Latin term
annus miserabilis
| 4 +1 | terrible year |
Ines Burrell
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| 5 +8 | wretched year |
Elizabeth Lyons
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| 3 | terrible year |
Cilian O'Tuama
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PRO (2): Kirill Semenov, Valentini Mellas
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Good, honest, reliable work & experience
Native in: Latvian 
, Russian
Works in: English to Latvian, Latvian to English, Russian to English
terrible year
But this actually should not be translated at all, it is quite clear without translation.
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Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
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Thank you!
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Elizabeth Lyons
: Burrell, respectfully, I think 'horribilis' is closer to terrible/horrible; there is a shade of difference, in my opinion. 'Miserabilis' conveys despair as well as disparagement.
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Exactly. That is why I also proposed miserable.
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Germany
Quality Translations since 1986
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English, German, and 6 more.
terrible year
United States
Scientist / Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
wretched year
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Note added at 7 mins (2005-05-30 20:54:51 GMT)
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Seems to me a play on words as the opposite of the common term \"annus mirabilis\" or \"remarkable year\". But instead of unremarkable, wretched is closer to miserabilis and a stronger, more vivid term. :)
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Flavio Ferri-Benedetti
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Gratias tibi ago :)
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Vicky, gratias tibi ago :)
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Pierre POUSSIN
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Gratias tibi ago, Irat :)
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Alfa Trans (X)
6 hrs
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Thanks Marju, :)
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Kirill Semenov
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Kirill, thank you :)
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Eva Blanar
: absolutely, but I'd leave untranslated (1665 was the annus mirabilis for Newton, 1905 for Einstein - the term is widely used in Latin)
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Eva, thank you - that's another option since it is a cognate and widely recognizable, except perhaps a bit literary for racing?
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Valentini Mellas
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Valentini, Salve! Et gratias tibi. :)
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Egmont
1 day 21 hrs
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Av, thanks so much! :)
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Discussion
To:Burrell, If I thought that annus miserabilis was "quite clear without translation", I would have never asked to have it translated. Forgive me for stumbling on to the wrong website.