[Ansteorra] Latin Help?

[Stefan li Rous]

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
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/marksharris
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