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PostPosted: Mon 26 Dec 2011 3:38 am 
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Hi! I want to get a tattoo of the phrase: "I live my life free of compromise" in Irish.

Can someone please help me out??

Thanks so much!!!


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PostPosted: Mon 26 Dec 2011 3:58 am 
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Compromise is a difficult one. In non-US English "compromise" is something people do to cooperate with each other, i.e., "meeting in the middle". In US English it means more like "bending from your ideals".

From the context it appears to be the latter here, so perhaps:

Mairim gan géilleadh ag duine ar bith "I live without submitting to anyone."

Await confirmation or correction ...

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PostPosted: Mon 26 Dec 2011 3:19 pm 
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Breandán wrote:
Compromise is a difficult one. In non-US English "compromise" is something people do to cooperate with each other, i.e., "meeting in the middle". In US English it means more like "bending from your ideals".

From the context it appears to be the latter here, so perhaps:

Mairim gan géilleadh ag duine ar bith "I live without submitting to anyone."

Await confirmation or correction ...

gan ghéilleadh Also, I say géilleadh do


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PostPosted: Mon 26 Dec 2011 3:51 pm 
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Hi, Gumbi.

I agree with the do, in fact I thought of that later but haven't been back to check it and fix it yet.

However, I think it's gan ghéilleadh with lenition when it's on it's own, but gan géilleadh do dhuine ar bith because it is has a dependent phrase following it. That would need further checking by more advanced speakers.

So I think it should now be:

Mairim gan géilleadh do dhuine ar bith.

Await further input on above question ...

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Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).


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PostPosted: Mon 26 Dec 2011 6:10 pm 
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Breandán wrote:
Hi, Gumbi.

I agree with the do, in fact I thought of that later but haven't been back to check it and fix it yet.

However, I think it's gan ghéilleadh with lenition when it's on it's own, but gan géilleadh do dhuine ar bith because it is has a dependent phrase following it. That would need further checking by more advanced speakers.

So I think it should now be:

Mairim gan géilleadh do dhuine ar bith.

Await further input on above question ...

Hmmm.... What you're saying rings a bell, but I'm not sure myself either, so I'd say it's best to wait for further, advanced input. :yes:


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