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Thread #80029   Message #1455291
Posted By: GUEST,Nerd
08-Apr-05 - 08:43 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Latin Language 'Delenda Cartago nobis'
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Latin Language 'Delenda Cartago nobis
Why would one translate "Mare Nostrum" as "Mediterranean Sea," which is an idiomatic but not a literal translation, and then do the rest literally and unidiomatically ("The morals of old to use you ought, so you live well"?)