dianmheasúnú

djwebb2021 · **Joined:** Thu 27 May 2021 3:22 am **Posts:** 1758

I found this in a Vifax video:

Quote:

Ina measc sin tá iarratas conspóideach Bhord Iascaigh Mhara d’fheirm éisc i mbá na Gaillimhe. Tá dhá bhliain ó deineadh an t-iarratas sin. Inniu dúirt an tAire Mara, Simon Coveney, go raibh dianmheasúnú á dhéanamh ar an rialtas agus go raibh súil aige cinneadh a dhéanamh go luath.

Dianmheasúnú isn't in any dictionary and means "severe assessment". Could it actually mean "the government is being streamlined"? What would a natural English translation be?

tiomluasocein · **Joined:** Thu 01 Sep 2011 11:36 pm **Posts:** 687

Maybe "the government was being seriously evaluated and hoped to make a decision soon."(?

Errigal · **Joined:** Fri 09 Sep 2011 2:06 pm **Posts:** 715

A typo...? > "ag an rialtas"
'(it) was being rigorously assessed by the government.'

Ade · **Posted:** Thu 12 Oct 2023 3:05 pm

Errigal wrote:

A typo...? > "ag an rialtas"
'(it) was being rigorously assessed by the government.'

Surely it has to be this.

As an aside, dianmheasúnú wouldn't likely be in any dictionary, being a compound of dian + measúnú, but it is not a particularly uncommon compound. It's typically used to translate "close inspection" or "careful inspection" in my experience, usually in contexts where companies or government bodies have already failed to meet expected standards and are being reviewed.

tiomluasocein · **Joined:** Thu 01 Sep 2011 11:36 pm **Posts:** 687

Errigal wrote:

A typo...? > "ag an rialtas"
'(it) was being rigorously assessed by the government.'

Ah, that makes sense!

djwebb2021 · **Joined:** Thu 27 May 2021 3:22 am **Posts:** 1758

Errigal wrote:

A typo...? > "ag an rialtas"
'(it) was being rigorously assessed by the government.'

That makes more sense. Thanks.

djwebb2021 · **Joined:** Thu 27 May 2021 3:22 am **Posts:** 1758

Ade wrote:

Errigal wrote:

A typo...? > "ag an rialtas"
'(it) was being rigorously assessed by the government.'

Surely it has to be this.

As an aside, dianmheasúnú wouldn't likely be in any dictionary, being a compound of dian + measúnú, but it is not a particularly uncommon compound. It's typically used to translate "close inspection" or "careful inspection" in my experience, usually in contexts where companies or government bodies have already failed to meet expected standards and are being reviewed.

It should go in the next series of dictionaries, then! Thanks.

Ade · **Posted:** Thu 12 Oct 2023 6:10 pm

djwebb2021 wrote:

Ade wrote:

Errigal wrote:

A typo...? > "ag an rialtas"
'(it) was being rigorously assessed by the government.'

Surely it has to be this.

As an aside, dianmheasúnú wouldn't likely be in any dictionary, being a compound of dian + measúnú, but it is not a particularly uncommon compound. It's typically used to translate "close inspection" or "careful inspection" in my experience, usually in contexts where companies or government bodies have already failed to meet expected standards and are being reviewed.

It should go in the next series of dictionaries, then! Thanks.

It would be a useful inclusion, surely, but I find that idiomatic phrases expressed with multiple words in English are often omitted from English-to-Irish dictionaries. This seems to happen even where the Irish translation uses only one word.

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