Is there a Medieval Linguist in the house? I need a very short conversation between Cistercian nuns in Saxony translated into Medieval Latin. Any help so I don't sound like a complete idiot warmly welcomed. [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Oct 23, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm starting to be able to identify what social dances fit different songs, but I don't know how to describe the features of the songs that make them appropriate for different dances. Can you help me name the features of songs that make them work well for the different social dances? [more inside]
posted by philosophygeek on Oct 22, 2009 - 14 answers

Looking for the Latin lyrics to the Gregorian chant "Terribilis Est Locus Iste" [more inside]
posted by Burhanistan on Oct 6, 2009 - 1 answer

I heard a song playing on the sound system in a restaurant that I would like to track down if I can identify it. It was sung in Spanish, in a Cuban musical style (similar to the more ballad-like tracks on many of the Buena Vista Social Club artists' records). The vocalist was most likely male, singing in that kind of 1930's/40's croony sound with a high tenor with lots of vibrato, or possibly a woman with a lower voice. What was distinctive about the track is that it prominently featured a cello, which is not something I'm used to hearing in Latin music. I do not know if it was actually an old song or a modern pastiche, and I didn't get any lyrics.
posted by matildaben on Oct 5, 2009 - 8 answers

Latin scholars, I want to get a tattoo that reads: 'Live a proud life' and I don't know if it is going to be in the same statement, 'live a strenuous life' [more inside]
posted by Botunda on Sep 30, 2009 - 25 answers

Does anyone know a good source for the size of the informal sector by country in Asia and Latin America? [more inside]
posted by andoatnp on Sep 16, 2009 - 1 answer

I looked up the etymology of parole in An etymological dictionary of the Romance languages, and was intrigued by this: "It took the place of the L. verbum which, from religious scruples, was sparingly used" (emphasis mine). What "religious scruples" are they alluding to? No elaboration is given in that entry. I realize that verbum means "word", and shares a stem with lots of other meanings, but I would love to know if anyone knows more.
posted by everichon on Sep 8, 2009 - 11 answers

ISO local New York PBS documentary on Latinos who converted to Judaism after they found out that they were descended from conversos. [more inside]
posted by xetere on Aug 31, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm looking for a Latin translation of an American colloquialism (knowing that such translations are at best approximations/don't work because the idiom never existed in Latin.) [more inside]
posted by usonian on Aug 12, 2009 - 5 answers

Hi, I would like to know song's that are similar to Let's Get Loud. By similar I don't mean songs by Jennifer Lopez. By similar I mean songs that have the same musical structure, beat, flow, rhythm and genome attributes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Music_Genome_Project_attributes). I have no access in Pandora's music service so I need specific answers. Song titles and artist's name will do. Thanks in advance for any help on this matter.
posted by yoitsfrancis on Jul 20, 2009 - 6 answers

Latinfilter: Help me translate "From the library of humanity/man/" into latin. So "Ex libris …" something or other…
posted by monocultured on Jul 16, 2009 - 10 answers

Can someone help me translating this Poe quote into Latin? [more inside]
posted by Tchad on Jul 10, 2009 - 9 answers

Elementary Latin Filter: We'd like to thank a priest... in Latin. [more inside]
posted by Spinneret on Jul 9, 2009 - 6 answers

Hi, Can anyone help us translate the following into Latin for our wedding ring inscription? "Never to be parted" Any help will be much appreciated!
posted by shabba300 on Jun 10, 2009 - 12 answers

Is there a more elegant, grammatical or pedantic way to say "datacentre"? Both words have Latin origins, but there seems to be something clumsy about that combination. Should it be a datumcentre? One word, two words or hyphenated?
posted by TheophileEscargot on May 28, 2009 - 28 answers

Can anyone please provide a quick translation of the following Latin: "Quid, qui emissitios nusquam non iactat ocellos? Hoc agit ut pandas mors involet atra senestras." Many thanks.
posted by washburn on May 22, 2009 - 11 answers

latinfilter: My turkey poults arrived at my house two weeks ago today. How can I express the special meaning of this day with one word? I am looking for a word that is equivalent to 'anniversary', but for weeks instead of years. [more inside]
posted by csw on May 20, 2009 - 11 answers

I need to have a latin phrase translated for a tattoo I'm getting, anyone know latin? the phrase is: "One day we will burn together as stars" [more inside]
posted by Charlie Lesoine on May 15, 2009 - 26 answers

Latin scholars, please help with the translation of this wonky medieval titulus [more inside]
posted by RedReplicant on Apr 18, 2009 - 6 answers

How can I maintain reading/writing (and perhaps speaking) competency in a foreign language while maintaining a reasonable schedule? [more inside]
posted by Saxon Kane on Apr 8, 2009 - 7 answers

Desperately seeking arepas in Manhattan [more inside]
posted by Cogito on Jan 2, 2009 - 8 answers

Latin Translation Filter: "Facts are stubborn things." [more inside]
posted by jquinby on Dec 18, 2008 - 4 answers

Help me come up with a Latin motto for a fake college. [more inside]
posted by The Man from Lardfork on Dec 13, 2008 - 37 answers

Latin Filter: What does "Per Vomer Et Gladius" mean? [more inside]
posted by xotis on Dec 9, 2008 - 5 answers

