I still have more questions than answers 27 Mar 2015 04:15:31pm
I have this letter that when I bought it I was told was a French letter with medical references. I showed it to a friend that said it was Latin. He also believed it to be Medival Latin. I was hoping someone here may be able to help translate it. The wax seal was in great shape and my limited search of that leads me to it being German. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Very interesting, and…readable! My suggestion: type a transcript in a word processing program and run it through Google Translate, which would at least give you the gist of the letter, if not an accurate word-for-word translation.
Alternatively, assuming that you're a member of APS, ask one of the APS translators for help. They charge, but the charge is nominal. This letter, I expect, would be quite easy to translate.
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The seal is of the German city Aachen. My Latin is not that good to translate this but I did saw a German name Schmitz. I suspect it is something judicial.
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Pat showed us this document at the Minnesota Postal History Society meeting earlier this week. It is quite an incredible looking document that is in wonderful condition. I suggested at the time that he post it on Stamporama as felt for sure one of our members would be able to translate it. Chris, I for one would really appreciate it if you are able to translate it for us.
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I'm taking a shot at it also, but I'm having a tough time with the script - I have more words I'm unsure of than those I think are correct in context. Anglophile will probably come up with a good translation before I can finish. At any rate, from the first pass through, it's safe to say it's a very colorful letter.
I still have more questions than answers 29 Mar 2015 09:34:27am
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Very Cool and Amazing. Thank you so much Christopher! If you ever need help with a Minnesota translation, I'm your guy. For example Ya-ah shoure ya becha is Minnesotan for yes.