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owlfish at 11:16pm on 31/03/2003
owlfish at 11:16pm on 31/03/2003On Saturday I went to a lovely Lenten choral concert, wherein ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
irvinl was performing. The program notes helpfully provided the latin lyrics and their english translations for the audience. "quia pius es" - addressed to God - was translated as "for your mercy's sake." The English sounds an awful lot more elegant than the translation in my head: "'cause you're pious."
In the same vein, Summa contra mumdum has a recent, relevant post on inconsistant translations between Latin and English, this time in the liturgy.
irvinl was performing. The program notes helpfully provided the latin lyrics and their english translations for the audience. "quia pius es" - addressed to God - was translated as "for your mercy's sake." The English sounds an awful lot more elegant than the translation in my head: "'cause you're pious." In the same vein, Summa contra mumdum has a recent, relevant post on inconsistant translations between Latin and English, this time in the liturgy.
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