Hello,

please, i need the translation of the proverb "where there's a will, there's a way".

I have found so many different translations on the net, that i'm completely lost.

And i would need the variations of the same proverb:

where there's a way, there's a goal

where there's a goal, there's a will

Many thanks for your help

raoulb

Níl tobar ar bith gan cosán.
This is the old proverb for where there is will there is a way .Lambert Mckenna SJ published a book decades back and his book is a treasure on old irish proverbs with an English equivalent.
English-Irish Phrase Book Dictionary,published 1911 by Gill & Sons
You may find it online try archive.org and buzz.org or Openlibrary. I downloaded it years ago, it is an abbreviated dictionary of
the famous English -Irish Dictionary produced by Lambert McKenna SJ

thanks a lot, also for the information on Lambert Mckenna.

What about the variations I mentioned? could "Níl tobar ar bith gan cosán" be adapted for those two?

Because you asked the same in another forum, I'll give my answer here as well
(because here are more people who could correct it)

áit a bhfuil toil tá bealach
Verbatim "Where’s a wish there's a way"
So in this dictionary: http://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/where#where__11

tnúth a threabhas
So here in Ó Dónaill’s dictionary: http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/threabhas
Literally probably: "Expectation/desire ploughs"

fonn a níos fiach
So as well in Ó Dónaill’s dictionary: http://www.teanglann.ie/en/fgb/fonn
Literally probably: It’s a wish that makes hunt

fonn a dhéanas fiach
So in de Bhaldraithe’s dictionary: http://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/will
Same as above, but different form for "(that) makes"

Most of them don't suit well for alteration, except "áit a bhfuil toil tá bealach".

Áit a bhfuil toil tá bealach. = Where there’s a will there’s a way.
Áit a bhfuil bealach tá aidhm. = Where there’s a way there’s a goal.
Áit a bhfuil aidhm tá toil. =Where there’s a goal there’s a will.

thank you very much, this really helps a lot!