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    en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et_in_Arcadia_ego
    – Adamant
    Commented Mar 20, 2020 at 14:19
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    @Adamant: there's nothing wrong with having an answer to this question, preferably with an explanation of how it applies to ST:P, on this site rather than in another castle.
    – Martha
    Commented Mar 20, 2020 at 14:48
  • Star Trek writers sure love their latin quotes!
    – Hans Olo
    Commented Mar 20, 2020 at 14:50
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    @Martha: In most contexts ego corresponds to I not me, but it’s not hard-and-fast: there are several contexts where English uses me but where Latin uses ego, notably when it’s used without a verb as a standalone answer to a question. “Who’s that?” “Me!” would be “Quis est?” “Ego!”
    – PLL
    Commented Mar 20, 2020 at 23:31
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    @PLL, sure, but we're doing a literal translation, so it should be literally. And realizing this is the subject is actually important here to understand why the soft translation based on contextual knowledge is something like, Even in Paradise, Death lurks
    – ThePopMachine
    Commented Mar 21, 2020 at 19:40