May 21, 2018 15:55
6 yrs ago
English term
United States
Native in: English 
pursue happiness with diligence
English to Latin
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
This is the name of a poem. I am only interested in translating the title. When converted english-latin using google translate, it did not translate back from lat-eng very well at all. I want to make sure i get this right and not just a word for word translation.
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Proposed translations
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Maria Pat Scarpetta
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to Italian, and 3 more.
Beatitudo assidue quaerenda est /oppure: Cum diligentia beatitudinem quaere/ quaerite
non avendo visto il poema propongo entrambe queste traduzioni, la prima suona più come una sentenza, l'altra è proprio letterale, all'imperativo in seconda persona singolare o plurale
6 hrs
Maria Pat Scarpetta
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Italy
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to Italian, and 3 more.
Beatitudo assidue quaerenda est/ or: Cum diligentia beatitudinem quaere
sorry I wrote in Italian the explanation. I made two proposals because I haven't read the when poem. The second one is the strictly faithful translation, 'pursue' may be either an imperative for 'you' singular or plural, in Latin you have to choose. However, also the first could work, it sounds more like an advice, there are many sentences like that in Latin.
97 days
Joseph Brazauskas
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
When You Want It Done Right
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Latin to English, English to Latin, Greek (Ancient) to English, and 23 more.
Related KudoZ points
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sequere laetitiam cum diligentia
'Follow (pursue) happiness with care.'
The simple verb 'sequi' is more common in this sense than 'persequi'; 'quaerere' means rather 'to seek, search, ask'. 'Cum' should precede an ablative of manner, unless an adjective qualifies the substantive (cf. Allen & Greenough's New Latin Grammar, §412, Boston, 1903, repr. 2006, Gildersleeve & Lodge's Latin Grammar, §339, London, 1867, repr. 1997, 2005, Bennet's Latin Grammar, §222, Boston, 1895, repr. 1900).
The simple verb 'sequi' is more common in this sense than 'persequi'; 'quaerere' means rather 'to seek, search, ask'. 'Cum' should precede an ablative of manner, unless an adjective qualifies the substantive (cf. Allen & Greenough's New Latin Grammar, §412, Boston, 1903, repr. 2006, Gildersleeve & Lodge's Latin Grammar, §339, London, 1867, repr. 1997, 2005, Bennet's Latin Grammar, §222, Boston, 1895, repr. 1900).
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