Translator of Hebrew and Latin to English

[Stewart Vanning]

Researcher in comparative western religion available for translation of Classical and Medieval Hebrew and Latin to English

[Peter Matthews]

Dear Stewart,

Have you had experience translating botanical descriptions from Latin to English? I have a copy of William L. Stearn's Botanical Latin, but do not trust my own attempts to translate plant descriptions.

Please advise!

Thanks

[Peter Matthews]

Dear Stewart,

Here is an example of Botanical Latin, in the form of a JPEG file, brevis.

Colocasia is the plant I study. The Latin name is actually an old Italian vernacular name based on the Greek vernacular, kolokasi, which can be traced back through Arabic qolqas to Sanskrit. The plant is apparently also mentioned in very old Hebrew writings, but I have not followed that line of enquiry yet, and have no record of the Hebrew form of the name.

P.