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Si enim dicamus praecedentes legales , hos...
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Submitted by jairhaas
Source language: Latin

Si enim dicamus praecedentes legales , hos prophetales esse, obijciet quis libros quinque Moysi prophetales esse, quia eos prophetarum praecipuus scriptitaverit.

Title
If indeed we consider
Translation
English

Translated by tarinoidenkertoja
Target language: English

If we said that the previous law books were the prophetical ones, somebody could claim that the Five Books of Moses were the prophetical ones, because they were written by the greatest prophet.
Remarks about the translation
"legales " is referred to those books who regard the law , as the Torah.
I needed to change the sentence structure in order to make it understandable in english.It isn´t an easy translation
Validated by lilian canale - 28 November 2009 21:36





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24 November 2009 14:01

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
"As if we said that the previous legislation books were the/these prophetic ones..."

hos --> the/these

24 November 2009 17:11

tarinoidenkertoja
Number of messages: 113
I remain by the idea that "praecedentes " isn t related to that "hos", but it s related with obiciet. The true problem with latin is that there aren t native speakers to call in aid.

24 November 2009 18:17

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Tarinoidenkertoja, I can see you doubt in my Latin skills.
Well, I claim what I do and I can't change my mind, because I know Latin rules. Accusativus cum infinitivo syntax doesn't work back! So, "hos" can't be connected with "obiciet"(We have comma before "obiciet" and this should tell us that we can't connect the verb with a pronoun from the previous clause).I'm very sorry.

24 November 2009 18:50

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Oops! I think we'd better ask for some help here

@ Efylove, could you take some time and read the previous posts so that you can help us solve the issue? Otherwise this evaluation will take ages to be completed
Thanks in advance

CC: Efylove

26 November 2009 06:12

jairhaas
Number of messages: 261
I think some background might be helpful here. The author discusses the criteria according to which the books of the canon should be divided, subject matter or status of author. even without being a latin expert, the following translation (approximately, of course) seems sensible to me:

"If we consider the previous books, the ones pertaining to law, and also those that are prophetical, then it might be objected that also the books of Moses are prophetical, since they were written by the greates of prophets (that is, we might argue that the Torah as well as the ones called "prophets" should all be considered prophetical, from the p[oint of view of their authors)".

The continuation goes like this: "Si autem dixerimus praecedentes legales, & hos historicos esse, obijcietur etiam praecedentes magnam temporum historiam continere" - to say, that if, on the other hand, we divide acc. to subject matter, then the Torah might be placed in the section of the historical books, since it contains many historical descriptions (besides law).

26 November 2009 10:58

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Thank you, jairhas, for your effort, but I don't agree with your version, even if we know the background. It's quite out of Latin gramma.

I don't claim we have to translate anything in a literal way, but I only showed up the literal version to understand the text corectly.
First we have to know the literal version and then we can start making beautiful literary version.

I am not a person who translates the text, but only the person who shows the literal meaning and grammatical issues.

So, I repeat once again:
We have here 'modus potentialis' in conditional clauses (in English - second conditional)- typical hypothesis and it should be concerned here.

This is my (literal)bridge once again:

As if we said that the previous legislation books (=Law) were the prophetic ones, one could claim that the Five Books of Moses (or Pentateuch) were the prophetic books , because the greatest prophet had composed them.

It doesn't deny at all your thesis that Pentateuch could be concidered as propetical books.

26 November 2009 11:10

jairhaas
Number of messages: 261
There is a "&" sign before the word "hos"

26 November 2009 11:15

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Where? I can't see it in the source.

26 November 2009 11:21

jairhaas
Number of messages: 261
someone must have omiited it, do you remember that Francky thought it to be a mistake, but when he checked the internet, he found that this sign was in use in Latin already in the first century ?

26 November 2009 11:30

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
So, you, as the requester, should correct the text...

26 November 2009 12:16

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Now we have "Accusativus duplex syntax" in "Accusativus cum infinitivus syntax" (one syntax in another syntax ), but if we put "&" instaed of comma, it would completely change the meaning and the "accusativus duplex syntax" would disappear!

Look, please:
'Si enim dicamus praecedentes legales & hos prophetales esse,..."

"As if we said that the previous ones were legislative (=Law) and the prophetic books,..." (but still second hypothetical coditional)

27 November 2009 22:43

Efylove
Number of messages: 1015
In fact, if we say that the previous ones are the books of the law (and) that these ones are the prophetical books, someone could object that the prophetical books are the five books of Moyses, because they were composed by the greatest prophet.

This is my opinion... hope it could help!

27 November 2009 23:09

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Efee, as it is modus potentialis I insisted on 2nd conditional in English, so:

if we say --> if we said

the previous ones are --> the previous ones were
and so on...

28 November 2009 16:23

Efylove
Number of messages: 1015
Yes, modus potentialis of course!

28 November 2009 21:31

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
It is almost fine.

One thing:
"praecedentes legales , hos prophetales esse"
- "the previous law book was the prophetical one"

but it should be in plural, so:

"the previous law books were the prophetical ones"

28 November 2009 21:33

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Done! Is that fine now?

28 November 2009 21:34

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Just great! At last!

28 November 2009 21:36

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Ufff!

28 November 2009 21:38

Aneta B.
Number of messages: 4487
Yeaaah! Ufff! Thank you, Lilly.

29 November 2009 05:52

jairhaas
Number of messages: 261
Thank you everyone!
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