Can anyone speak latin?

[Sotha]

Hi! There was someone in this forum, who can speak latin. Can you help me? I'd like to have a plaque which says in latin "Honor and Duty. Law and Order."

 

Now, I could easily check the words from a dictionary but I am aware that latin has difficult declension rules and I really would like it to be correct.

 

Thanks!

[PranQster]

Onay, atinlay otnay okenspay ybay emay.

[dumpkin]

"Honor et Officium. Lex et Ordo."

[OrbWeaver]

It's not so much the declension rules which are relevant in this instance, but providing an idiomatic translation.

 

Honor et Officium. Lex et Ordo.

 

Lex means "a law", as in a particular law or set of laws. The phrase "law and order" is referring to the rule of law in general, which I think is better translated as iustum meaning "justice".

[Sotha]

It's not so much the declension rules which are relevant in this instance, but providing an idiomatic translation.

 

Lex means "a law", as in a particular law or set of laws. The phrase "law and order" is referring to the rule of law in general, which I think is better translated as iustum meaning "justice".

 

Heh.. Word 'justice' is exactly the word I want to avoid and 'law' and 'order' are exactly the ones I want to elaborate. It is all about law and order without justice. But now I'm probably telling too much already!

 

But anyway: thanks for help!

[aidakeeley]

Regulæ?

 

 

 

[Mortem Desino]

Yeah, I'm getting my undergrad in Latin. Maybe I should release a latin translation of NHAT!

[DarqueRaven]

In doing a fast search on translation from English to Latin, I got this:

Veneratio quod Officium. Lex quod Ordo.

Here is the location I found that: Latin Translation link

I hope that helps.

 

DarqueRaven

[Sotha]

I wouldn't trust those automatic translations..

But thanks anyway.

[Chiron]

@DarqueRaven

Sorry, but your translation makes no sense to me, these aren't sentences.

"Quod" is usually used for subordniate clauses, not as conjunction.

And "Veneratio" stands for a different mode of "honor": Adoration or grace or dignity.

 

Concerning the translation:

 

"Honor et Officium" seems fine to me.

I guess you mean a duty like the duty of a police officer ? Or the duty of a citizen towards

society or the gods?

 

"Lex et Ordo"

Alternatively you can use "Fandum et Ordo", since "fandum" has not that many connections to legislation.

[Sotha]

"Honor et Officium" seems fine to me.

I guess you mean a duty like the duty of a police officer ? Or the duty of a citizen towards

society or the gods?

 

Duty as in the duty of a police officer, or a soldier's duty.

[Chiron]

Then Officium is fine !