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This is quite trivial - My grandfather had a framed needlepoint I remember as a kid, it's lost now. He may have been joking, we never could tell. He said the translation was "Paddle your own f**king canoe". I don't feel comfortable asking this to any Latin scholars I might be able to find. Oh yeah, Grampa Meltzer was quite a guy.

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OK, let's review.
You do not have the original words.
You have a rather unlikely translation.
This translation comes from a man prone to joking.
You feel uncomfortable asking a Latin scholar about it.

I'd say that chances of recreating that needlepoint are pretty slim.

However, here's how I'd translate the sentence:

Scapham tuam futuentem impelle!

Notes:
A scapha is not exactly equivalent to a canoe
I've translated f**king literally, but in Latin it isn't generally used in
reference to inanimate object.

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the jokes on me
Thanks George, Well old Gramps got one over on me. Your translation doesn't look any where near what I partially remember. Oh well, unfortunately some things pass away. I'll try to get my children to spend more time with their grandparents, it's priceless. -JB

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How much do you remember?
Maybe we can figure something out.

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SPQA V An old Soldier requests assistance
I believe this to be Senates Populace Quintes America V as in fifth My tranlation is The government,The People, The Soldiers of America.
The reason for this is I am planning to get a tatoo as I served in Special forces for almost 20 years.

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Re: SPQA V An old Soldier requests assistance

AHAB46 wrote:

I believe this to be Senates Populace Quintes America V as in fifth My tranlation is The government,The People, The Soldiers of America.
The reason for this is I am planning to get a tatoo as I served in Special forces for almost 20 years.

I assume you are adapting this from the famous eagle standard which
bore the Latin abbreviation SPQR. The letters stand for Senatus
Populusque Romanus -- "The Roman Senate and People" the reason the "q" is part of it is that one way of saying "and" in Latin is to add "que" to the end of the second word.

So SPQA could stand for "Senatus Populusque Americanus", he "American
Senate and People." V could certainly be fifth but I don't get the
significance.

Now here's the part where you have to help me out. Do you want the Latin for "The Government, The People, The Soldiers of America" or
are you saying that that is your interpretation of SPQA? If you want the
Latin translation for that phrase, it is:

Res Publica, Populus, Militesque Americae

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i was just wonderin if anyone knew what "Honor","Awaken", "Awaking Honor", or "Atonement" is translated to latin?

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vinnivenom wrote:

i was just wonderin if anyone knew what "Honor","Awaken", "Awaking Honor", or "Atonement" is translated to latin?

Honor (in the sense of distinction) dignitas, honos (or honor)
(in the sense of moral integrity) honestas
Awaken (infinitive) excitare (imperative sing.) excita (imperative plur.) excitate
Awaking honor Honestatem excitans -or- Honorem excitans
Atonement piaculum

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thank you george appreciate it!!

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thank you george appreciate it!!

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im tryin to come up with some band names and i thought it would be cool to have one in latin.

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You're welcome, vinnivenom.
Good luck with the band.

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Can someone translate this into Latin for me?
Love is nothing but a terrible lie.
Or something along those lines.

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Queen Takhsis wrote:

Can someone translate this into Latin for me?
Love is nothing but a terrible lie.
Or something along those lines.

Amor est nihil aliud nisi mendacium terribile.

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Thank you so much for replying!!!

Can you tell me what these mean in English?

Mors omnibus communes.
and Vigiliae Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiae Maguntinae.
I found them somewhere but can't remember where.

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Queen Takhsis wrote:

Thank you so much for replying!!!

Can you tell me what these mean in English?

Mors omnibus communes.
and Vigiliae Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiae Maguntinae.
I found them somewhere but can't remember where.

Mors omnibus communis. (Note spelling of "communis") means "Death is
common to all." I don't know the source, but I know it was quoted in the
novel Tom Jones.

"Vigiliae Mortuorum Secundum Chorum Ecclesiae Maguntinae" is the title of a
book in Roderick Usher's library in the Poe tale "The Fall of the House of
Usher". It means "The Vigils of the Dead according to the Choir of the
Church of Maguntina." I believe "Maguntina" is the Latin name of "Mainz".

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english to latin
hello there could i please get some help i need to translate 2 words from english into latin
Black and the other word Rock
your help would be appreciated
tom Very Happy

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vendetta40 wrote:

hello there could i please get some help i need to translate 2 words from english into latin
Black and the other word Rock
your help would be appreciated
tom

There are two words for black. Ater means flat black and niger means
glossy black. The word for rock is "saxum".

Since Latin adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify and most
often follow the nouns they modify, you would say "saxum atrum"
or "saxum nigrum" if you wanted to say "black rock."

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SPQA V
Goerge,

I served as a Special Forces Soldier (Green Beret) for almost 20 years
The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Is refered to as the 5th Legion in some circles. So, as I am very proud of my military service I thought I would get a latin script tatoo. I wanted it to reflect the proper phrase.

AHAB46

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OK, Fifth Legion, I get it.
Yeah, "SPQA V" fits.

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