Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
May you live, grow, flourish
Greek translation:
Να ζήσετε, να μεγαλώσετε και να προκόψετε / Να ζήσετε, να ευτυχήσετε (και καλούς απογόνους)
English term
knowledgeable and precise
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German to English, Spanish to German, and 6 more.
May you live, grow, flourish
Actually translating Latin vivate, crescate, floreate. If possible, please use Unicode Greek characters. Ευχαριστω πολυ!
| 4 +8 | Να ζήσετε, να μεγαλώσετε και να προκόψετε |
Nick Lingris
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| 3 | etwa: (σας εύχομαι) ζωή, υγεία και ευτυχία |
Andras Mohay (X)
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Non-PRO (1): Vicky Papaprodromou
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
The word is my oyster
Native in: Greek 
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, Greek
Να ζήσετε, να μεγαλώσετε και να προκόψετε
Να ζήσετε, να μεγαλώσετε, να προκόψετε.
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Note added at 20 hrs (2006-05-17 13:05:17 GMT)
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I'm not quite sure what is required here.
The Latin "Vivat, crescat, floreat" for "May he/she/it live, grow and flourish" can be used on different occasions.
Crescere can have different meanings: grow, increase in size; grow up; increase in height or number; increase in fame and power.
You can use the saying for plants, people, churches, mostly anything or anyone that you would wish to do well.
Here it is addressed to two people, in the second person.
The translation depends a lot on the AGE of the persons to whom it is addressed.
Normally this is the sort of wish that you would address to two young people. In this sense, 'grow' means 'grow up'.
If it is addressed to two grown-ups, do we know the sort of growth that is implied (grow to a ripe old age, or grow as a person)? Is it something you are translating or something you want to send to two friends?
In my interpretation and translation, "μεγαλώσετε" means "grow up" or "grow old" and does NOT refer to personal growth.
If addressed to two young people, this is the sort of thing you would normally say. In this sense, the translation is both accurate and standard Greek.
If addressed to grown-ups, you might try:
Να ζήσετε, να πάτε μπροστά και να προκόψετε.
Να πάτε μπροστά is the same as "advance".
Otherwise, you might try other Greek equivalents that would be inaccurate as word-for-word translations.
On the basis of the above, we need more feedback from you for the best rendering.
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Note added at 23 hrs (2006-05-17 15:49:24 GMT)
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It's for a wedding!!
Well, the Greek equivalent is:
Να ζήσετε, να ευτυχίσετε, και με πολλούς απογόνους!!
i.e. May you live a long and happy life (together) with lots of descendants/offspring! (the latter part being our equivalent of "grow" :-)
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2006-05-18 00:20:38 GMT)
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Oops, I've just seen it; spelling error correction:
Να ζήσετε, να ευτυχήσετε...
Alternative version:
Να ζήσετε, να ευτυχήσετε και καλούς απογόνους (i.e. good descendants)
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&q=ζή...
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: Ναι, αλλά grow δεν είναι "να μεγαλώσετε". Θα προτιμούσα "Να ζήσετε και να προκόψετε" / growth = ανάπτυξη
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Το crescere όμως, για αγόρια, σημαίνει grow up :-}
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