VIVAT LATINA! Latin Translations for Every Need

Have you ever wanted to get a translation into Latin for a motto or logo? Have you ever wanted to get a translation from Latin of an inscription on a family heirloom?

You may have already tried some free internet machine "translator" and discovered that the result was not Latin, but gibberish. No surprise there. French or Spanish translation is bad enough, but Latin is a highly-inflected language. Much of the meaning is contained not in the word roots, but in the inflectional endings.

Machines just don't know how to deal with Latin. They can't distinguish between the Latin for Man bites dog and Dog bites man, in Latin Vir canem memordit and Virum canis memordit!

We have the solution for you: VIVAT LATINA! Latin Translations for Every Need. Personalized service, reasonable fees.

(To the left is the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, found on the reverse of the dollar bill, with its two Latin mottoes: Annuit coeptis: He Has Favored Our Undertakings and Novus Ordo Seclorum: A New Order of the Ages. On the obverse of the Great Seal is the most famous Latin motto of all: E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One. In 1782, the year of the eighteenth centenary of the classical Latin poet Vergil's death, Congress approved the design of the official seal. The seal contains three Vergilian mottoes, which embody a statement of the classical heritage and humanistic origins of the first modern republic, the United States of America.)

About VIVAT LATINA!

Background

We have a long-time involvement in the study and teaching of Latin. We hold advanced degrees in the field and are conversant not only with classical Latin, but with mediaeval and modern Latin as well. We have taught Latin at the beginning, intermediate, and graduate levels.

[Left: Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) is considered the greatest Latin prose writer of the Golden Age, whose style has been emulated from antiquity to the modern age.]

Associations

We have published electronic editions of Latin texts for students, such as Transparent Language's Learn Latin Now! We are listed with several translation bureaus and have held long-time memberships in classical philological associations, such as the American Classical League.

[Left: Gaius Julius Caesar (ca. 100-44 B.C.) is the second-greatest Latin prose writer of the Golden Age, after Cicero, who praised his clear Attic style.]

Latin Translation Services

English to Latin, Latin to English
Translation into Latin of mottoes
Design of Logo Phrases in Latin
Preparation of pro-forma certificates (religious and university)
Translations into English of Latin phrases on family heirlooms, crests, etc.
Translations of phrases and sentences into Latin for authors to include in their books
Instructional assistance by telephone and E-mail

[Left: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (ca. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65) is the greatest Latin prose writer of the Silver Age, whose style was particularly influential in the Renaissance.]

Translation Fees

Translation of a Motto or Logo into Latin: $25.00
Preparation of a Pro-forma Religious or University Certificate: $50.00
Translations into English of Latin Phrases: $25.00
Translations into English of Longer Texts: by arrangement

By placing a translation order with VIVAT LATINA! and submitting a translation fee for your project, you are acknowledging that, at these low fees, our work is provided without warranty of any kind, including any warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, and that translation fees paid are non-refundable. We reserve the right to refuse any project for any reason.

[Left: Franciscus Petrarca (1304-1374) is the greatest Latin prose writer of the Renaissance. He modeled his style on the classical prose writers, particularly Cicero.]

Translation Orders

Simply E-mail your project instructions to VIVAT LATINA! and send your pre-payment, as described in the Translation-Fee Payments section below.

[Left: C.S. Lewis (1896-1963) is an example of a modern prose writer whose writings include Latin works.]

Translation-Fee Payments

Click on the box to the left to made a translation-fee pre-payment for your project easily, securely, and confidentially by bank account or credit card through PayPal. Indicate in the Note section of your payment that it is for your VIVAT LATINA! translation and include your project instructions. Translation fees paid are non-refundable.