[Ansteorra] Latin Help?
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Wed Nov 9 18:51:08 PST 2011
As with many translations, word for word translations often don't work
and often phrases (colloquialisms?) do not translate well that way.
The translation into Welsh of "hill country" for the barony now known
as Bryn Gwlad, is a good example. :-)
If you can get a hold of her, Mistress Gunnora, also known as the
Viking Answer Lady, is an excellent source for such translations. She
will usually explain why a direct word for word translation will not
work. Unfortunately, the latter is what you generally get from online
translation programs.
I don't know if the email address I have for her is still good or not.
She does ask that you check out the mottoes she has already
translated, that are in the following Florilegium files, just to keep
her from having to do a lot of duplications.
For people looking for inspirations for their mottoes these files
might also be of interest.
mottoes1-msg (113K) 10/25/00 Latin mottoes for SCA use.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/HERALDRY/mottoes1-msg.html
mottoes2-msg (80K) 10/25/00 More Latin mottoes and phrases.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/HERALDRY/mottoes2-msg.html
For those looking for non-Latin mottoes, there is also this file:
n-Lat-mottoes-msg (8K) 5/24/08 Non-Latin mottoes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/HERALDRY/n-Lat-mottoes-msg.html
Stefan
On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:02 PM, HerrDetlef wrote:
> Good evening, fellow Ansteorrans!
>
> I was wondering if anybody could help me with my Latin. I'm trying
> to say
> "Detlef von Marburg gives this flag to the Kingdom of Ansteorra."
>
> What I have is "Detlef von Marburg hoc vexillum ad Regnum Ansteorram
> dat."
>
> This is something I want to put on a couple Ansteorran civil ensigns
> I made
> for the Crown.
>
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Yours in these Current Middle Ages,
> Detlef von Marburg
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THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
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