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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Started conversation Aug 19, 2020
Hi there 
A little help from a latin lover (pun intended) is required: How would you translate "Musica est ad vitam duxit architectura"?
My Latin is almost not existing but I have a feeling that there is at least one error in this and Google Translate agrees. Says it means "Music is an architecture, and brought him to the life of".
I'm guessing it should be "Musica est ad vitam dixit architectura" meaning "Music is the architecture for life".
Am I right?
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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 19, 2020
I don't think so - I can't make a sentence with 'dixit', which would mean 'he said'.
Try 'music is architecture brought to life'?
(Google translate can't do Latin. Its little algorithms are flummoxed by dead languages. I'll be it can't do Sumerian worth a hoot, either.)
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Pierre de la Mer ~ sometimes slightly worried but never panicking ~ Posted Aug 20, 2020
At least I was right about something being wrong 
In this case my understanding of Latin. I seem to have forgotten more than I ever learned 
Thank you! 
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