comme trouve

English translation: as I find (it)

16:47 Mar 5, 2006
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Folklore / identifying watch engravings
French term or phrase: comme trouve
Was etched - "Comme JE Trouve", but JE may be someones initials. Also on face is "audaces fortuna juvat timidosque repellit" which I have identified.

Engraved on a patek phillippe pocket watch from the turn of the century.
Sanderson Tattersall
English translation:as I find (it)
Explanation:
Both the inscriptions are family mottoes:
"Fortune favours the bold and spurns the fearful" for the Latin
"As I find it" for the French

You'll find more info here:
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~heraldry/page_motto.ht...

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Sandra Petch
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comme je trouve
as I find (it)


Explanation:
Both the inscriptions are family mottoes:
"Fortune favours the bold and spurns the fearful" for the Latin
"As I find it" for the French

You'll find more info here:
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~heraldry/page_motto.ht...



Sandra Petch
Local time: 07:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
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