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PostPosted: Wed 10 Feb 2016 7:14 pm 
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I am looking to get a tattoo of the phrase "Nothing is Given" translated into Irish Gaelic.

I found this translation through Google Translate but I am unsure of its accuracy - "Tá rud a tugadh".

Can anybody help by letting me know if it is the correct translation and, if not, please provide a correct translation?

Thanks!


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PostPosted: Thu 11 Feb 2016 12:19 am 
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pmcshane5 wrote:
I am looking to get a tattoo of the phrase "Nothing is Given" translated into Irish Gaelic.

I found this translation through Google Translate but I am unsure of its accuracy - "Tá rud a tugadh".

Can anybody help by letting me know if it is the correct translation and, if not, please provide a correct translation?

Thanks!


That doesn't make sense to me. This might work, but wait for others to comment:
Ní thugtar rud ar bith.

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PostPosted: Thu 11 Feb 2016 7:53 am 
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CaoimhínSF wrote:
pmcshane5 wrote:
I am looking to get a tattoo of the phrase "Nothing is Given" translated into Irish Gaelic.

I found this translation through Google Translate but I am unsure of its accuracy - "Tá rud a tugadh".

Can anybody help by letting me know if it is the correct translation and, if not, please provide a correct translation?

Thanks!


That doesn't make sense to me. This might work, but wait for others to comment:
Ní thugtar rud ar bith.


As one might expect, the Google Trashlate "translation" is just plain wrong. Caoimín's looks good to me, but wait for more input.

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PostPosted: Fri 12 Feb 2016 2:43 pm 
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Thanks guys for your input! I will continue to hold out for somebody who can confirm with complete certainty.


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PostPosted: Wed 17 Feb 2016 8:53 pm 
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CaoimhínSF wrote:
pmcshane5 wrote:
I am looking to get a tattoo of the phrase "Nothing is Given" translated into Irish Gaelic.

I found this translation through Google Translate but I am unsure of its accuracy - "Tá rud a tugadh".

Can anybody help by letting me know if it is the correct translation and, if not, please provide a correct translation?

Thanks!


That doesn't make sense to me. This might work, but wait for others to comment:
Ní thugtar rud ar bith.


:good: :good:

you can also say: Ní thugtar tada.


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PostPosted: Fri 19 Feb 2016 10:21 pm 
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Bríd Mhór wrote:
CaoimhínSF wrote:
pmcshane5 wrote:
I am looking to get a tattoo of the phrase "Nothing is Given" translated into Irish Gaelic.

I found this translation through Google Translate but I am unsure of its accuracy - "Tá rud a tugadh".

Can anybody help by letting me know if it is the correct translation and, if not, please provide a correct translation?

Thanks!


That doesn't make sense to me. This might work, but wait for others to comment:
Ní thugtar rud ar bith.


:good: :good:

you can also say: Ní thugtar tada.



Thanks! Sounds like you are confident with this, would you give it 100%?


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PostPosted: Sat 20 Feb 2016 7:14 am 
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Thanks! Sounds like you are confident with this, would you give it 100%?


Bríd is a native speaker, so you can very much rely on her responses. I think the choice of tada versus rud ar bith may be regional, to some extent (Irish has several dialects), although any Irish speaker would understand either. Using tada will save you space.

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