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PostPosted: Fri 19 Feb 2016 1:52 am 
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Hello! I was hoping to get some help with a possible tattoo idea.

I came across the Irish proverb, "Nothing without effort." It speaks to me enough to consider a tattoo of the phrase.

"Tada gan iarracht" is the translation I find most often in my research of this phrase. I'm wondering if this is really the accurate translation.

I'm also interested in adding something along the lines of "You've got this" after it. The full effect I'm after is, "Nothing without effort, you've got this."

Can anyone help me with a translation?

Thank you for your help in advance!


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PostPosted: Fri 19 Feb 2016 7:34 pm 
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Yep, it's good :good: As for, "you've got this", might be bit tricky, as it's an established short phrase in English, which might not be so easy to replicate as succinctly in Irish, but I'm someone will chime in with something.

You could try something like "éireoidh leat/libh!" You'll succeed! (You singular/You plural) Or "Éireoidh go maith leat/libh". It means "You'll succeed" but might be better rendered as "You'll do great".

If you mean it in the sense of "good luck", then an established phrase "Go n-éirí leat/libh" (again, leat for singular you, libh for plural you) would be a solid translation.

Wait for more. :)


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PostPosted: Sat 12 Mar 2016 1:09 am 
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Gumbi wrote:
Yep, it's good :good: As for, "you've got this", might be bit tricky, as it's an established short phrase in English, which might not be so easy to replicate as succinctly in Irish, but I'm someone will chime in with something.

You could try something like "éireoidh leat/libh!" You'll succeed! (You singular/You plural) Or "Éireoidh go maith leat/libh". It means "You'll succeed" but might be better rendered as "You'll do great".

If you mean it in the sense of "good luck", then an established phrase "Go n-éirí leat/libh" (again, leat for singular you, libh for plural you) would be a solid translation.

Wait for more. :)


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hkelly wrote:
"Tada gan iarracht" is the translation I find most often in my research of this phrase. I'm wondering if this is really the accurate translation.


Personally I'd stick a verb in there: "Níl tada gan iarracht."
But that may not be 100% necessary.


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PostPosted: Tue 29 Mar 2016 2:27 am 
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Thank you for your help!!


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