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| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 12日 09:37 |
| | "Amor omne vincit"
This is well-known sentence of Vergilius and it should be:
"Amor omnia vincit" CC: Francky5591 |
| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 12日 12:38 |
| | already translated here , this is the kind of reccurent translation request we got on
Well, is this translation grammatically wrong?
"omne" being neutral accusative at the singular
Vergilius may have said this using another form, but does it mean this one above is wrong? |
| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 12日 13:29 |
| | Well, grammatically it is correct. But the meaning is a little different.
Amor omnia vincit – Love conquers all (things)
Amor omne vincit – Love conquers every (individual) thing
Well, it is not wrong of course, but could be better. That’s all.. It also depends on Brazilian Portuguese original... What does "tudo" mean. I suppose --> every/all things (not individual thing)... But, I can be wrong of course.
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| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 12日 14:25 |
| | "omnia" is a plural form, while "omne" is a singular one, both can be said I think. "everything" also means "all things" doesn't it?
From my point of view, problem is that "O amor vence tudo" has been submitted many times, requesters definitively skip this page , or if they were more careful they would read §[2], that suggest they perform a search before submitting a text to translation.
Or they don't understand they have to use the "Request a new target-language for this text" button.
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| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 12日 14:39 |
| | I can understand the problem, Francky... Believe me... Some kind of mess was made because of the requesters, who didn't read rules...
Well, I don't know if we can leave it, because in plural "omnia" can be raed "all (things), although it is neutral gender, but in singular should be "omnem rem" (because "res" is feminine) I guess, not "omne"...
So, in singular I will say: Amor omnem rem vincit...
This is little complicated issue, Francky. I don't know if my words sound clear for you...? The plural has some other rights than the singular in this case...
Maybe Efylove could say what she thinks... |
| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 13日 09:00 |
| | I agree with Aneta. "Omnia" = everything; "omne" = a whole thing, one thing considered in its entirety. And here "tudo" is "everything".
So the translation isn't wrong, but could be more accurate.
I think "Amor vincit omnia" is the best one.
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| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 13日 13:41 |
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| | 2009年 सेप्टेम्बर 13日 13:42 |
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