Re: Welsh translation?

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Dear Mr. Chase:

Thanks for the Welsh assistance.  It's amazing what one can find on the 
internet!

Cheers,
Greg Powers
Powers Rare Books
On Sep 19, 2006, at 8:42 AM, Chase, Neil Andrew wrote:

> A little help:
>
>
> Googling around I discovered on this site, that J. F. Hartranft was a 
> Union general in the U.S. Civil war from Pennsylvania. See here:
>
> http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=362
>
>
> "The Truth Against the World" is your title. I found the translation 
> on the site below (The Welsh Society of Philadelphia uses this as 
> their motto, apparently).
>
> http://members.macconnect.com/users/d/dalex/Pages/About.html
>
> Ionawr 4 = "January 4"
>
> From a BBC on-line Welsh dictionary 
> (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/wales/learnwelsh/welsh_dictionary.pl):
>
> Cenadwri = "dispatch, "errand" or "message"
>
> I = "to" (preposition)
>
> Ddeddfwrfa = "Legislature"
>
> Argraffwyd = "printed"
>
> Swyddfa = "office", "bureau", "secretariat", "chamber"
>
> Baner = "pennant, standard, banner"
>
>
> So, my non-expert translation of your title-page would be something 
> like:
>
> "The Truth Against the World". J.F. Hartranft's dispatch, to the 
> Pennsylvania Legislature, January, 4, 1876. Hyde Park: Printed in the 
> Head-Office of America, 1876.
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Neil
>
>
>
> Quoting Powers Rare Books <powersrarebooks@COMCAST.NET>:
>
> > Throwing myself at the mercy of the group, is there anyone who would
> > be able and willing to translate a Welsh title-page for me?
> >
> > "Y Gwir Yn Erbyn Y Byd."  Cenadwri J. F. Hartranft, I Ddeddfwrfa
> > Pennsylvania, Ionawr 4, 1876.  Hyde Park:  Argraffwyd yn
> > Swyddfa-Baner America, 1876.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Greg Powers
> > Powers Rare Books