Your favourite book?

[biogeek]

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how many languages do u know honey?

Not very many.

I'm only fluent in English, but I have a command of Latin & Greek. My German is terrible as I don't use it very much anymore.

[Jasmain]

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If you like fantasy, Terry Goodkind has blown me away. I've cried, laughed, gotten hysterical and even totally ticked off while reading the Sword Of Truth series that starts with Wizard's First Rule. I was telling bugaboo, I got so MAD at what was in the book once because it didn't go the way I liked, I actually waited a week to start the next book so I could calm down. There are 9 books out so far, book 10 will be out soon and supposedly number 11 will be the final one.

If anyone likes fantasy at all, to me, this series is a great read.

I also LOVED the Dragonriders of Pern series Swimmom!

[Eleonore]

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anything by Umberto Eco

[Eleonore]

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Love books!

Homer's Illiad & Odyssey. If translated, I prefer Stanley Lombardo's.
Vergil's (or Virgil's) The Aeneid. If translated, I prefer Robert Fitzgerald's.
Apuleius' The Golden ***. If translated, I prefer Robert Graves'.

I also enjoyed reading the Harry Potter series. The Latin version of the first book was really good. The Greek version had quite a few errors in it that was annoying.

Richard Adams, Watership Down.
Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews
Jane Austin series of books such as Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion

I could go on and on an on!!

Im curious about something, there is a latin translation of Harry Potter?

how were words like "train" translated?

[Sd1136]

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Umberto Eco i love reading him, The first book was hardto get into cause of the way he writes and the detail but once I got that under control, I loved reading him
sandi

[slimndown]

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The God Project by John Saul. Plum Island by Nelson Demille (I love the wise cracks in this one!!!)

[biogeek]

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Im curious about something, there is a latin translation of Harry Potter?

how were words like "train" translated?

Yes, there is a Latin version of the first book. It's not a difficult read at all! Much easier and more pleasant than reading Caesar! LMAO

For translating modern English words into Latin, you at times have to use your imagination, but you get the meaning from context. For exampe, the following has the "Latin version" of the Underground, train, escalator, music stores, hamburger restaurant, cinemas, and magic wand. Can you pick them out? It's what makes reading "Harrius Potter" fun!

"Harrius nunquam antea Londinium ierat. quamquam Hagrid videbatur scire quo iret, manifestum erat eum non solere illuc modo ordinario ire.
in Ferrivia Subterranea haesit in claustris ad tesseras inspiciendas institutis
et voce magna questus est sedes esse minores, hamaxostichos autem tardiores.

mirum est quomodo Muggles sine arte magica rem suam gerant," inquit,
dum pedibus ascendunt escalatorem defectum ferentem ad viam frequentem
tabernis saeptam.
.....
librarias et emporia musica, thermopolia hammaburgorum et cinematographea praeterierunt sed nusquam erat locus ubi bacula magica visa sunt venire."

Oh, for those that know the Harry Potter story, the above is when Harry is with Hagrid for the first time in Diagonal Alley.

[Eleonore]

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Yes, there is a Latin version of the first book. It's not a difficult read at all! Much easier and more pleasant than reading Caesar! LMAO

For translating modern English words into Latin, you at times have to use your imagination, but you get the meaning from context. For exampe, the following has the "Latin version" of the Underground, train, escalator, music stores, hamburger restaurant, cinemas, and magic wand. Can you pick them out? It's what makes reading "Harrius Potter" fun!

"Harrius nunquam antea Londinium ierat. quamquam Hagrid videbatur scire quo iret, manifestum erat eum non solere illuc modo ordinario ire.
in Ferrivia Subterranea haesit in claustris ad tesseras inspiciendas institutis
et voce magna questus est sedes esse minores, hamaxostichos autem tardiores.

mirum est quomodo Muggles sine arte magica rem suam gerant," inquit,
dum pedibus ascendunt escalatorem defectum ferentem ad viam frequentem
tabernis saeptam.
.....
librarias et emporia musica, thermopolia hammaburgorum et cinematographea praeterierunt sed nusquam erat locus ubi bacula magica visa sunt venire."

Oh, for those that know the Harry Potter story, the above is when Harry is with Hagrid for the first time in Diagonal Alley.

ferrivia subterranea-> subway...and here Im a bit confused too, because the romand didnt have a ferrivia either....this cant be a latin word.

Im portuguese and a POrtuguese teacher. I did latin in University, it is not my favorite thing in the world. And if I know, or more or less understand the language in which a book was written I prefer it to the translation.
Im sorry but I cant see the point of translating Harry POtter to Latin.

