'd like to play at least one instrument before I die.

V Modulari saltem unum instrumentum musicum velim antequam morior.

Modulari --> to play
saltem -> at least
unum --> one
instrumentum --> instrument
musicum --> musical
antequam --> before
morior --> I die

6. I want learn to draw comic strips. I think comic strips are really
short films, frozen in time.

VI Discere fabulas graphicas pingere velim. Fabulas graphicas
cinematographea brevia, in tempore rigida vere esse puto.

Discere --> to learn
fabulas graphicas --> comic books (I could find no Latin for "comic books", so I made this up.)
cinematographea --> films
brevia --> short
tempore --> time
rigida --> frozen
vere --> really
esse --> to be
puto --> I think

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7. I want to learn the art of photography.

VII Artem photographiae velim.
Artem --> art
photographiae --> of photography

8. I'd like to fall in love with everyone someday, forever.

VIII Omnes adamare aliquando velim, in aeternum.

Omnes --> everyone
adamare --> to fall in love with
in aeternum --> forever

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