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Does anyone know any latin? my nation's motto (in english) is:

Relative Truth is Universal

the closest latin translation i could get was:

Relativ Verum Est Omnimodus

but the "Relativ" refers to a person related to you (like your aunt), not the adjective (like subjective). does anyone know anything about latin to translate it better? thanks.

Respectfully,
DRP

Uy, sorry I don't, and my cousin who minored in Latin is not online right now. I post this so that your thread gets the bump: hope it helps.

Uy, sorry I don't, and my cousin who minored in Latin is not online right now. I post this so that your thread gets the bump: hope it helps.

thanks anyway for the bump!

BUMP!

Are there any other words meaning reletive you could use, inspecific eg?

The reason why you have that problem about it not translating; is there is no exact word for that type of relative in Latin.

looks like relativity isn't universal.




:D

how about 'subjective'?

like: "verum subjectivum omnimodus est"

Im sorry but some of this Latin looks fake and I speak it fluently. You cant take English and just change it.

I think yer in trouble here. There's no easy, slogan/motto-worthy way of saying "relative." For an adverb, you can use "comparate" or "ex comparatione." For an adjective, I think you've got to build some phrase like "quod in comparatione."

Are you sure "relativ" is a word? Also, "verum" is a neuter noun, so "omnimodus" should also be in the neuter form "omnimodum".

I couldn't find a translation for "relative", so I looked up "comparative".

How's:

"Verum comparativum est omnimodum"

Here's a English/Latin site.
Might help.

http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/

thanks, everyone! will look into all your suggestions.

Just wonderring if some of you super-dooper Latin academics could help me translate my countries motto.

"Bigger Cages!! Longer Chains!!"

I'd be much obliged.