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Seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow

04:24 Jul 23, 2009

English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
Religion

English term or phrase: Seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow

This is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace...

latin translation: Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero

Aika de Rivera

Summary of answers provided

נצור את היום ואל תבטח במחר

EGB Translations

מצה את היום במקום המחר המבטיח

Batya Knebel

נצלו את היום ואל תשימו מבטחכם ביום מחר

Akiva Brest

3 +1

חיה את היום, אל תמתין למחר

iris graf & laurent bruguière

חיה את הרגע ואל תבטח במחר

Lingopro

תפוס את הרגע ואל תאמין במחר

Doron Greenspan MITI

חיה את הרגע ואל תיתן אמון במחר

desertfox

Answers

7 mins confidence:

seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow תפוס את הרגע ואל תאמין במחר

Explanation:
In Hebrew, one would say, literally, "seize the moment" so that's what I wrote.
[Tfos et harega ve'al ta'amin bamahar]
Note that this is written in the masculine. The femining form will be slightly different in Hebrew.

Doron Greenspan MITI
Israel
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

English
PRO pts in category: 10

14 mins confidence:

seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow חיה את הרגע ואל תיתן אמון במחר

Explanation:
carpe diem
(לטינית) "תפוס את היום", ביטוי שמשמעו "חיה את הרגע", "תיהנה מן החיים בהווה"
From Babylon.

desertfox
Israel
Local time: 09:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow נצור את היום ואל תבטח במחר

Explanation:
The translation is more high register language as it should for this phrase, as it meant to express an idea.

EGB Translations
Israel
Local time: 09:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

English

3 hrs confidence:

seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow חיה את הרגע ואל תבטח במחר

Explanation:
It really depends if you just need the meaning or the proper poetical translation,.
It is suggestive of the Biblical: "eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die".

From JM Latin-English Dictionary: Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow. (Horace)

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem

Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew

5 hrs confidence:

seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow נצלו את היום ואל תשימו מבטחכם ביום מחר

Explanation:
Search for the Latin version in the following link:

Reference: http://he.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%92%D7%9E%D7%99%...

Akiva Brest
Israel
Local time: 09:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 4

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow חיה את היום, אל תמתין למחר

Explanation:
I think this is the simplest translation of carpe diem - live the present don't wait for tomorrow to come

iris graf & laurent bruguière
Israel
Local time: 09:30
Native speaker of:

Hebrew,

French

21 hrs confidence:

seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow מצה את היום במקום המחר המבטיח

Explanation:
I believe that here not a word by word translation is required but a translation of the connotation the phrase is eliciting.

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Note added at 2 days39 mins (2009-07-25 05:03:51 GMT)
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התרגום מלטינית : תפוס את כל מעט היום מאשר את המחר המבטיח

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