Latin translation?

[beloitpiper]

I need a favor...

I've really been wanting to get the "I never lie! But I am a barbarian." quote from Braveheart tattoo'd on me. Or at least on a t-shirt or something. Anyone out there know Latin, so I don't go getting some gobbily-gook inked onto my arm permantly?

Thanks in advance.

~Yeti

HOLD UP. Are you calling Gaelic "gobbily-gook"? Young man, I think we need to have a talk. Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste, ná Béarla cliste.

[The Supreme Canuck]

Barbarus sum, sed numquam decipio

"I'm a barbarian, but I never lie."

Quite good. But if you want it a bit shorter, "Barbarus sum sed non decipio," should do.

"I am a barbarian, but I do not lie."

Or, "Barbarus sum et non decipio."

"I am a barbarian and I do not lie."

Also, as a word of warning, classical Latin does not use commas, as far as I know. Medieval Latin may, but classical does not.

Edit: Beloitpiper - I think he just doesn't want bad Latin (gobledegook) on him.

[Galician]

You are quite right, Canuck, but as a Benedictine oblate brother, one bit of wisdom passed along to me from our scriptorium, was that one needs to adjust to the masses to be able to sell a manuscript.

P.S. I realized afterwards that the "sum" could be dropped, but not the "sed."

[Juggalotus]

HOLD UP. Are you calling Gaelic "gobbily-gook"? Young man, I think we need to have a talk. Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste, ná Béarla cliste.

No, I think he didn't want to be like the girls that think they get "Love" tattooed on their arm in Chinese and it turns out to be "unclean" or "Sesame Chicken".

I can't blame him. A little bit of research goes a long way.

[Brian F]

HOLD UP. Are you calling Gaelic "gobbily-gook"? Young man, I think we need to have a talk. Is fearr Gaeilge bhriste, ná Béarla cliste.

No sir, I am most certainly not. As others have stated, I do not want to end up with something on my arm that isn't what I thought it was.

I've heard stories of women getting "Good but cheap" tattooed on themselves when they copy the Chinese off a restaurant menu.

I did not intend to offend or disrespect anybody.

[Brian F]

Here is the quote, as pulled off of the Internet Movie Database.

"Ego nunquam pronunciari mendacium! Sed ego sum homo indomitus."
(I never lie! But I am indeed a savage.)

Is that close? If I get something this big, it will probably be a rather large piece, either a part of my full lower-leg sleeve, or my back piece.

[Ozman1944]

Oh, I dunno; "Sesame Chicken" in Chinese characters might look quite fetching. Tell 'em it means "Scotia Rocks".
(Well, I thought it was funny, so there!)

[thescot]

De gustibus non est disputamdum

I'd go with something Greek since the letters look cool.

My Greek is really rusty, but here goes: Πολλές λόγοι φτώχεια

That should be "many words are poverty," of as the Spartans would have said, "Get to the point."

[Prester John]

He was speaking french in the movie though.

[Brian F]

He was speaking french in the movie though.

He began speaking French, and then the princesses adviser changed to Latin so he could talk in private...or so he thought. Hehehehe

~Yeti