"After all"

[TheMouseAvenger]

Well, looks like I'm in need of further help with English-to-Latin translation!

After searching the Internet & these forums, I have not been able to find any Latin translation for the English adverbial phrase "after all". Can anyone help me out with this? ​

 

[Arca Defectionis]

Depends on what you mean. If you mean something like "after all we've been through," you might just say "post omnia." If you mean "after all" followed by some assertion ("in any case"), you might use "tamen," or in some cases "quippe" or "enim." If you mean "in the end" (as in "turns out they won't be coming after all"), then maybe "revera" or something like that.

By the way, have you seen the little mouse thread? It's just hilarious that your username is "TheMouseAvenger"

 

[Pacifica]

By the way, have you seen the little mouse thread? It's just hilarious that your username is "TheMouseAvenger"

Indeed! I thought exactly the same thing when I saw this username. That "little mouse" thread was memorable!

 

[Imperfacundus]

I was going to post here, but having seen the OP's name I'm getting out of here as fast as I can.

 

[Nikolaos]

I was going to post here, but having seen the OP's name I'm getting out of here as fast as I can.

They know who you are. They know where you live. There is no escape.

 

[Pacifica]

Ensis vindex te persequitur Iustitiae...

 

[Kosmokrator]

hmm ... ceterum?

 

[Pacifica]

Ceterum?

 

[Kosmokrator]

yes ... but since i don't know english enough i'm unsure

 

[Pacifica]

Well maybe. Anyway I don't think there's a Latin expression that's exactly the same as the English "after all"... But maybe that's similar.

Doesn't "after all" exist in Italian? In French it does. Après tout.

Or postremo?

 

[Kosmokrator]

of course it does "dopotutto" ... i am unsure postremo can have the same meaning as "dopotutto" maybe some references would help.

 

[Pacifica]

Dic definition: postremo: 1) After everything else, last of all, lastly. b. (in a logical sequence) in the last place, finally. 2) On the last occasion, most recently, last, for the last time. 3) In the end, eventually, at last. b. in the last resort, finally. 4) To sum up, in short, in fact. b. after all, in the last resort.

...... don't know. In certain contexts maybe it can do.

 

[Kosmokrator]

well i think after all has an avversative meaning like anyway or similars so i think postremo it's not good ... anyway there's no latin to english full correspondence or to any modern language; you should think in latin to write in latin not in your native language. That's why you need to read a lot in latin to write in latin.

 

[Pacifica]

well i think after all has an avversative meaning like anyway or similars

Right. So you think postremo doesn't have that meaning and ceterum does..?

you should think in latin to write in latin not in your native language. That's why you need to read a lot in latin to write in latin.

I'll do my best.

 

[malleolus]

Probably denique , even tandem .

 

[Kosmokrator]

Denique most likely

 

[TheMouseAvenger]

Depends on what you mean. If you mean something like "after all we've been through," you might just say "post omnia." If you mean "after all" followed by some assertion ("in any case"), you might use "tamen," or in some cases "quippe" or "enim." If you mean "in the end" (as in "turns out they won't be coming after all"), then maybe "revera" or something like that.

By the way, have you seen the little mouse thread? It's just hilarious that your username is "TheMouseAvenger"

Thanks very much for your help! ^_^ I really do appreciate it!

Oh, & I haven't seen that thread yet. I'll have to check it out!

 

[Manus Correctrix]

Apart from its more literal meanings, the idiomatic expression ‘after all’ is used to introduce a phrase that contradicts something or at least is aimed at persuading. It presents this information as not particularly new or surprising.

So, something like quippe, enim, autem, etc., or some combination, could convey the sense.

Unless you give an example sentence, no real help can be given.

yes ... but since i don't know english enough i'm unsure

Why are you shouting?

 

[Kosmokrator]

i must have used some combination of keys while typing

 

[Pacifica]

Why are you shouting?

Lol I was also wondering why he was yelling at me!