pursue happiness with diligence
| 15:55 May 21, 2018 |
| English to Latin translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | |||||
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Beatitudo assidue quaerenda est /oppure: Cum diligentia beatitudinem quaere/ quaerite Explanation: 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 |
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Beatitudo assidue quaerenda est/ or: Cum diligentia beatitudinem quaere Explanation: 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. |
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sequere laetitiam cum diligentia Explanation: '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). |
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