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Irish to english

  • 08-02-2011 7:31pm
    #1
    popsmar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Hi,

    i don't want the answer to this but what is the English translation of

    má iolraítear uimhir faoi 3 agus má devide 4 ón uimhir iolraithe ansin, in ionann an freagra agus dhá oiread na huimhreach áirithe
    :confused:

    is there some where with a big list of Irish to English maths phrases

    please dont say google, as sometimes it just gets lost in translation


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  • #2
    MathsManiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    I think you mightn't have heard/typed it properly. If it was this:

    Má iolraítear uimhir faoi 3 agus má dhealaítear (or bhaintear) 4 ón uimhir iolraithe ansin, is ionann an freagra agus dhá oiread na huimhreach áirithe.

    Then it would mean:

    "If a number is multiplied by 3 and if 4 is then subtracted from that multiplied number, the answer is the same as twice the specified number."

    And, by the way, you might have been better off in the "Gaeilge (Irish)" forum!


  • #3
    popsmar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 64 ✭✭popsmar


    thanks:)


  • #4
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,091 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    MathsManiac wrote: »
    "If a number is multiplied by 3 and if 4 is then subtracted from that multiplied number, the answer is the same as twice the specified number."

    And, by the way, you might have been better off in the "Gaeilge (Irish)" forum!
    An even better idea would have been for the question to be given in Maths, the universal language that needs no translation:
    3x - 4 = 2x
    x = ?
    ;)

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  • #5
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,214 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    bnt wrote: »
    An even better idea would have been for the question to be given in Maths, the universal language that needs no translation:
    3x - 4 = 2x
    x = ?
    ;)

    I think the whole idea of these 'word' type questions is that people can get a handle on translating them from English or Irish into algebraic language.


  • #6
    MathsManiac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭MathsManiac


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    I think the whole idea of these 'word' type questions is that people can get a handle on translating them from English or Irish into algebraic language.

    ...and of course to irritate poor innocent students - c.f this post in the maths jokes thread:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=70271822&postcount=168


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  • #7
    LeixlipRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,081 ✭✭✭LeixlipRed


    Maths in Irish? *shudder*


  • #8
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,214 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    LeixlipRed wrote: »
    Maths in Irish? *shudder*

    Why? People around the world learn Maths through languages more difficult to learn than Irish, like Finnish or Hungarian.


  • #9
    LeixlipRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,081 ✭✭✭LeixlipRed


    It was a joke. Memories of being forced to study Irish haunt me.


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