Hello! Looking for a reliable SL translation. I am a novelist with a prominent Irish character dated in the 18th. Century. If you would be so kind as to translate the following into Irish Gaelic appropriate for the 1700's. SL ? I'm American and VERY new to this. Thank you so much!

"Never have I yearned for anything more."
"Old soul."
"Pulse of my heart."
"Live free or die!"
"So say we all!"
"He who is not strong must be clever."
"A good run is better than a bad stand."

A few of these are traditional Irish proverbs (seanfhocail), and one is a well-known Irish endearment:

Pulse of my heart: cuisle mo chroí. If it's direct address, a chuisle mo chroí. Often shortened to a chuisle or a chroí.

He/the one who is not strong must be clever: An té nach bhfuil láidir, ní foláir dó a bheith glic (this particular seanfhocal is gender-neutral...if you want it to be masculine specifically, I'd replace "an te" with "an fear")

A good run is better than a bad stand: Is fearr rith maith ná droch-sheasamh.

Old soul: seananam

Wait for more.

Redwolf

(Edited to fix spelling error)

An ndéarfaí "é nach bhfuil láidir..."?

Redwolf~
Thank you! I do have a few Irish proverbs that I will have Caelan quote but a few of these I made up. If they are familiar that is pure coincidence. Makes me happy I'm on the right track with my character though!

An té ... (with accent)

Ní raibh mé riamh ag tnúth le haon rud eile
I was never yearning for any other thing

GRMA...I'm always forgetting that!

Redwolf

... in the "heat" or the moment.

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My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I'm curious as to where you came up with that name. It isn't an Irish name (it violates a major Irish spelling rule).

Redwolf

I Have no idea why there should be a wrong spelling. People name their children whatever they want, making spelling unique is a part of that. However, I got Caelan from Cael, who was a great warrior of the Fianna in Irish mythology. I researched many sources but am not too concerned since my novel is fiction anyway. These warriors were supposedly fierce and could shift into wolves. They were the werewolves (or wolfmen) of Osraige/ Ossory. In my research, I also found such spellings: Ua Caellaighe, Ua Faelain, etc. (I didn't add the accents but they did have them).