If anyone could help me with translations for these I would be very grateful. I will be trying to translate similar ones myself in the future as my Gaeilge improves (I hope!) I have developed a fascination for the language and would like to become an active member as I go along. Go raibh maith agaibh in advance, Séimí.


"Always remember you are unique just like everyone else". (Alison Boulter)

"Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you". (Joey Adams)

"He who laughs last didn't get it". (Helen Giangregorio)

"The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck". (Louis Hector Beriloz)

"It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat". (Arnold Schwarzenegger)

"Never test how deep the water is with both feet". (Anonymous)

"Somedays you're the pigeon, somedays you're the statue". (J. Andrew Taylor)

"Those who snore always fall asleep first". (Anonymous)

'Always remember...' - Cuimhnigh i gcónaí gur duine ar leith tú, díreach ar nós gach duine eile.

'Never let a fool...' - Ná lig d' amadán póg a thabhairt duit, agus ná lig do phóg amadán a dhéanamh díot.

(Puns are seldom, if ever, possible to translate - at least not without major changes. The second part, after the comma, means 'make a fool of you' rather than 'fool you', but it's a sort of pun in its own right and is nicely symmetrical.)

'He who laughs last...' - An té is deireanaí a dhéanfas gáire is é nár thuig (an scéal grinn).

(Not sure whether 'an scéal grinn' ='the joke' is necessary.)

No time for the rest of them. Let's hope someone else will chip in.

"It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat". (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
"Tá sé simplí, má ????? sé, tá sé ramhar".

Errigal's attempts are really good. I like the "fool" one.


Errigal, you know the "...ar leith tú"? I know "tú" here is fine in the Standard, but isn't "thú" more common in speech? Or is that only in certain dialects? Maybe it's better here? GRMA.

"Those who snore always fall asleep first". (Anonymous)[/quote]
"Iad siúd a srann i gcónaí titim ina chodladh ar dtús"???.