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Ne Ilegitimus Carborundum l

English translation: Don't let the bastards ground you down

14:22 Sep 18, 2001
Latin to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Latin term or phrase: Ne Ilegitimus Carborundum l
This LA phrase appears in a larger EN text. Can anyone provide an EN translation or equivalent?

Many thanks in advance!

Harold
Harold
English translation:Don't let the bastards ground you down
Explanation:
The phrase is not complete and in any case it is mock Latin.

See our glossary for complete phrase. From Main Page, click on Glossaries,
select languages as English into Latin
and enter any word of my English sentence above and you will find it.

Happy semester!

Paola l m
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4 +3Don't let the bastards ground you down
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Don't let the bastards ground you down


Explanation:
The phrase is not complete and in any case it is mock Latin.

See our glossary for complete phrase. From Main Page, click on Glossaries,
select languages as English into Latin
and enter any word of my English sentence above and you will find it.

Happy semester!

Paola l m


CLS Lexi-tech
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DrSantos: It is "invented"Latin - joking with Nil desperandum - Paola's translations is the one, if there is one.
6 mins
  -> I should have written "grind you down". Gracias, Dr. Santos!

agree  Flavio Ferri-Benedetti: Pauper Cicero, si videret...
1 hr
  -> Multas per gentes et multa per aequora vectus... I remembering Latin learnt by heart in school.....

agree  athena22: Me too, including the change to "grind"
3 hrs
  -> vale, Athena!
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