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Help finishing latin tattoo .. :)

 
 
Reply Mon 16 Dec, 2013 08:44 am
So I want my tattoo to read:

The Only Certainty In Life Is Death.
Which so far I have translated to > '' Solus certainty in vita est nex ''

The second half i want to read:

So live every day as if it is your last .
I have no idea how to write is in Latin and all the translators come our differently.

Any help I can get would be massively appreciated!
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Jack of Hearts
 
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Reply Mon 16 Dec, 2013 04:56 pm
@xenohadden,
Go to a school where Latin is taught - a Catholic University is a good place to start.
Make sure you get at least three independent answers; people can be such chuckleheads.
Also, choose your words carefully; saying "is your" instead of 'were your' can be disastrous; the less words, the better.
roger
 
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Reply Mon 16 Dec, 2013 05:20 pm
@Jack of Hearts,
Well, that was certainly helpful, wasn't it?
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Romeo Fabulini
 
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Reply Mon 16 Dec, 2013 06:27 pm
Bunch of assorted answers 3 years ago here which just shows even scholars can't agree which translation is the best-
http://latindiscussion.com/forum/latin/live-each-day-as-if-it-were-your-last.11819/
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xenohadden
 
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Reply Wed 18 Dec, 2013 03:37 pm
Going to go with :

Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
grata superveniet, quae non sperabitur hora.

Think to yourself that every day is your last; the hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

Book I, epistle iv, line 13-14.

As I cant find a literal translation and I really like that Smile
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