Comments on: Latin translation, please...

Question: Latin translation, please...

soulbarn — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:34:46 -0800

Can anyone tell me what this says (if you want to know, it is above a hearth in Cors-y-Gedol hall, Wales.) Here's a picture.

By: greycap

greycap — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:41:01 -0800

Follow justice and find life. It's a heraldic motto.

By: badmoonrising

badmoonrising — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:59:30 -0800

Being nitpicky here, but I would translate it as "Follow justice and you shall find life." You could also translate the first bit ('sequere iustitiam') as "seek righteousness".

As usual, there's more than one possible translation.

P.S. If you really wanted, you could also translate it as "follow justice and you shall find a career" - the perfect motto for a family of lawyers. I'll have to tell my father that one...

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:07:07 -0800

Yeah... just plugging sequere iustitiam et invenias vitam into an online translator yields the following justice and come upon life

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:37:57 -0800

Where did you find an online translator for Latin?

By: Doohickie

Doohickie — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:56:26 -0800

I googled Latin English translation.