Aug 14, 2005 21:25
18 yrs ago
English term
Why listen when you can talk?
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English to Latin
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Sayings
I can't get this thing to adjust to the language pair I need. But it's English - Latin
Proposed translations
(Latin)
| 5 +3 | Loqui com possis, umquam auscultare noli (numquam auscultaveris)! |
Leonardo Marcello Pignataro (X)
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Change log
Aug 14, 2005 21:27: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Language pair" from "English" to "English to Latin" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
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English term (edited):
Never listen when you can talk
Selected
Loqui com possis, umquam auscultare noli (numquam auscultaveris)!
Loqui cum possis = Here I preferred the cum + subjunctive clause (narrative/explicative), since it puts before us the circumstances/the reason why rather than the exact time (cum + indicative)of the action.
umquam auscultare noli! = negative imperative (more common for giving an advice/suggestion)
numquam auscultaveris = negative imperative (more common for giving a command/order (ne + perfect subjunctive - numquam > ne umquam)
Up to you choosing between the two.
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Note added at 20 hrs 27 mins (2005-08-15 17:53:13 GMT)
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Still, if your sentence means: \"You should not listen the moment you can talk\", then another rendering could be:
\"Numquam tibi auscultandum (est/erit), cum loqui (potes/poteris)\" In brackets a choice between present and future tense.
There are, of course, more ways your sentence can be interpreted and translated into Latin.
HIH
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Note added at 20 hrs 39 mins (2005-08-15 18:05:06 GMT)
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Still, if your sentence means: \"You should not listen the moment you can talk\", then another rendering could be:
\"Numquam tibi auscultandum (est/erit), cum loqui (potes/poteris)\" In brackets a choice between present and future tense.
There are, of course, more ways your sentence can be interpreted and translated into Latin.
HIH
umquam auscultare noli! = negative imperative (more common for giving an advice/suggestion)
numquam auscultaveris = negative imperative (more common for giving a command/order (ne + perfect subjunctive - numquam > ne umquam)
Up to you choosing between the two.
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Note added at 20 hrs 27 mins (2005-08-15 17:53:13 GMT)
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Still, if your sentence means: \"You should not listen the moment you can talk\", then another rendering could be:
\"Numquam tibi auscultandum (est/erit), cum loqui (potes/poteris)\" In brackets a choice between present and future tense.
There are, of course, more ways your sentence can be interpreted and translated into Latin.
HIH
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Note added at 20 hrs 39 mins (2005-08-15 18:05:06 GMT)
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Still, if your sentence means: \"You should not listen the moment you can talk\", then another rendering could be:
\"Numquam tibi auscultandum (est/erit), cum loqui (potes/poteris)\" In brackets a choice between present and future tense.
There are, of course, more ways your sentence can be interpreted and translated into Latin.
HIH
Peer comment(s):
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Vicky Papaprodromou
: Kalispera, Leonardo! :-)
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Kalispera, Vicky! :-)
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Alfa Trans (X)
3 days 18 hrs
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Ciao Marju e grazie!
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Joseph Brazauskas
41 days
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