# Translation: English to Latin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548 "2024-01-23T15:41:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548/1 "2024-01-23T15:41:00Z")

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I was Skyping a long-standing friend when he seemed to ‘convulse’. 😳

Fortunately the accompanying sound effect [7 second Elephant Fart (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3evY54v84) revealed that he was just ‘releasing the tension’. 😉

Anyway, let me add a touch of class.  
I would like to send my pal a proposed family motto of ‘ **May your breaking of wind be prolonged** ’.  
Of course such mottoes should be in Latin, so please could I get a translation here?

(I tried Google translate which came up with ‘Pedit tuum ut diuturna’ - but I reckon you lot can do better. 😀 )

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548/2 "2024-01-23T17:08:03Z")

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You are perhaps aware that Google Translate does not understand Latin? As in, at all?

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**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548/3 "2024-01-23T17:09:31Z")

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There are many ways to say this, but the Google Translate result you post is not one of them. I’ll give it a start with _peditum tuum permaneat_.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548/4 "2024-01-23T17:18:20Z")

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As I posted, I thought you could do better than Google!

Thanks for the replies. 😃

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-english-to-latin/996548/5 "2024-01-23T17:19:52Z")

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diu pedas, cum pedis (??)