Hello All,

I know everyone on these forums must tire of the constant threads asking for help translating sentences into Italian but I'm afraid I have a another one.

I'm a very big fan of Oscar Wilde and have decided to get one of his quotes relating to a recent time in my life.
The quote is "Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future".

Is it possible to translate this into Italian? It isn't such a big deal if it was treated as two seperate sentences (removing the 'and') if it makes it any easier?

My other half is Scottish-Italian and that was the reason for considering it in another language.

Hoping to start Italian language lessons soon so I'm very glad I found this forum!

Any help would be very appreciated,
Richard

Literary translation of Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future is : Ogni santo ha un passato e ogni peccatore ha un futuro .

Thank you for your reply.

Is the literal translation how it would be said in Italian? I understand a lot of sentences need to be adapted to make sense in Italian but is this one an exception?

Paolo (the first person who responded to you) would know better than I would because Italian is his first language while mine is English. However, I think that the literal translation is how it would be said in Italian.

You say that you are interested in learning Italian so I will tell you that we indeed have several resources here on the site to help you. I make a lot of posts in regards to Italian grammar and vocabulary. I would be glad to answer to the best of my ability any questions you have.

Also, if you look at the black bar towards the top of your screen you will notice a tab which says "learn Italian". You will find a lot of useful information there.

Best of luck here on the forum!

Giacomo

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I think the literal translation makes perfect sense, when it's possible to use it without making the sentence become meaningless it's always better. Ogni santo ha un passato ed ogni peccatore ha un futuro is how I would translate it also.

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