English to Latin Translation (PLEASE)

[Arran]

Hello,

I was pointed to your newsgroup by a co-worker. I need a translation form
english to latin. Can someone out there help me??? I need teh following
translated:

"You are very beautiful, I would like to wash your feet."

Aaron Gibbs
QUALCOMM Inc.
amg...@qualcomm.com

[Louis-Dominique Dubeau]

Arran wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was pointed to your newsgroup by a co-worker. I need a translation form
> english to latin. Can someone out there help me??? I need teh following
> translated:
>
> "You are very beautiful, I would like to wash your feet."

I'm only a poor student in computer engineering that happens to learn
Latin with a support group on the net. My attempt might not be optimal
but anyway here's my try. I assume that the 'you' to who you will be
talking is a girl (it _does_ matter in Latin).

pulcherrima es. pedes tuos lavare volo.
You are very beautiful. I wish to wash your feet.

pulcherrima, pedes tuos lavare volo.
Most Beautiful [lady], I wish to wash your feet.

I don't know how to exactly translate "would like" so I replaced it by
"wish" which I think give a more idiomatic translation anyway.

If you do not know anything about Latin I would advise against trying to
read this aloud. Especially if there are more knowledgeable people
around who know the right pronunciation.

ldd

-- Louis-Dominique Dubeau == Home page: http://step.polymtl.ca/~ldd/ --

[floaiza]

In article <amgibbs-2503...@amgibbs-mac.qualcomm.com>, amg...@qualcomm.com (Arran) says:

>
>"You are very beautiful, I would like to wash your feet."
>

Assuming you are saying this to a lady, one possible translation would be:

<tam pulcherrima es ut pedes tuos abluere cupiam>

(just an opinion)

Francisco

[faa...@inet.uni-c.dk]

> Aaron Gibbs
> QUALCOMM Inc.
> amg...@qualcomm.com
>
>>>>

Dear mr. Gibbs.
I think I can help you with a translation of your phrase:

"You are very beautiful, I would like to wash your feet."

Latin translation: Pulcherrima es, pedes tuos lavaverim. (I suppose "You" is a female, if not
"pulcherrima" should be "pulcherrimus".)

(I have some difficulties with mailing this - I will try again.)
Karen Dreyer Jørgensen. Denmark.
kar...@inet.uni-c.dk.

[Marielle Carlier]

"Pulcherrima es (pulcherrimus if adressed to a boy). Pedes tuos lavare
velim (or lauare uelim in orthodox spelling)". "velim" is a subjunctiv.
In french: "Je voudrais". Marielle

[Marielle Carlier]

[Howard]

Perhaps a more literal translation would say "...PEDES TUOS LAVARE VOLO" or "...PEDES
TUOS MIHI LAVARE PLACEAT" (It would please me to wash your feet). Wonder how Tacitus
would have said it?