4 Sep
2017
4 Sep
'17
3:53 p.m.
Having seen the start of the Klingon Hamlet, I have been examining how the British classicist H.A.J.Monro in the 19th century translated "To be or not to be?" into Latin and Greek poetry: His Latin version back-translates as "Does it help to be or not to be?" (Esse iubet necne esse?) His Greek version back-translates as "Yet should we be or not?" (ἔτ' ὦμεν ἢ μή;)