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Children’s Books, Translated Into Latin

by Jamie Frevele | 11:45 am, February 28th

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Attention linguistics geeks: Are you the kind of person who scoffs at the idea of Latin as a “dead” language? We’re not sure why this happened, but we’re choosing to accept and embrace the fact that someone took the time to translate classic children’s books into Latin. For fun? For a college course? Who cares! Non plaudite. Modo pecuniam jacite. (Translated: Don’t applaud. Just throw money.) More titles after the jump.

Yes. That is what Dr. Seuss looks like in Latin. A hot, excellent, languagey mess.

Who knew Winnie the Pooh could seem so wise? Besides everyone?

Not as delicate as Le Petit Prince, but definitely more regal. Hence, Regulus.

These will truly come in handy when you want to teach your kids Latin and show them where so much of modern language comes from. But if the angry speech cursing God that President Bartlet made in The West Wing just doesn’t fit the tone, then these can all be found on Amazon.

(Amazon via Flavorwire)

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=564545642 Caroline Waxler

    Love this! Finally something useful I can do with my Latin major.

  • http://www.facebook.com/lvl0rg4n Morgan Cazee

    This makes me want to learn Latin.

  • Clare

    I read the first Harry Potter in the Spanish translation! It was actually really helpful with improving my Spanish.

  • Clare

    I mean, obviously Spanish is a living language. But I would imagine these are really useful to people learning Latin for the same reason.

  • Scoop

    I saw the Latin HP in England. I had to buy it, naturally.

  • Anonymous

    I need “Winne ille Pu”.

  • Anna

    So what do they do about the spells which are already in Latin?

  • Erkika

    I have a copy of Cattus Petatsatus (The Cat in the Hat) which we read in my Latin class :)

  • miss anonym

    You omit Tom Lehrer’s masterly Latin translation of The Wizard of Oz—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asP3XwXPHOs