Anybody translate into Latin?

Quick translation...

[elgumbo]

I'm looking for a translation of a phrase into Latin. I know I'll be hard pushed for an exact match but a close approximation will do.

It's for a colleague who refuses to do anything above what he is contracted to do. His favourite phrase is, "I have done my bit."

A translation of this or of, "I have completed my task", would be fantastic.

Thanks

[trillianjedi]

Hmm... can't help with the translation, but in absence of you getting one I would suggest:-

Dictum, factum.

"Said and done" (Terentius, Heautontimorumenos)

..... which is quite cool. Alternatively, you have:-

Finis coronat opus.

"The ending crowns the work"

Bit closer to what you're after?

Sorry, I can't do the actual translation you want.

Completley off-topic, but one of my favorite maxims:-

Noli turbare circulos meos!

"Don't upset my calculations!"

Archimedes' words to a Roman soldier during the conquest of Syracuse. The soldier responded by slaying him.

;-)

TJ

[TheVisitor]

'a capite ad calcem' means to have done a job thoroughly - it literally means 'from head to heel'

'consummatum est' means 'it is finished'

My personal favourite Latin phrase would be 'facilis descensus Avreno' - 'the descent to Hell is easy'

[elgumbo]

Thanks, guys, but they all sound too positive, well apart from the hell one...

[trillianjedi]

You might be able to find something here:-

[nd.edu...]

.... that gives you all the info you need to translate it yourself, although it might take a bit of digging around ;-)

TJ

[pendanticist]

exitus acta probat - The outcome justifies the deed.

respice finem - Look to the end: consider the outcome.

suaviter in modo, fortiter in re - Gently in manner, strongly in deed.

Any of these fit?

[digitalghost]

Ego perfectus officium meus.

Roughly, "I finished my duties".

[elgumbo]

Thanks for all the input, guys.