Latin Translation Request: "Vire sone couirit eundo" [more inside]
posted by ursus_comiter on Dec 3, 2008 - 3 answers

Help a linguistics-obsessed college student learn Latin via the magic of the interwebs. [more inside]
posted by fantine on Nov 25, 2008 - 19 answers

Can you help me with a translate some Latin, from the first page of an 1736 edition of Voltaire's Hérode et Mariamne (think Salome)? [more inside]
posted by flibbertigibbet on Nov 19, 2008 - 7 answers

[TranslationFilter] Or maybe it's Tattoo filter. Need help with a translation (or a transliteration maybe) for a tattoo. Phrase and options inside. [more inside]
posted by TomMelee on Nov 10, 2008 - 19 answers

My friend found this strange fruit somewhere in or around Oaxaca, Mexico. What is it?
posted by phrontist on Oct 11, 2008 - 6 answers

Comi, bibui, lascivi. Does it mean what my friend was aiming for? [more inside]
posted by lilywing13 on Oct 7, 2008 - 8 answers

[Latin filter] Why is it "modus operandi" and not "modus operandus"? [more inside]
posted by Capri on Oct 6, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking for the origin of a quote attributed to Marcel Mauss for a friend. [more inside]
posted by cachondeo45 on Sep 24, 2008 - 7 answers

a friend tells me how a book collections speaks authors about the owner. jane austen = smart. tom clancy = not. i posed the question: what about tom clancy, in latin? now i'm trying to find a book to test the hypothesis.
posted by camdan on Sep 17, 2008 - 38 answers

How would one write "it's hard to give a shit these days" in Latin? [more inside]
posted by dirtdirt on Sep 16, 2008 - 6 answers

LatinFilter: I need help with Latin translation. The sentence is: "The Brotherhood of the Book of Blood protects us." I've gotten this far with crappy translation software, but need more help: "Fraternitas Codex Sanguineus Defendo". [more inside]
posted by Vamier on Sep 8, 2008 - 4 answers

How do you say "Sample our Bounty" in Latin? [more inside]
posted by IWoudDie4U on Sep 8, 2008 - 3 answers

I am a composer looking to score a piece for orchestra and Soprano Voice. I wrote it in English, and after a bit of reading attempted to translate it into latin using a dictionary and grammar book. It's not gonna be perfect, but I gave it an honest attempt, and hope the metafilter community can help me to streamline it and help me with some grammer isses I don't understand (ie.ablative or accusitive). thanks much! (by the way, the meter is 4/4 and a slow tempo,flowing legato melody, but once I have a working translation I'll make it fit) [more inside]
posted by FireStyle on Sep 4, 2008 - 3 answers

What's the proper name for the style of painting where pictures are created from large blocks of colour with very few details? It's the style of painting I associate with Cuba and South America and which was used for the artwork in GTA San Andreas.
posted by twine42 on Aug 14, 2008 - 9 answers

LatinMeFitesUnite!: Please doublecheck/translate "keep what you kill" into Latin for me, pretty please. [more inside]
posted by damnjezebel on Aug 10, 2008 - 10 answers

A small piece of latin translation/identification required, if someone would be so kind. [more inside]
posted by fire&wings on Jun 4, 2008 - 2 answers

What is the word or Phrase for a situation where competing persons become emroiled in a "sub game "? A different level of competition, so to say. Relates to game theory somehow. It may or may not include the word "pareto". Thanks.
posted by Student of Man on Jun 3, 2008 - 8 answers

How do you pronounce the Latin phrase "primum succurrere"? My best guess would be something like "PREE-moom soo-koo-RAY-ray". But I totally have no idea. Anyone care to throw me a lifeline on this one? It's much, MUCH easier to be pretentious about using a phrase in Latin if you're not mispronouncing it. ;O)
posted by AngerBoy on May 23, 2008 - 13 answers

How do you properly capitalize "summa cum laude" on a diploma? [more inside]
posted by deejay jaydee on May 22, 2008 - 7 answers

Can you help me translate a certain passage of 7 lines from Homer's Iliad into latin? Book 22, starting around line 70. [more inside]
posted by Bakuun on May 21, 2008 - 10 answers

And that's very nearly the limit of my Latin, such as it is. Is Latin really a supremely clear and precise language? [more inside]
posted by bryon on May 9, 2008 - 21 answers

Living in Dunedin I know of Casa Tina, which I am not that impressed by. Besides The Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City and Terra Sur what are some of the best places to get some good quality Hispanic/Latino food in the greater Tampa Bay area? It doesn't matter if its Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Peruvian, etc. This could also be a really fancy place or even a hole in the wall type of establishment (which can be the best).
posted by Number27 on Apr 8, 2008 - 10 answers

Emergency Medieval Latin translation? Yes, you read that correctly. [more inside]
posted by Ignatius J. Reilly on Apr 1, 2008 - 5 answers

How do you say "Damn kids, get off my lawn!" in Latin? [more inside]
posted by Pastabagel on Mar 25, 2008 - 17 answers

What's the abbreviation "D.A.R." mean when referring to Latin music? [more inside]
posted by fishmasta on Mar 5, 2008 - 3 answers

I love Nueva Canción. Got resources or recommendations? [more inside]
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur on Jan 30, 2008 - 5 answers