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| dissident Newbie United States Joined 5315 days ago 37 posts - 43 votes | Message 1 of 6 29 May 2010 at 4:51am | IP Logged | ||
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I am currently reading Das Kapital by Karl Marx, and I have both an English and a German version side by side ( both
free E-Books ). I am using google translate to translate individual words. This got me thinking - I could probably do the same for Latin ( except for Google translate ). But i don't know of any Latin books, let alone ones that I could get for free in both English and Latin? Help me out :) I would prefer books that are as easy as possible, and with translation as exact as possible ( as opposed to creative translation ). Thanks ! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5301 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes  | Message 2 of 6 29 May 2010 at 5:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you don't know any Latin books, you may have a look at http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/, where you can find a great amount of original ancient texts.
These are Latin only, so for an easier start http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html offers Latin texts and English translations side by side. Unfortunately most original Roman authors are not really easy, but Caesar, Aulus Gellius or maybe Pliny the Younger are at least not as hard as some others can be. Without prior knowledge about Roman history I recommend checking the corresponding articles of Wikipedia, it is much easier and more interesting (for me, at least) to read the texts with some background information. An article about Caesar f.e. will certainly lead to both Latin and English versions of his works. If you prefer more modern stuff: The first two volumes of Harry Potter are translated by Peter Needham, I found the translation very well done. The syntax is not complicated, although grammatical constructions and vocabulary may still be demanding. (These books are not free/for nothing.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Danac Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5351 days ago 162 posts - 257 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, Serbo-Croatian, French, Russian, Esperanto | Message 3 of 6 29 May 2010 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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I remember mentioning it somewhere here before, but it's worth mentioning again. To me, the primary internet resource for both Ancient Greek and Latin is the Perseus Classical Library at:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/ It's so good that it almost feels like cheating :) It offers almost any Classical text you might want, including translations. At the same time, you can look up any word you want through the built-in dictionary system. You click a word, and then you'll be able to look it up in Lewis & Short's Latin Dictionary (no OLD, sadly). Also, if you want some more to read, try out Catullus or Seneca (the Younger). I'm actually thinking of revisiting Seneca's Epistulae Morales myself :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| OneEye Diglot Senior Member Japan Joined 6853 days ago 518 posts - 784 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, Taiwanese, German, French | Message 4 of 6 30 May 2010 at 6:15am | IP Logged | ||
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How is your Latin so far? If you haven't studied Latin at all yet (or very little), I'd recommend getting Lingua Latina by Hans Ørberg. Work through that over the next few months, along with the excellent recordings done by Ørberg, and then try tackling some of the easier Latin authors like Caesar. Lingua Latina will have you reading in Latin rather than translating to English, which is a nice change from most Latin textbooks.
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| dissident Newbie United States Joined 5315 days ago 37 posts - 43 votes | Message 5 of 6 30 May 2010 at 2:06pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ok good!
Now i need a good dictionary. Are there any good online ones ? What Latin dictionaries do you use ? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Danac Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5351 days ago 162 posts - 257 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, Serbo-Croatian, French, Russian, Esperanto | Message 6 of 6 30 May 2010 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | ||
At the Perseus site, you can read a text and look up words simultaneously, but if you just need a dictionary, you can input any word you might want translated in the word tool. I hope the link works: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=divisa&la=la#lex icon (remove space!) You can get the entry from Lewis & Short's "A Latin Dictionary" which is a fine dictionary. Edited by Danac on 30 May 2010 at 3:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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