It is currently Thu 27 Aug 2026 3:10 am

All times are UTC


Forum rules


Please click here to view the forum rules



Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 21 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next
Author Message
PostPosted: Mon 16 Jan 2017 11:15 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon 16 Jan 2017 6:20 pm
Posts: 6
hi, I live in the USA. 65 years old and have been married to my wife for 46 years.
I want to have a tatoo put on my arm as a testament to my wife. I need help to
translate english to unical Irish Gaelic. If there is anyone willing to help me I would be
forever grateful to you!
Gwili McDonnell {gwili is pronounced "G-Lee"}
Lifetime Partner and Love of my Life
Loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother
My Best Friend
You Saved my Life during my darkest hour
Against all odds you married me on September 26, 1970
I Promise to Love, Honor and Cherish you until Death Do Us Part
I Pray that this Pledge be Blessed by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue 17 Jan 2017 12:38 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:44 pm
Posts: 3512
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA
thomasmcdonnell wrote:
hi, I live in the USA. 65 years old and have been married to my wife for 46 years.
I want to have a tatoo put on my arm as a testament to my wife. I need help to
translate english to unical Irish Gaelic. If there is anyone willing to help me I would be
forever grateful to you!
Gwili McDonnell {gwili is pronounced "G-Lee"}
Lifetime Partner and Love of my Life
Loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother
My Best Friend
You Saved my Life during my darkest hour
Against all odds you married me on September 26, 1970
I Promise to Love, Honor and Cherish you until Death Do Us Part
I Pray that this Pledge be Blessed by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.


I'm a little confused. Do you want this translated into Irish, or only written using an uncial font?

Redwolf


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue 17 Jan 2017 2:08 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon 16 Jan 2017 6:20 pm
Posts: 6
please forgive me I am new to this forum and I am trying hard to do things to
the correct way. I guess I should have stated that I need english translated
to Irish Gaelic using unical font. I apoligize for the confusion. thank you for your
help.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue 17 Jan 2017 3:17 pm 
Offline

Joined: Thu 01 Sep 2011 9:55 am
Posts: 2114
Location: 91 - France
Unical doesn't exist - I imagine you must mean uncial. There's a slight problem with that. I'll explain, and it's not for the first time. American Half Uncial was created by an Austrian called Victor Hammer in 1943 when he was living in Vienna (the capital city of Austria). Apparently he'd got hold of a facsimile edition of the Book of Kells on which he based his 'Irish' font. The problem with that is that he based his font on lettering that was adapted for writing Latin, as that happens to be the language it's written in, not in Irish. After the war, which he survived and apparently during which he managed not to get enlisted, he was lucky enough to emigrate to America where his 'new-found' font was adopted especially by the Irish-American community as being 'authentic'. It isn't, though obviously there is an certain Irish influence on some of the letters. He puts fadas (accents) systematically on the letter 'i' as he must have thought that is what an Irish 'i' always looks like. It doesn't. He also didn't realise that letters such as K, V, W, Q, X, Y, Z do not exist in Irish. Ancient manuscripts written in Irish using authentic Irish lettering do exist - they don't have much in common with Hammer's American Half-Uncial. Try looking at the original manuscript of Pangur Bán and that might give you an idea of what I'm talking about.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue 17 Jan 2017 3:54 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon 16 Jan 2017 6:20 pm
Posts: 6
thank you for your very informative response. i did mean uncial not unical.
might you have any suggestions on how i should proceed. I'm a novice on these
matters and in need of all the help i can get. I really appreciate everyone in this
forum for all their help to everyone seeking assistance. thank you again for
your all your help!!


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue 17 Jan 2017 5:37 pm 
Offline

Joined: Thu 01 Sep 2011 9:55 am
Posts: 2114
Location: 91 - France
If you look at the Useful Links section of this forum, you'll see that Wombat has posted - Old-Style Gaelic type (Cló Gaelach) where you can see the different Irish fonts that are available for downloading.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue 17 Jan 2017 6:28 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon 16 Jan 2017 6:20 pm
Posts: 6
i am trying to find useful links section, but am unable to find it. please help
i am looking for wombats old style gaelic type where you can find different
irish fonts


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Tue 17 Jan 2017 6:37 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon 16 Jan 2017 6:20 pm
Posts: 6
thank you Franc 91


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed 18 Jan 2017 2:35 am 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: Sun 04 Sep 2011 11:02 pm
Posts: 1581
If you go back to the main page ("Board Index"), go down the page to the third (the last) section, and the second item there is "Naisc Úsáideacha/Useful Links".

Gwili McDonnell
A Gwili Nic Dhomhnaill
[Here, and also in the third and fourth lines, the "a" before the name or other form of address is required in Irish. It's like when one says "O God, help me" or "O Mary, help me" in English, with an "a" instead of an "o".]

Lifetime Partner and Love of my Life
A Chompánach mo shaoil agus a ghrá mo shaoil [for "lifetime" there's no single word in Irish]

Loving Wife, Mother and Grandmother
A mhná ghrámhar, a mhathair ghrámhar, a sheanmhathair ghrámhar
[In Irish, the adjective would normally be repeated]

My Best Friend
A dhlúthcara

You Saved my Life during my darkest hour
Shábháil tú mo shaol i m'uair ba dorcha

Against all odds you married me on September 26, 1970
In aghaidh na tuile phós tú mé 26 de Mhí Mheán Fómhair 1970

I Promise to Love, Honor and Cherish you until Death Do Us Part
Geallaim duitse grá agus onóir a thabhairt, 's tusa a chumhdach, go deo na ndeor.

I Pray that this Pledge be Blessed by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.
Guím go mbeannaí Sé an geall seo, Íosa Críost ár dTiarna 's ár Slánaitheoir. Áméin

_________________
I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Wed 18 Jan 2017 5:35 pm 
Offline

Joined: Mon 16 Jan 2017 6:20 pm
Posts: 6
thank you so much, caoimhinsf!! I cant thank you enough! there are so many
wonderful people on this site, i'm so glad to be a part of it!!


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 21 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next

All times are UTC


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 226 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group