OMNES PORCI - VENDATORI IACENT OMNIA!
I was sent a joke the other day. Unfortunately it was in German. As I explained to my friend I was given the choice of either German or Geography at school and chose the latter. Therefore my German is at best extremely poor. Nonetheless I enjoy languages and their amazing differences. Living in America there is little chance for hearing different languages except Mexican Spanish from time to time and so I do miss that aspect of living so close to Europe.
As for the joke, he told me to use the Google Translator of which I had no knowledge - or even its existence. I pasted the joke in after selecting the language and hey presto, up came the English. Incredible!
Some years ago I actually paid some fellow $5 to translate our old company's motto. It turns out that he got it wrong. He told me it was "omnes homini porci sunt - omnes vendatori mentiuntor!" The correct translation is above, according to Google.
Oh, if you want to know what it means without going to Google Translator. It's: All men are pigs - all salesmen lie! I had to take a little license with the word salesmen as it seems in Roman times it didn't exist.
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