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| | 5 Tháng 6 2009 15:24 |
| | Hi (again) Aneta B
Two tiny corrections before I set a poll.
"He prayed for the well-being of the Roman people."
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Tantine
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| | 5 Tháng 6 2009 16:36 |
| | You're absolutely right. I've edited.
It's nice work together with you;-) |
| | 5 Tháng 6 2009 16:47 |
| | Let's hope we work together lots then
I've set a poll because my Latin date from the same prehistorical period as my Ancient Greek
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Tantine |
| | 5 Tháng 6 2009 16:59 |
| | <lol> I love your sens of humour. |
| | 9 Tháng 6 2009 12:31 |
| | "Ancus believed it was present on altars of gods" - where's "it" in Latin? Maybe the subject of the infinitive is Ancus... |
| | 10 Tháng 6 2009 14:38 |
| | I think you should consider the words semper and -que. And maybe aris is the subject of adesse.
You could say 'believed it to be present' instead of 'believed it was present' if you want a more literal translation. |
| | 11 Tháng 6 2009 17:32 |
| | Hi Aneta, Hi girls ![](../images/bisou2.gif)
Sorry it took me so long to get back to this evaluation but we have had some rather bad weather and it seriously affects my connection every time it rains
Efylove, do you mean that it should read more like:
"Ancus believed he was present on altars of gods"?
And Aneta, are you ok with mijra91's suggestions? If so, I will edit following the various remarks, then I will validate
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Tantine |
| | 11 Tháng 6 2009 19:50 |
| | mirja91 wrote: 'You could say 'believed it to be present' instead of 'believed it was present' if you want a more literal translation'.
Well, unfortunetely, I don't agree. I is double accusative construction, so personal form is needed in translation.
Efylove, maybe you right and the subject is Ancus.
For me the subject default was 'gloria Romae':
it (=the glory of Rome) was always present on altars of gods.
But I have one more idea: Maybe it should be translated:
'Ancus believed he existed/lived for altars of gods'. - what means he was dedicated/devoted to gods. |
| | 14 Tháng 6 2009 13:44 |
| | « Ancus cogitabat aris semper deorumque adesse. » In this state, sentence doesn't make sense to me. I suppose it could be: "Ancus cogitabat aris semper deorum adesse" = Ancus intended to be always present on altars of gods. But "cogitabat" might also be corrupted and some word in dat. after "deorumque" such as "sacris" be missing. |
| | 18 Tháng 6 2009 01:15 |
| | I agree with chronotribe. This part of the text isn't clear. So, we can translate it in lots of ways. Firstly, the subject can be Ancus and the glory of Rome as well. We should think hard what could be present on altars of gods? The man or the glory or sth else, what can be missing, as chronotribe sugessted? |
| | 21 Tháng 7 2009 14:20 |
| | Ancus believed it has always been present on the altars of the gods. |
| | 1 Tháng 10 2009 17:09 |
| | Hi, Aneta.
I'm taking care of this translation now due to Tantine's long absence.
What about: "Ancus believed being present on altars of gods"? |
| | 1 Tháng 10 2009 17:25 |
| | Thank you, Lilly. It is very nice you took care of it.
Hm, but we don't know what is the subject here, dear one. As chronotribe had noticed: "the sentence doesn't make sense", because of a lack of the subject. And we don't know whether author meant that Ancus was being on altars of gods or glory of Rome (from the previous sentence)...???
Probably sth is missing here... I don't know what we can do in this situation, my dear. ![](../images/emo/frown.png) |
| | 1 Tháng 10 2009 17:35 |
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| | 1 Tháng 10 2009 17:41 |
| | That's why I suggested using the gerund here, since it suits any subject. ![](../images/emo/smile.png) |
| | 1 Tháng 10 2009 17:42 |
| | Well, yes, I know you meant that... I think we can do in this way indeed. ![](../images/bisou2.gif) |
| | 1 Tháng 10 2009 17:50 |
| | Thanks a lot! ![](../images/bisou2.gif) |