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Translation - Latin-English - "Inops, potentem dum vult imitari, perit..."

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Title	"Inops, potentem dum vult imitari, perit..."
Text Submitted by Trevon	Source language: Latin "Inops, potentem dum vult imitari, perit..."
Remarks about the translation	alguÃ©m poderia traduzir essa frase para mim? Em PortuguÃªs Brasileiro por favor, ou em InglÃªs dos E.U.A.

Title	"While the poor man wants to imitate ...
Translation English Translated by Aneta B.	Target language: English "While the poor man wants to imitate the rich man, he perishes..."
Remarks about the translation	Phaedrus, Fabulae I, 24

Last validated or edited by lilian canale

- 29 July 2009 21:50

Latest messages

	Author	Message
		26 July 2009 23:18
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Hi Aneta, just a tiny detail, in English we'll need a pronoun before the verb: 'he perishes'
		26 July 2009 23:28
	Aneta B. Number of messages: 4487	Heus Lilly, recte dicis! Maximas gratias ago!
		27 July 2009 13:20
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	I wonder if "while" shouldn't be "when".
		29 July 2009 21:26
	lilian canale Number of messages: 14972	Aneta?
		29 July 2009 21:49
	Aneta B. Number of messages: 4487	Lilly, dum = while Firstly I typed "when", but have chosen it into "while" because I think it is closer to Latin "dum" My warmest greetings to you!