Listen "Sapientia potentia est: a few useful Latin phrases for you"
Episode Synopsis
Hi! Welcome to the Complete Interpreter podcast by the Interpreting Coach.Why 'Complete Interpreter'? Because you're not just a translation machine, you're also a person and a business owner, and I hope to help you take a 360 view of yourself and share some great tried-and-tested strategies to improve your interpreting skills, mindset, use of language, and marketing.In this episode, I talk about Latin words or phrases that are commonly used in English.ad hoc: for a particular purposead lib: improvisead infinitum: for everalma mater: your universityalumnus/alumna: graduate of a particular universitybona fide: in good faith, genuinecarpe diem: seize the daya caveat: condition, objectionde facto/de jure: in reality/in lawdeus ex machina: a plot device (in a play or book) to resolve an impossible problemergo: thereforee.g. (exempli gratia = for example), i.e. (id est = in other words)etceterain camera: behind closed doorsin situ: on the spotmea culpa: it's my faultper capita: per personper diem: daily (e.g. daily allowance)persona non grata: an unwelcome personper se: in itself, specificallyprima facie: at first sightquid pro quo: 'this for that', an exchangestatus quo: state of affairsverbatim: word for wordvice versa: the other way roundMens sana in corpore sano: a healthy mind in a healthy bodyPecunia not olet: money doesn't stinkPlenus venter non studet libenter: a full belly doesn't like studying!Let me know what you'd like me to talk about next! Sophie (aka The Interpreting Coach)Support the showSupport the showMy website and blog: https://theinterpretingcoach.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/interpretingcoach/Twitter: @terpcoachLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the-interpreting-coach/Or email me at [email protected]
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