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Translation question! - Martin Wallgren - 03-17-2008
A friend of a friend wants a tatoo with the following text in latin.
My Wife
My children
For Love
Forever
Is there anyone who can translate it?
Thanx in advance!!
Martin
Re: Translation question! - Julia Langobardia - 03-17-2008
uxor mea
pueri mei
pro amore..... (I`m not sure here)
semper or in perpetuum
Re: Translation question! - Carlton Bach - 03-17-2008
For 'children' I would suggest 'liberi' since it's gender-neutral
For the 'love' bit, the usual preposition for doing something 'for reason of...' is 'ob', IIRC.
Sounds like a complicated tattoo.
Re: Translation question! - Martin Wallgren - 03-17-2008
Thanx alot, I have relayed the info.
Thanx!
Re: Translation question! - griffin - 03-17-2008
Using ob would also change the case of amor. As ob is only followed by the accusative case.
ob amorem
Is it supposed to be a complete sentence or just fragments? If the general thought should be " I do everything for love and for the kids and the wife"
Omnia facio ob liberos uxoremque amoremque
or just leave out the omnia facio. ob liberos, ob uxorem, ob amorem, semper.
If I was him I would just say it in English, since Latin is so very strange sometimes.