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Latin Translation Exercise: Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass
The 1972 Yacht Rock classic, translated into Latin
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Latin Song Translation: "Starman" by David Bowie
A hit off the classic 1972 album Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, translated into Latin
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Latin Translation Exercise: Teo Torriatte by Queen
The 1976 hit off Queen's A Day At The Races, translated into Latin
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Latin Song Translation: All Time High by Rita Coolidge
The theme to the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, translated into Latin
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Latin "Translation" Exercise: The Duels of Wild Bill Hickok
Another chapter from my tiered reader on American folklore in Latin.
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Latin "Translation" Exercise: A Story of New England's Last Vampire
An adaptation of Mercy Brown's exhumation, rendered into Latin.
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Latin Translation Exercise: Erlkönig by J.W. von Goethe
A classic German poem, rendered into an ancient tongue
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Latin Translation Exercise: Life During Wartime by the Talking Heads
A translation in tribute to the re-release of Stop Making Sense
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Latin Translation Exercise: "Head Like a Hole" by Nine Inch Nails
Trent Reznor's nu-metal hit song, rendered into an ancient tongue.
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Latin Translation Exercise: "Mary on a Cross" by Ghost B.C.
The 2019 B-side rerelease off the album "Seven Inches of Satanic Panic," rendered into an ancient tongue.
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Latin Translation Exercise: Carry On, Wayward Son by Kansas
A prog-rock staple, rendered into an ancient tongue.
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Latin Translation Exercise: The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
A 2007 indie-folk hit, rendered into an ancient tongue.
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