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We'd like to invite you to dinner: can you pls give us some possible dates?

Latin translation: Ad cenam sumendam te libenter vocamus. Poterisne, quaesumus, dies tibi idoneos nobis significare?


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English term or phrase:We\'d like to invite you to dinner: can you pls give us some possible dates?
Latin translation:Ad cenam sumendam te libenter vocamus. Poterisne, quaesumus, dies tibi idoneos nobis significare?
Entered by: xxxCoisa Gostos
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06:52 Sep 27, 2011
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English term or phrase: We'd like to invite you to dinner: can you pls give us some possible dates?
sorry, no context.

Many thanks for your kind help.
xxxCoisa Gostos
Local time: 06:33
Ad cenam sumendam te libenter vocamus. Poterisne, quaesumus, dies tibi idoneos nobis significare?
Explanation:
I tried to keep in Latin the courtesy of the English invitation.
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Nouatus
Local time: 21:33
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thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1Ad cenam sumendam te libenter vocamus. Poterisne, quaesumus, dies tibi idoneos nobis significare?Nouatus
4 -2lorem ipsum dolor similis vocat vos ad prandium,vos potest quoque gaudet da nobis?jdencic


  

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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
we'd like to invite you to dinner: can you pls give us some possible dates?
lorem ipsum dolor similis vocat vos ad prandium,vos potest quoque gaudet da nobis?


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jdencic
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Nouatus: I guess it's a joke. In any case, this translation is completely ungrammatical.
3 hrs
disagree  Joseph J. Brazauskas: The first phrase is from a proofreader's dummy copy. The rest appears to be machine translation. It's not real Latin.
6 days
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
we'd like to invite you to dinner: can you pls give us some possible dates?
Ad cenam sumendam te libenter vocamus. Poterisne, quaesumus, dies tibi idoneos nobis significare?


Explanation:
I tried to keep in Latin the courtesy of the English invitation.

Nouatus
Local time: 21:33
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joseph J. Brazauskas
5 days
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