A friend who works at a tertiary institute in England (let's say in Newcastle) wants the students' mission statement translated into Latin
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He knows it's not going to be exact, right? That's a carefully crafted english statement, and the Latin isn't going to have quite the same range of meaning. It's also likely to be wordier than he wants.
My apologies for assuming the gender of your friend!
My quick take is: "Discipulos nostros exspectationem excellere docere in eminenti schola in centro Novocastellensi".
I used "teach" instead of "enable" because that requires a gerund with facultatem dare, and the sentence is complex enough as is.
If you need to change the city, as you implied, you'll want to find the Latin name of the city. An easy and reasonably accurate way of doing so is to go to the city's Wikipedia page, then switch to the Latin version of the page. I used the ablative singular adjectival form of the city, but the genitive singular noun form is also fine.
If she wants something more like a motto, those tend to be a lot more pithy, something like "Ut discipuli spem superent".
No probs! And thank you, you've been very helpful. :-)
The college probably has a motto though I couldn't find one; this is a mission statement - and an unwieldy one IMO but apparently the students chose it, a committee decision I suspect.The town is quite a small one, there's no Latin page associated, and the name's old English for "Hlothver's homestead" which isn't that helpful . So should I just leave it in English without declining it?
I thought the infinitives would go to the end but maybe I'm getting confused with other languages like German. Your version flows so much better than mine - thanks again!
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"To enable our students to excel beyond expectation in an outstanding school in the centre of Newcastle."
My attempt is:
"scolastici nostri extra spei in scolae praestitae in centro Newcastle excellere habilitare"
I'm sure others can do a better and more accurate job.
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My quick take is: "Discipulos nostros exspectationem excellere docere in eminenti schola in centro Novocastellensi".
I used "teach" instead of "enable" because that requires a gerund with facultatem dare, and the sentence is complex enough as is.
If you need to change the city, as you implied, you'll want to find the Latin name of the city. An easy and reasonably accurate way of doing so is to go to the city's Wikipedia page, then switch to the Latin version of the page. I used the ablative singular adjectival form of the city, but the genitive singular noun form is also fine.
If she wants something more like a motto, those tend to be a lot more pithy, something like "Ut discipuli spem superent".
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The college probably has a motto though I couldn't find one; this is a mission statement - and an unwieldy one IMO but apparently the students chose it, a committee decision I suspect.The town is quite a small one, there's no Latin page associated, and the name's old English for "Hlothver's homestead" which isn't that helpful . So should I just leave it in English without declining it?
I thought the infinitives would go to the end but maybe I'm getting confused with other languages like German. Your version flows so much better than mine - thanks again!
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(Modern languages allow more nouns quam Latin, so I added "curamus" to make the sentence work.)
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This has made me very aware of how inadequate my Latin is.
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