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Can anyone read Latvian and tell me what that last line means?

Looking at one person in particular, here.

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Date: 2005-05-11 06:17 pm (UTC)
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At a guess, "Welcome Peace Duke!". "Mir" is peace in Russian, and "hercog" seems similar to the Swedish "hertig", which is Duke. "Sveicinats" seems to be used as a greeting for several Latvian pages.

Or you could ask [livejournal.com profile] awahlbom or [livejournal.com profile] jophan, both which have studied linguistics and language extensively.

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Date: 2005-05-11 06:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theweaselking.livejournal.com
"Herzog" is German for "Duke", which is what I was thinking.

[livejournal.com profile] kali_kali is a native speaker, though. I figured I'd get her to translate it.

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Date: 2005-05-11 09:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kali-kali.livejournal.com
Yes, as [livejournal.com profile] kjn said. It says what the big type says, for the most part.

Though it would be more accurately translated as "You are welcomed, Peace Duke", since just "Sveiki" tends to be "Hello/Welcome".

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Date: 2005-05-11 09:12 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] aberrantangels
The actual relevance is that "peace duke" = pizduk.

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Date: 2005-05-11 10:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theweaselking.livejournal.com
Like in the very post I made before that one, here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/theweaselking/735545.html)?

There's a reason this one says "Another one" and why I asked for a Latvian translation, not a "What does the slogan mean" one. I got that this morning, when [livejournal.com profile] takhisis linked it up. Thanks, though.

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