Google| Subject | Re: Asterix latin quotes (was Re: Mickey and Donald) |
| From | Christopher Kreuzer |
| Date | 08/21/2004 02:12 (08/21/2004 02:12) |
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TT Arvind <ttarvind@hotmail.com>wrote:
TT Arvind<snip>
Wes ?u Christopher Kreuzer hal!
Thanks for the translations!
It is one of the recent books. Published 2001.Christopher KreuzerTT Arvind
One from 'Asterix and the Actress'.
3) After saying they need to be careful:
"Ceterarum rerum prudens."
"Prudent in other things" (I think?) I haven't read this book - I haven't even heard of it.
I'm not sure of the history, but I know that after the storyteller (Goscinny) died (1977), the illustrator (Uderzo) at some point decided to carry on illustrating new books. This is one of them: "Written and illustrated by Albert Uderzo".
Christopher Kreuzer
Two from 'Asterix and Obelix All At Sea'.
4) Look, I only gave him a drink of water:
"Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas."
TT ArvindAh. That explains the reply:
Again from Virgil. "Fortunate is he who is able to know the causes of things."
"Never mind the potty causes now!"
I gave the context! The initial line was:Christopher KreuzerTT Arvind
from 'Asterix and Obelix All At Sea'.
5) What on Earth did I say wrong?
"Summum jus, summa injuria."
"Extreme rights produce extreme harm". A principle stated by the mediaeval glossators. I don't know the context in the book, unfortunately.
"What on Earth did I do wrong?" (ie. I did the right thing) "Summum jus, summa injuria" (Extreme rights = extreme harm)
The extreme harm is them left swimming in the sea.
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But how do you indicate that "(sic)" is part of the quote and not an editorial insert? I was tempted to put another (sic) to show this, but then decided that it would be a bit too confusing...Christopher KreuzerTT Arvind
7) These Gauls are sickening:
"Sic! Ad nauseum!"
Response: "I'm feeling a bit seasic (sic) myself!"
No translation needed here, I think ;-)
"I'm feeling a bit seasic (sic) [sic] myself!"
All those "sic"s make me, er, sic!! :-)
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It was easy to do this myself since all the quotes were familiar, but the online Annotated Asterix is a great resource for the more obscure references in the comics:And thanks for the link. Have you had a chance to look at some of the recent and not-so-recent biographical books, or books about Asterix?
http://openscroll.org/asterix/books/
Christopher
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08/21/2004
