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Translation needed

  • 11-10-2007 10:28am
    #1
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭


    I figured this was the best place to ask, so for those of you that can speak both Irish and English, could someone please translate the phrase 'But for the grace of god'. The word grace is very important in this phrase so a substitute for it wont really do me in this instance, and thanks in advance folks!


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  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,900 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    just a quick observation, when trying to translate phrases what have a double meaning, (I take it grace has a double meaning here. possibly a name) there a a major chance that one wil get lost in tranlation, for example,
    the irish for grace the noun and grace the name are probably unrelated


  • #3
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    Yeah I thought that. I know the name in Irish is Gráinne but is there a set Irish word for grace (not the name) that actually means grace and not some other word that is used as a substitute?


  • #4
    dranoel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 531 ✭✭✭dranoel


    Ach grásta Dé - but for the grace of God

    Taken straight from the Ó Donaill Irish English dictionary.


  • #5
    Peyton Manning
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,658 ✭✭✭✭Peyton Manning


    Thank you very much!!!


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