Does anyone know latin well?

[crash893]

I'm doing a project and part of it translating a saying into lating

so far i have:
Pro me vocas et pro tu ego mos vocabo.

they saying should be "cry for me and i will cry for you"

but i'm not sure if the translation is correct ( from English into Latin)

the meaning is meant as both a statement of compassion and as a threat in a sense.


If you have any suggestions or tweaks i would love to hear them. I have only had one (very awful) year of Latin in high school so i am fimilar with some of the concepts but woefully out of practice.


Thanks

Crash

[davieddy]

Originally Posted by crash893

I'm doing a project and part of it translating a saying into lating

so far i have:
Pro me vocas et pro tu ego mos vocabo.

they saying should be "cry for me and i will cry for you"

but i'm not sure if the translation is correct ( from English into Latin)

the meaning is meant as both a statement of compassion and as a treat in a sense.


If you have any suggestions or tweaks i would love to hear them. I have only had one (very awful) year of Latin in high school so i am fimilar with some of the concepts but woefully out of practice.


Thanks

Crash

Xilman shows off his Lating from time to time.
Meantime your English could do with some brushing up:
e.g. I assume "treat"="threat".

[crash893]

yes sorry my keyboarding is not always 100%

[ewmayer]

Originally Posted by crash893

I'm doing a project and part of it translating a saying into lating

so far i have:
Pro me vocas et pro tu ego mos vocabo.

they saying should be "cry for me and i will cry for you"

but i'm not sure if the translation is correct ( from English into Latin)

Yes, the chief danger in these sorts of exercises is ending up with something that looks too obviously E clunibus tractum.

Sorry I can't be of much help ... the only Latin I know is the handy food-oriented saying [it sounds just so much more impressive in Latin than in English]

Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum

...to which the proper reply of course is, "Would you like to supersize that?"