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Translation - Latin-English - Nam quod in iuventu non discitur, in matura...Current status Translation
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| Nam quod in iuventu non discitur, in matura... | | Source language: Latin
Nam quod in iuventu non discitur, in matura aetate nescitur.
Nam vitiis nemo sine noscitur，in magnis et voluisse sat est. | Remarks about the translation | Edited: inventus --> iuventu (other option: iuventute). I have also removed not needed caps and added punctuation to the request. <Aneta B.> |
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| What is not learned in youth | TranslationEnglish
Translated by  aluji | Target language: English
For what is not learned in youth is unknown in old age.
For nobody is known to be without faults; in great endeavors, it is also enough to have been willing. | Remarks about the translation | "noscitur", as it is an inchoative verb, more closely means "is getting to be known", which does not make sense in context. Perhaps there was a transcription error which produced "noscitur" from what I assume was the original word, "nascitur", which would change the translation to "For nobody is born without faults." There was also a strange rendition of "vitiis" to "vitis", so I think the text we have here is not entirely trustworthy. |
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Last validated or edited by lilian canale - 3 September 2012 14:41
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19 May 2012 15:55 | | | Hi aluji, 
I've already changed "vitis" into "vitiis" (haven't noticed this before). Thank you. 
I share your opinion that probably the original word was "nascitur" in the second sentence, but as long as "noscitur" is also accceptable and possible within the context, I left the word as it was.
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26 August 2012 13:52 | | | Hi Aneta and Alex,
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26 August 2012 21:26 | | | Hi Lilly,
It's pretty good translation. Anyway,
in magnis et voluisse sat est.
since it is a word "et" in the sentence, I would translate:
In great endeavours/things it is ALSO enough to have been willing. (or: that we have been willing)
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26 August 2012 21:57 | | 
alujiNumber of messages: 5 | Aneta is right, that's a better treatment of the "et" |
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