Expert: Maria - 7/17/2006

Question
I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD TRANSLATE SOMETHING FOR ME, I WANTED TO GET THIS PHRASE ENGRAVED AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TRANSLATE IT FOR ME, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

GRANT ME STRENGTH AND GOOD COURAGE
AND I SHALL FEAR NOT NOR BE DISMAYED


THANK YOU SO MUCH!


Answer
Hello,

Here’s the translation you need:

"Fortitudinem da mihi quaeso ac virtutem.  
Sic non timebo neque  pavore afficiar".

Best regards,
Maria
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Grant= DA
Me= MIHI
Strength = FORTITUDINEM
And= AC
Good courage= VIRTUTEM
And = SIC (literally, ‘this way’)
I shall fear not= NON TIMEBO
Nor= NEQUE
Be dismayed= PAVORE AFFICIAR

Please note that I’ve added  the interjection QUAESO as a polite expression of entreaty meaning ‘I beseech you', ‘I pray'.
Moreover I must point out that  in Latin  word order  can be variable and often depends on writing style of an author. This however is not a problem  as Latin declension by cases  gets everyone to  discern the case of a word. Latin is in fact an inflected language where the words change ending according to their grammatical role.