Author: Viviana Kleinlercher, M.A.

Literal translation for “Fabula de C. Lentulo”

I’ve now com­plet­ed a rough first draft of a lit­er­al trans­la­tion for our book Fab­u­la de C. Lentu­lo. The novel­la traces Lentu­lus’s jour­ney from child­hood to adult­hood. Through his every­day experiences—playing with sib­lings, trav­el­ing to Pom­peii, and study­ing in Rome—it pro­vides a win­dow into dai­ly life, mak­ing it a valu­able read for inter­me­di­ate Latin learn­ers. […]

“Evangelium secundum Lucam” now available 🥳

✅ Latin text syn­chro­nized with audio (eccle­si­as­ti­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion; nar­ra­tor: Abel Schutte) ✅ lit­er­al Eng­lish trans­la­tion ✅ com­men­tary This book presents the Evan­geli­um secun­dum Lucam, the “Gospel accord­ing to Luke,” based on the Clemen­tine Vul­gate. Our ver­sion includes Latin audio (eccle­si­as­ti­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion), a lit­er­al Eng­lish trans­la­tion and a com­men­tary. The impor­tance of the Gospel of Luke to the Chris­t­ian faith and to […]

Evangelium secundum Lucam (Versio Vulgata)

Final­ly, you’re get­ting anoth­er update from me. 😀 I’ve been total­ly busy with a big project over the last weeks, name­ly com­pil­ing the Gospel of Luke for you. Our book will be based on the Vul­gate, and the audio will be in eccle­si­as­ti­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion. I found a rel­a­tive­ly good trans­la­tion (Catholic Pub­lic Domain Ver­sion), but […]

“The Sleeping Beauty” now available 🎉

✅ Latin text syn­chro­nized with audio (clas­si­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion) ✅ lit­er­al Leg­en­tibus trans­la­tion ✅ Latin com­men­tary ✅ glos­sary Bel­la puel­la in sil­vā sōpī­ta is an excel­lent Latin trans­la­tion (by Lau­rent d’Aumale) of Charles Per­rault’s French ver­sion of the fairy tale (“La Belle au bois dor­mant”). The book is suit­able for advanced read­ers. You can down­load it here.

Time for a fairy tale!

Fairy tales are the sto­ries I grew up with as a child and one of my favorites is “The Sleep­ing Beau­ty”. I’m there­fore hav­ing great fun prepar­ing an excel­lent Latin trans­la­tion (by Lau­rent d’Aumale) of Charles Per­rault’s French ver­sion for pub­li­ca­tion. Bel­la puel­la in sil­vā sōpī­ta includes a Latin com­men­tary and also gets a lit­er­al […]

Book recommendation: Metamorphoses (Ovid)

I’ve recent­ly start­ed read­ing and, above all, lis­ten­ing to our selec­tion of Ovid’s Meta­mor­phoses again and can high­ly rec­om­mend the book, espe­cial­ly to advanced read­ers. The Meta­mor­phoses, con­sist­ing of fif­teen books, is the best-known of Ovid’s works. In our edi­tion we’ve col­lect­ed some of the most famous tales, all explor­ing time­less themes such as love, […]

FR (vol. 3) updated + book recommendation

Our third vol­ume of Famil­ia Romana (chap­ters 25–35) has now been updat­ed as well! 😀 As for the sec­ond vol­ume, I’ve revised all gram­mar sec­tions at the end of the chap­ters and added many new tables. You can down­load or open the book direct­ly here. I also have a book rec­om­men­da­tion for you. I recent­ly read our Sto­ries […]

Familia Romana (vol. 2): grammar sections updated

Our sec­ond vol­ume of Famil­ia Romana (chap­ters 13–24) got an update! 😀 I’ve revised all gram­mar sec­tions at the end of the chap­ters and added many new tables, to present the con­tent more clear­ly. You can down­load or open the book direct­ly here. I’ll now con­tin­ue with vol­ume three. Have a great day! 😊

Familia Romana updated

The first twelve chap­ters of Famil­ia Romana are now avail­able with the orig­i­nal images and mar­gin­al notes! 🎉 More chap­ters are in the works.

“Vita S. Christophori” now available

🎧 Latin text syn­chro­nized with audio (eccle­si­as­ti­cal pro­nun­ci­a­tion, nar­ra­tor: Pater Mateus Mar­i­ano) 📖 lit­er­al Leg­en­tibus trans­la­tion 📝 com­men­tary For those famil­iar with the Latin of authors like Cicero or Cae­sar, the lan­guage of the Vita S. Christophori will appear both rec­og­niz­able and dis­tinct. Medieval Latin is not a dif­fer­ent lan­guage from Clas­si­cal Latin but rather a lat­er […]