To understand beauty is to destroy it

Latin translation: pulchritudinum intellegere eam delere est.

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English term or phrase:To understand beauty is to destroy it
Latin translation:pulchritudinum intellegere eam delere est.
Entered by: Pedro Albornoz

13:33 Sep 18, 2018
English to Latin translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Translating a novel
English term or phrase: To understand beauty is to destroy it
I am translating a novel and the author needs this quote from Laura Mulvey to be in Latin. Alas, I do not know latin.
Pedro Albornoz
United States
Local time: 10:09
pulchritudinum intellegere eam delere est.
Explanation:
A quite literal but natural translation
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Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 10:09
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5 -1pulchritudinum intellegere eam delere est.
Joseph Brazauskas


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to understand beauty is to destroy it
pulchritudinum intellegere eam delere est.


Explanation:
A quite literal but natural translation

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 10:09
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you very much

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disagree  Nouatus: "pulchritudinum" no es correcto; debería ser "pulchritudinem"
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