English TO Latin, Help Me Please!

Dariel · 11-11-2008, 08:10 PM

Hello!

I am looking for some help.

I have a phrase that i would like to have translated in to Latin. The following phrase in latin please.

"Smile Now, Cry Later"

It is verry important that the spelling and the gramatics is 100% accurant because iam going to have the phrase as a tattoo.

THNX!

mcmg · 11-13-2008, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dariel

Hello!

I am looking for some help.

I have a phrase that i would like to have translated in to Latin. The following phrase in latin please.

"Smile Now, Cry Later"

It is verry important that the spelling and the gramatics is 100% accurant because iam going to have the phrase as a tattoo.

THNX!

Literally
"Ride /Subride/ nunc , lacrima serius"

But I prefer
"Ride hodie , lacrima cras"
Smile today ,cry tomorrow

Dariel · 11-13-2008, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcmg

Literally
"Ride /Subride/ nunc , lacrima serius"

But I prefer
"Ride hodie , lacrima cras"
Smile today ,cry tomorrow

Okay. The thing is I have received so many different answers. I really don’t know who to follow.

This is what I have been told.

Smile Now, Cry Later = Subride Nunc, Lacrima Postea

What is you opinion about that? Please help!

thnx again

Cloelia · 11-14-2008, 01:36 AM

Hello Dariel,
you can say the same thing in different ways in Latin as well as in English. Postea and serius both mean later. SERIUS is comparative of the adverb SERO, late. Smile now, cry later can be literally translated into Subride nunc, lacrima postea or Subride nunc, lacrima serius. They are both correct phrases. I think mcmg suggested the phrase Ride hodie, lacrima cras (Laugh today, cry tomorrow) because hodie and cras are often used as opposites in classical texts. I'm sure you know the expression Hodie mihi, cras tibi (today me, tomorrow you) meaning "you can meet with this too",i.e. tomorrow it may be your turn. She could very well have written subride but I guess she didn't think about her use of ride making you confused. In fact smile and laugh were often the same thing for the Romans so smile can be translated into ride.

I suppose that your tattoo means that you shouldn't worry about things now, just "smile at them and worry about them later". Subride hodie, lacrima cras is also a good translation of that. Instead of lacrima (shed tears) you could use luge (imperative, 2nd.person singular of LUGEO I mourn or I grieve)and that phrase would also be correct. The phrase could then be Subride hodie, luge cras or Nunc subride, serius luge.

Anyway it is your skin and your ears that should be pleased with the phrase. So now that you know they are all correct you can say them aloud and choose the one that pleases you the most.

Dariel · 11-14-2008, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloelia

Hello Dariel,
you can say the same thing in different ways in Latin as well as in English. Postea and serius both mean later. SERIUS is comparative of the adverb SERO, late. Smile now, cry later can be literally translated into Subride nunc, lacrima postea or Subride nunc, lacrima serius. They are both correct phrases. I think mcmg suggested the phrase Ride hodie, lacrima cras (Laugh today, cry tomorrow) because hodie and cras are often used as opposites in classical texts. I'm sure you know the expression Hodie mihi, cras tibi (today me, tomorrow you) meaning "you can meet with this too",i.e. tomorrow it may be your turn. She could very well have written subride but I guess she didn't think about her use of ride making you confused. In fact smile and laugh were often the same thing for the Romans so smile can be translated into ride.

I suppose that your tattoo means that you shouldn't worry about things now, just "smile at them and worry about them later". Subride hodie, lacrima cras is also a good translation of that. Instead of lacrima (shed tears) you could use luge (imperative, 2nd.person singular of LUGEO I mourn or I grieve)and that phrase would also be correct. The phrase could then be Subride hodie, luge cras or Nunc subride, serius luge.

Anyway it is your skin and your ears that should be pleased with the phrase. So now that you know they are all correct you can say them aloud and choose the one that pleases you the most.

Thank you! I really appreciate this. Thnx thnx thnx!!! But sudenly it became much more harder than i thought hehe. Well thnx again... now i have to choose witch phrase to go with. I know its my ears and skin. But what would you guys say? Waht would sound best so to speak?

Cloelia · 11-14-2008, 02:14 AM

Ride hodie, lacrima cras is my choice. It sounds the best to me. And in fact why only smile when you can laugh things off (and worry about them later)? That phrase was also mcmg's choice and she has been a teacher of Latin for many years.

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Dariel Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 Dariel is an unknown character at this point	English TO Latin, Help Me Please! Hello! I am looking for some help. I have a phrase that i would like to have translated in to Latin. The following phrase in latin please. "Smile Now, Cry Later" It is verry important that the spelling and the gramatics is 100% accurant because iam going to have the phrase as a tattoo. THNX!
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Cloelia International Forum Great Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,131 Cloelia is a name known to all Cloelia is a name known to all Cloelia is a name known to all	Hello Dariel, you can say the same thing in different ways in Latin as well as in English. Postea and serius both mean later. SERIUS is comparative of the adverb SERO, late. Smile now, cry later can be literally translated into Subride nunc, lacrima postea or Subride nunc, lacrima serius. They are both correct phrases. I think mcmg suggested the phrase Ride hodie, lacrima cras (Laugh today, cry tomorrow) because hodie and cras are often used as opposites in classical texts. I'm sure you know the expression Hodie mihi, cras tibi (today me, tomorrow you) meaning "you can meet with this too",i.e. tomorrow it may be your turn. She could very well have written subride but I guess she didn't think about her use of ride making you confused. In fact smile and laugh were often the same thing for the Romans so smile can be translated into ride. I suppose that your tattoo means that you shouldn't worry about things now, just "smile at them and worry about them later". Subride hodie, lacrima cras is also a good translation of that. Instead of lacrima (shed tears) you could use luge (imperative, 2nd.person singular of LUGEO I mourn or I grieve)and that phrase would also be correct. The phrase could then be Subride hodie, luge cras or Nunc subride, serius luge. Anyway it is your skin and your ears that should be pleased with the phrase. So now that you know they are all correct you can say them aloud and choose the one that pleases you the most.
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Cloelia International Forum Great Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,131 Cloelia is a name known to all Cloelia is a name known to all Cloelia is a name known to all	Ride hodie, lacrima cras is my choice. It sounds the best to me. And in fact why only smile when you can laugh things off (and worry about them later)? That phrase was also mcmg's choice and she has been a teacher of Latin for many years.
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