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Translation - Latin-English - Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem!

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Title	Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem!
Text Submitted by dramati	Source language: Latin Quidquid agis, prudenter agas et respice finem!
Remarks about the translation	american english please

Title	Whatever you do, may you do it ...
Translation English Translated by Edelvang	Target language: English Whatever you do, may you do it wisely, and think of the end.

Last validated or edited by kafetzou - 28 October 2007 00:08

Latest messages

	Author	Message
		27 October 2007 20:08
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	"Think of the end" sounds like you're talking about death in English - I don't know if it has this double meaning in Latin. Otherwise, maybe it would be better to say "think of the outcome". P.S. I changed "well (or prudently)" to "wisely".
		27 October 2007 22:10
	Edelvang Number of messages: 4	I understand "finem" as an apocalyptical warning, but I don't know the origin of the latin proverb. It certainly has the double meaning in Latin though. "Think of the outcome" is by my opinion without support in the latin phrase. "Wisely" is better than "well".... But prudentia is difficult to translate.
		28 October 2007 00:08
	kafetzou Number of messages: 7963	OK; I will leave it as it is now. Thanks for the clarification.