Re: Shakespeare
Hello. I am new to the Latin Forum, and, full of the enthusiasm of a newcomer, I am trying to clear up all of the old requests made for English to Latin translations. At the same time, I am not one of the better Latinists, and I am uncertain about the quality of my work. Therefore, I am sending this message to you both through the Forum and privately. I am sending it through the Forum in the hopes that some of the members who are better at Latin than I can find any errors or any places where my wording could be improved on. I am sending it to you privately because your request has been unanswered for a long time and you may no longer be checking the Forum in hopes of getting a response. I suggest that you check in at the Forum to see whether there are any corrections made to what I send you here. Also, if you would acknowledge in the Forum that you received this message, I will be able to know that it got through to you.
You asked for a translation of “To then own self be true.” My best effort to put that into Latin would be: “Tibi ipsi in fide maneto.” I hope that this is not coming too late for your friend who wants the tattoo.