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Tu ne cede malis

English translation: Yield not to misfortunes

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French term or phrase:Tu ne cede malis
English translation:Yield not to misfortunes
Entered by: Jesús Paredes

21:26 Sep 26, 2001
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
French term or phrase: Tu ne cede malis
It is my Family's ancient motto found on our family crest.
Ryan Reddick
Yield not to misfortunes
Explanation:
Family mottoes.
...I found: tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito: Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them... And please, yield not!
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Jesús Paredes
Local time: 06:27
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Yield not to misfortunes
Jesús Paredes
4you never give up
JH Trads


  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you never give up


Explanation:
nice motto!


    native French
JH Trads
United States
Local time: 06:27
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 673
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Yield not to misfortunes


Explanation:
Family mottoes.
...I found: tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito: Yield not to misfortunes, but advance all the more boldly against them... And please, yield not!


    Reference: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkmacmul/namemeanin...
    Reference: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~enigman/latin.html
Jesús Paredes
Local time: 06:27
PRO pts in pair: 28
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JH Trads: this is the accurate translation
11 mins
  -> I also thought it was at first sight
agree  athena22: Yes. This is actually Latin.
1 hr
agree  CLS Lexi-tech: it is Latin, and Jesus translation is excellent
5 hrs
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