Translation wanted to get at overly pc employers

MattKid

Background info
A friend in the uk has just had a memo from The Bosses basically saying that
anything from official comments to Birthday invitations are to be written in multi-lingual texts to keep things Foreigner Friendly

He needs a translation of:
People stop leaving the milk out so it goes "bastard warm" next to the microwave.

Just to keep things in line with the new ruling.

Obviously this isn't life and death but anyone willing to have a stab at it would make my Top 5 favourite people of the week list.

GaryOR

Foreigner Friendly

Is Irish considered "Foreigner Friendly" or even Foreign

MattKid

Foreign enough in the UK (England) plus the more languages he includes the better his point gets across!

Suaimhneach

People stop leaving the milk out so it goes "bastard warm" next to the microwave.

Seachann an bainne a fhágail in aice leis an *bastard* micreathonn ionas nach mbeidh sé te.

The translation I have for bastard is bathúiní, but I learned it when I was 5 and its most likely made up.

MattKid

Thanks

I found Bastard on the insults website so I'll slip that one in

tolosenc

A chairde, á fág an bainne amach ionas go n-eiríonn sé bastard the in aice an t-oighean micreathonnach.

Jesjes, your's means something like: Don't be leaving the milk out beside the bastard microwave so that it won't be hot.

Karlusss

"Ná fág an bainne amach ionas nach n-eíreoidh sé alabhog* in aice an micreathonn"

is my effort.

* got this off a dictionary for luke-warm. Seems like a good solid Irish word, probably better than trying to translate an idiom.

EamonnKeane

Le bhur dtoil, ná bígí ag fágáil amach an bainne ionas nach n-eíreoidh sé alabhog in aice leis an micreathonn.

Aard

Huh. The word I learnt for 'microwave' in primary school (a Gaelscoil btw) was micreasón but there's no results for such a word on Google or acmhainn.ie. Did anybody else learn this word, or am I the only one?

Suaimhneach

Bathúiní is right word for Bastard, heard it on TG4, tho, not 100% on the spelling.

Seán MacSuibhne

MattKid wrote: »

Background info
A friend needs a translation of:
People stop leaving the milk out so it goes "bastard warm" next to the microwave.

How about:

Is glas é an bainne i bhfad anseo!

A play on "Far away hills are greener" and that the word "Fada" can be used for place and time!

Its also shorter!

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www.ionad.org
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Múinteoir

Jesjes wrote: »

Bathúiní is right word for Bastard, heard it on TG4, tho, not 100% on the spelling.

It's 'Bithiúnach' (A Bhithiúnaigh - tuiseal gairmeach/vocative case). But it's not a direct translation of 'bastard'. 'Bithiúnach' is a general term of abuse.