I'm looking for a web site that will translate English phrases into Latin and vice versa. My googling has returned only marginal results in that I can't be sure that the grammar is correct.
For example, how would one translate the English, "We have lost the laws of the land" to Latin.? I've come up with "Legem Terrae" meaning law of the land and "perdo" as the verb 'lost' or 'squandered'. I have no training in Latin and don't know how to use the verb correctly (person, case, tense, etc.) in the phrase. I also suspect that there is a reflexive involved in using the phrase correctly in Latin.
If someone could point me to a website that would help me in this area I would appreciate it. If you want just to translate the phrase, that would be great, too; but I'd like to understand the grammar as well.
TIA
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Bob - your best bet is a news-group (Google Group?) which deals with Latin and has persons who know what they are talking about (!). Quite some time ago I got the indispensable 'yoof' phrase: "Yeah, right - whatever" translated to "Ita, esto - quidcumque", but sadly I didn't keep the details of the group.
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"Yoof"???
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Yoof: "(British slang) Youth (young person, young people or the state of being young)."
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A (mis)pronunciation of 'youth', I take it, as opposed to an acronym.
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Similar to "My Cousin Vinny" wherein Joe Pesci says "Ute" (meaning the Brooklyn equivalent of YOUTH) and the judge gets pretty irate with him. (We New Yawk'ers do talk funny)
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To paraphrase Churchill, Joe Pesci as Vinny and Fred Gwynne as Judge Haller certainly are two Americans "separated by a common language." Their verbal sparring cracks me up!
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tanks
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Yes, it is part of a phrase "yoof culture", relating to the activities of the more illiterate younger members of our community. In some areas of the country "youth" is actually pronounced "yoof".PaulB wrote:A (mis)pronunciation of 'youth', I take it, as opposed to an acronym.
The Urban Dictionary defines Yoof, in part, as:
A cynical description for a style of marketing or programming created by establishment or corporate interests that seeks to identify with the under-21's and thereby sucker them into parting with their cash or individuality with its promise of street credibility or non-conformity.
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OK, you're a lawnmower, but why would I want to tell you?