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Nubius23
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I need help with translation from English to Latin

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Hi everybody!

Could someone please give me a grammatically correct Latin translation of the following sentence?

"You did well to turn to our society."

Thanks a lot!
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Nubius23 wrote:Hi everybody!

Could someone please give me a grammatically correct Latin translation of the following sentence?

"You did well to turn to our society."

Thanks a lot!
Does this mean "convert to our society", "to trust in", or "to rely on/seek help from our society"?
flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, flebile lingua murmurat exanimis, respondent flebile ripae
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Bene fecisti quod in societatem nostram te contulisti.

This is a litteral 'convert to'. But it is a possibility, I think,


cordially,
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Re: I need help with translation from English to Latin

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benissimus wrote: Does this mean "convert to our society", "to trust in", or "to rely on/seek help from our society"?
I'm looking for the last meaning, "to seek help from our society".

Thanks for your help!
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