translation of word and phrase to latin, plz

[karlos79]

i am looking for the translation of INDESTRUCTIBLE and THE POWER COMES FROM WITHIN into latin.

i believe indestructible = indissolubilis

is this right but stuck on phrase.

[fredpuli47]

Indissolubilis does indeed mean 'indestructible , imperishable' , applied to persons An example of its use is Cicero's ' quoniam orti estis, immortales esse et indissolubiles non potestis' ('Seeing as you have origins, you cannot be immortal and indestructible'' i.e. you are humans, not gods).

[karlos79]

Cheers, thought so

Just need the phrase TRUE POWER COMES FROM WITHIN into latin.

[fredpuli47]

Any attempt depends on what on Earth 'true power comes from within' means in English ! It doesn't mean anything to me. What are you trying to say by it ?

[karlos79]

just something i put together myself. meaning in the sense within one self!

[Quizmonster]

"Vis verus ingenium est" is a possible translation. It means literally, word-by-word, "Power true an internal quality is." (Remember, Latin grammar and word order are not the same as English.)
My advice to you - based on past experience of questions involving Latin on AnswerBank - is to check with an 'expert' whatever answer(s) you get here...including mine! For example, if your local secondary school has a Classics Department or even just a solitary Latin teacher, try to get a response from him/her. An alternative is to approach a local Catholic priest.
If someone suggests an online translation site, I'd treat that with even more care than answers here. They are generally much too vague or even ridiculous, unless you are quite knowledgeable about the language in any case.

[karlos79]

i bhave been told by someon3e who says they have a PhD in latin that

indestructible = non destruendum

and

true power comes from within = potestas vera infra venit

wat ya think?

[Quizmonster]

Both vis and potestas mean power. The former is a masculine word and thus takes verus as the appropriate adjective form; the latter is a feminine word and thus takes vera as the appropriate adjective form. There is, in other words, no difference at all between vis verus and potestas vera. I quite like the alliteration of the two letters v in my version, though.
Infra means below/under rather that within, I'd say, but in any case, my word ingenium means an innate quality, which is surely what you mean. Power, in the sense you mean, is not actually coming from anywhere. It's not on the move, is it? It's just there.
Venit does, of course, mean comes.

However, far be it from me to argue with a PhD in Latin!! If nothing else, his/her version merely strengthens my earlier advice to take very carefully anyone's translation here on AnswerBank.