[biogeek]

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I guess the point of it is to have a more modern story that appeals to those that are new to Latin. I believe some high schools are using Harry Potter for some of their students to hold their attention. I guess reading something from the likes of Seneca may be too dull for them? Who knows. Another thing that's unique is that for once, students have a chance to read something that's been translated into Latin. They can discuss with their classmates, why did the translator pick a particular phrase here, etc. Harry Potter is a very easy Latin book to read, and that should help a lot of budding students.

As far as the word, ferrivia, you are right...it's not a proper Latin word, but rather, a compound to form a new one. So, they didn't have railroads in Rome, but they had iron and they had roads. You combine "iron road" to equate "railroad" or "train." You just have to use your imagination when it comes to translating modern terms into Latin. The reverse is also true for items in antiquity and trying to find an equivalent word in English. Sometimes, there is nothing.

[Sheshy]

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Oh, wow...way too many favorites to even list or pick from...but, for casual reading I love Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series...

And yes DANDR rules!

[Analog6]

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Oh, there are too many to list. I have complete collections of:
Dick Francis
Stephen King
Winston Graham
Tolkien
Arthur W Upfield
Anne McCaffrey
AJ Quinnel
Isaac Asimov
Heinlein
and quite a few other authors. I greatly enjoyed Anne Rice's Taltos trilogy. Recent good books include a fabulous one called The Deep End of the Ocean (and sorry, I've kent it to a friend and cannot recall the author) and I am reading The Chamomile Lawn by Mary Wesley. I often have 3 or 4 on the go at once and enjoy bipographiesand history, with the odd bit of philosophy as well as fiction. My collection numbers about 2,000 and I keep buying more! They'll push us out of house and home soon.

[loser4life]

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I love Anita Blake vampire hunter novels by Laurell K. Hamilton... more recently I have become addicted to Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse book!!!! I can't wait to get the next one!!!!!!

[sadie@136]

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Oh, there are too many to list. I have complete collections of:
Dick Francis
Stephen King
Winston Graham
Tolkien
Arthur W Upfield
Anne McCaffrey
AJ Quinnel
Isaac Asimov
Heinlein

u sound just like Dh,he is a big fan of tolkin,stephen king and all the other authors u mentioned

[Swimmom]

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Im sorry but I cant see the point of translating Harry POtter to Latin.

The same reason you can get Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, The Giving Tree and How the Grinch Stole Christmas in Latin.

I think putting these fun books in Latin is a WONDERFUL idea. It allows Latin students to practice translating on something relatively easy. And, because they will know right away if they've got it right, it builds their confidence in working the translation.

My daughter is only 10 and we are on our 2nd year of Latin. She is ready to start doing some translation work, but there's NO WAY I'd hand her a piece to translate if it is something I would have a hard time understanding in English! But, Cattus Petasatus is something fun to work with and it's a hoot to read aloud in Latin and hear how much you can recognize. It's also a great tool to teach using context to translate unfamiliar words, which comes in handy no matter what language you are reading.

[Eleonore]

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I guess the point of it is to have a more modern story that appeals to those that are new to Latin. I believe some high schools are using Harry Potter for some of their students to hold their attention. I guess reading something from the likes of Seneca may be too dull for them? Who knows. Another thing that's unique is that for once, students have a chance to read something that's been translated into Latin. They can discuss with their classmates, why did the translator pick a particular phrase here, etc. Harry Potter is a very easy Latin book to read, and that should help a lot of budding students.

As far as the word, ferrivia, you are right...it's not a proper Latin word, but rather, a compound to form a new one. So, they didn't have railroads in Rome, but they had iron and they had roads. You combine "iron road" to equate "railroad" or "train." You just have to use your imagination when it comes to translating modern terms into Latin. The reverse is also true for items in antiquity and trying to find an equivalent word in English. Sometimes, there is nothing.

actually ferrovia is the portuguese word for railroad, so it is not like this word was invented now.
I do know that greek and latin are used endeless times when we need a word for a new reality, a word like astronaut ( astro + nauta -> sailer), is a good exemple of how we use latin everyday without knowing it.

I beleive ppl shouldnt learn a language alone, at the same time you should learn about the culture, the society connected to it.

Does it make any sense to you to learn swedish with texts about indo gods? And...well if there are no words in swedish for some realities...hm...we create them just for the sake of the text...

There are so many things we can read in Latin besides Seneca or Cicero, you can use legends or myths for exemple.

I wonder what will appear next translated to latin...