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lynnandmick | 18:14 Thu 27th Sep 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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can anyone translate the following to latin for me. its for a tattoo?

only the Lord can judge me

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only God can judge me
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"Deus solus me iudicere potest" is a possibility. Word for word, that translates literally as "God alone me to judge can." (Remember Latin grammar and word order are different from English.)
I would certainly advise you to check that out before committing it indelibly to your skin! May I suggest that you approach the Classics teacher at your local secondary school - if it has one nowadays - or the local Catholic priest. Good luck.
Incidentally, after I'd entered the answer above, I went to the web-site recommended by Zen. Believe me...the translation it offers is nonsense! It even includes the English word 'can', for goodness' sake!
(That is not a criticism of you, Zen.)
You should be extremely wary of online translators. They are little more than amusement.
Absolutely true! One guy thought that "Sic Transit Gloria" meant his girlfriend had barfed in his white van. (Arf! Arf!)
To me all tattoos spell out only one thing in Latin, "Imap lonka"!
'nunquam otio torpebat' is the correct translation, I should know in studing classics at uni!
I would imagine it to have the word "Deus" in there so be wary of the translation gokk gave.
Gokk's translation means "He never passed his time in idleness". It is the motto of St Bede's College, Manchester.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bede's_College ,_Manchester
More concise would be 'iudicium meum est Dei' of 'iudicium meum [or 'mei'] est Deo'. For future translations into and out of Latin it is worth trying a professional site, like Classical Turns (www.classicalturns.com).

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