I need a translation into Irish

iMax

Hi folks.

Hoping one of you can help me out here.

I need a translation into Irish of the following for a quick project. Really appreciate any assistance. Thanks in advance.

No Women
Women Not Allowed
Mens Room
Men Only
Balls up
Balls to the Wall


Looks strange I know. Thanks.

Sherifu

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The last two are curious

Poll Dubh

How about having a go at translating them yourself first which would show that you have interest in the language. I'd give you a hand to correct them.
http://www.englishirishdictionary.com

Ron DMC

And also www.focal.ie

iMax

Jeez, where to start, I'll be honest, I don't know Irish. I think that Mna is woman or girl & Peil is ball.

So from that...

ar bith Mna ?
Mna nach aige ?
bhuachaill seomra ?
Peil dti ?
Peil go balla ?

How's that ?

conor2007

aisteach

An Bradán Feasa

iMax wrote: »

Hi folks.

Hoping one of you can help me out here.

I need a translation into Irish of the following for a quick project. Really appreciate any assistance. Thanks in advance.

No Women
Women Not Allowed
Mens Room
Men Only
Balls up
Balls to the Wall


Looks strange I know. Thanks.

No Women - Cosc ar Mhná
Women Not Allowed - Cosc ar Mhná
Men's Room - Seomra na bhFear
Balls up - It depends on what you mean by balls
Balls up to the wall - Again, it depends on what you mean by balls

"No Women" and "Women Not Allowed" have the same translation in Irish because they pretty much have the same meaning behind them.

iMax

Great ! Thanks.

Definition of balls is testes but I need it to be a play on it, so as to mean ball as in round bouncy object

Ron DMC

iMax wrote: »

Definition of balls is testes but I need it to be a play on it, so as to mean ball as in round bouncy object

Liathróidí in that case.

Balls up = Liathróidí suas (just 'balls up', not 'going up' etc)

Balls to the wall = Liathróidí in aghaidh an balla. (literally 'against the wall')

Poll Dubh

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

Liathróidí in that case.

Balls up = Liathróidí suas (just 'balls up', not 'going up' etc)

Balls to the wall = Liathróidí in aghaidh an balla. (literally 'against the wall')

An Bradán Feasa and Ronny Mitchell are on the ball.

One very small correction: in aghaidh an bhalla

iMax

Many thanks lads

ciaran2008

When I started to leanr Irish it took me ages to get my head around 'how consonants can chage their sound' For e.g bh might mean V as in 'voice'. You can guess the sound of many double vowels, e.g the vowel sound in tae is like in 'say'; in duit it is like in 'quit' but then there is the diuble and triple vowels which need to be laernt e.g ái, ia, iai etc etc

oh well im nearly fluent after 10 years learning it

EamonnKeane

It should be "Cosc ar mná": the H is only added if "ar" refers to being literally "on" something.

Rosita

EamonnKeane wrote: »

It should be "Cosc ar mná": the H is only added if "ar" refers to being literally "on" something.

Not so, in my view.

The word "ar" in the phrase "Ar fheabhas" requires a 'h' and it means 'excellent', not 'on' anything or at least certainly not literally on anything as in "ar bhád". Similarly "ar dhóigh" meaning "in a way" also correctly takes the 'h'.

The only times a 'h' is not required after 'ar' is when a position or state is being denoted e.g. ar buile, ar fáil, ar meisce, or obviously when it is part of a compound preposition e.g. ar feadh, ar fud etc.

'Cosc ar mhná' is perfectly correct to my mind anyway.

Ron DMC

Rosita wrote: »

Not so, in my view.

The word "ar" in the phrase "Ar fheabhas" requires a 'h' and it means 'excellent', not 'on' anything or at least certainly not literally on anything as in "ar bhád". Similarly "ar dhóigh" meaning "in a way" also correctly takes the 'h'.

The only times a 'h' is not required after 'ar' is when a position or state is being denoted e.g. ar buile, ar fáil, ar meisce, or obviously when it is part of a compound preposition e.g. ar feadh, ar fud etc.

'Cosc ar mhná' is perfectly correct to my mind anyway.

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