Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Translator Beware
Latin translation:
cave interpres
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-02-14 18:54:13 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Feb 10, 2011 21:04
13 yrs ago
English term
United States
ENSP, More than 30 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Translator Beware
English to Latin
Other
Human Resources
similar to caveat emptor
From Translator Beware to the term to use in latin.
Proposed translations
(Latin)
| 2 +3 | cave interpres |
DERDOKTOR
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| 5 +1 | caveat interpres |
DERDOKTOR
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| 5 | interpres caveat |
Daniela Caracostas
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Change log
Feb 10, 2011 21:10: Tony M changed "Language pair" from "English" to "English to Latin"
Proposed translations
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26 mins
Selected
cave interpres
My times at school learning latin are long over-so this is more of a pot shot.
cave, like cave canem, beware of the dog, should be right, interpres is translator in latin, but whether this has to be declined accordingly, someone else has to answer.
cave, like cave canem, beware of the dog, should be right, interpres is translator in latin, but whether this has to be declined accordingly, someone else has to answer.
Peer comment(s):
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eski
: Close enough for me! eski
19 mins
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Thanks, eski ! School goes a long way !
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Joseph Brazauskas
1 hr
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Thank you, Joseph !
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Phong Le
2 hrs
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Thank you, Phong Le, dusty old latin is far removed from vietnamese,I guess.
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
12 hrs
caveat interpres
Senor Martinez, as asked in your kind reply, I have entered the actually asked translation (see discussion) after we could clarify what it was you actually wanted. This is a situation, that often happens differently in translators' work, as clients sometimes are unable or unwilling to give information or context. As they say : CAVEAT INTERPRES !
9 days
Daniela Caracostas
Italy
Italy
Italy
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, Greek to Italian, and 2 more.
interpres caveat
interpres is subject; caveat is exhortative subjuntive
It means that the translator has to be cautious
"cave interpretem" (-em is accusative: object) means, instead, that someone else has to beware of a translator
It means that the translator has to be cautious
"cave interpretem" (-em is accusative: object) means, instead, that someone else has to beware of a translator
Discussion
CAVE, as in CAVE CANEM ,means 'beware ! ', imperativus.
So, take your pick!
but if you wanted to say, that the person RETAINING an interpreter or translator should beware, then the whole thing would have to be checked again !