Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Latin term or phrase:
Societas Verbi Divini
English translation:
Society of the Divine Word
Latin term
Societas Verbi Divini
Please could you give me an exact translation of Societas Verbi Divini, as literal as possible?
Also, please could you let me know the exact pronunciation? In particular, please indicate which letter or combination of letters bears the primary stress of each word.
Best wishes, and many thanks,
Simon
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Dominic Galante
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Proposed translations
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Native in: English 
Works in: Latin to English, Greek (Ancient) to English, English to Latin, and 1 more.
Society of the Divine Word
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David Connor
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Jim Tucker (X)
: SocieTAS -- stress is not on the e -- this is why we get società in Italian
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Alexander C. Thomson
: Stress on first syllable; last syllable is long. You can be hypercorrect and pronounce the ‘c’ hard (i.e. ‘sock-’), but the most widely-understood correct pronunciation would be SOSS-ee-eh-taahs VAIR-bee dee-VEE-nee (sorry for silly-looking rendition).
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Joseph Brazauskas
: The accent depends upon which method of Latin pronunciation is to be employed, viz. the Restored (Classical), the Ecclesiastical (Mediaeval), or the various national pronunciations. I would here employ the Ecclesiastical method, for obvious reasons.
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