translation help please

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marie
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translation help please

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I need help translating something from latin to english that probably isn't grammatically correct, and I don't think it means anything the way it's written but the words might mean something separately. I read it in a book and it might be old latin. It would help if I could have all possible translations of each word, but I can't find a good dictionary online. Thanks for any help.

Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.

Sixy
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Post by Sixy »

It isn't Latin, unfortunately. It's English - backwards.

Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi.
I show not your face but your hearts desire.

;)

That J.K. Rowling sure is sneaky, eh?

classicalclarinet
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Sounds a bit like Sanskrit to me, hehe.

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Post by Sixy »

It's Harry Potter :lol:

I actually read the series. Quite entertaining. And available in Latin from what I've heard!

:D

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The first book. I have it. Still unable to read. :(

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Post by Sixy »

Neato!
:o

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Post by Episcopus »

The level of latin in your sentence is beyond me. Probably because it is NOT latin.

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