Expert: Maria - 8/5/2005

Question
Hi,
 I was wondering how "Cursed prophecy, come true" would translate into Latin.  I've been trying myself to do it, and the best I've gotten has been Maledicta oraculum advenio verus, or, Vomica oraculum adveho verus.  Are any of these right, and if not, what is?  Thank you so much.

Answer
Hello,

"Cursed prophecy, come true” can be translated into Latin as follows:

-“Exsecrabile vaticinium, verum evade!”.

Please note that:
EXSECRABILE = cursed
VATICINIUM = prophecy
VERUM = true
EVADE (imperative-2nd.person singular) = come.
I suppose in fact that ‘come' is an imperative, not a participle, since ‘cursed prophecy' is followed by a comma.
If on the contrary ‘come' is a participle, here's the translation for “Cursed prophecy come true”:

“Exsecrabile vaticinium verum factum“.

As for your translations, I'm sorry, but they are absolutely wrong.

Have a nice day.
Maria