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Old 06-16-2012, 12:18 AM
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Okay, I feel like a fool asking, but I need some help with Latin. Basically, I'm co-writing a story where someone is using magic, and has to speak the words. I know next to nothing about Latin, so if there is a reference or some site where I can put words in English and it will properly spit out the translation in Latin.

Please, no Harry Potter sites and no links to Babel Fish.

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Old 06-16-2012, 12:45 AM
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Sooo.... Google Translate is right out, then?



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Old 06-16-2012, 12:56 AM
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All I can think of is the Car Talk motto: "non impediti ratione cogitationis"
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I should have a Latin dictionary somewhere, but I'm not sure precisely where.

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Old 06-16-2012, 02:57 AM
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Sooo.... Google Translate is right out, then?



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Oh Andara (I kid)

Google Translate was terrible.

This:

Dolor curavit per eam intus me

Comes out as:

The pain caused by it inside of me

Which I'm sure is not right.
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Old 06-16-2012, 03:29 AM
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Illegitimi non carborundum

"Don't let the bastards grind you down"

That's the extend of my Latin at the moment and, according to Wikipedia, it's not even real -- it's "mock Latin," whatever that means.

I have a Latin for Dummies and a Latin/English dictionary but they are packed, pending my move, so, sadly, I can't help you much ATM.

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Old 06-16-2012, 03:45 AM
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I used this for my Latin class and history capstone as an undergrad: http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm

You can download the program (I did, but sadly, it won't work with my new comp) and it's a great little thing. It's based off Whittaker's Latin.

Oh, and, since I haven't used the online program in a while, I can't guarantee this as a feature, but on the download program it would give multiple meanings for the Latin and for English to Latin it would give conjugates if necessary.
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