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''Latin for All Occasions'' (''Lingua Latina Occasionibus Omnibus'') is a 1990 book by Henry Beard , and '''''Latin for Even More Occasions''''' (''Lingua Latina Multo Pluribus Occasionibus'') is a 1991 sequel. Both contain translations of modern English phrases into mostly literal Latin equivalents. Beard is known as a humorist but studied Latin for 8 years at Harvard . He wrote the Latin himself, but had it checked and polished by scholars Mark Sugars and Winifred Lewellen . The idea for the books was from John Boswell . The illustrations are by Mikhail Ivenitsky and both books were published by Villard Books , a division of Random House . The translations are mostly direct, so an English expression like "Get your ducks in a row" is translated as ''Anates tuas in acie instrue''. The significance of having ducks lined up would presumably be a mystery to an ancient Roman, but a translation like this is great for putting a classical twist on modern jargon – which is the whole point of the book. SAMPLE PHRASES First book,
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