Help with a Phrase

kaiserguy

I've just seen a pdf from a pro-life group advocating that abortions remain illegal in Ireland. I'm not here to debate the merits of that campaign. What caught my eye was a phrase in Irish labelled in quite large font across an image of Ireland. It says "Ceart Chun Ceo". I'm a decent Irish speaker and I think this means Right to Fog. I'm assuming they meant "Ceart Chun Beo". Am I right? Or is it some obtuse Irish phrase that I'm not aware of.

Gura maith agaibh!!!

An gal gréine

kaiserguy wrote: »

I've just seen a pdf from a pro-life group advocating that abortions remain illegal in Ireland. I'm not here to debate the merits of that campaign. What caught my eye was a phrase in Irish labelled in quite large font across an image of Ireland. It says "Ceart Chun Ceo". I'm a decent Irish speaker and I think this means Right to Fog. I'm assuming they meant "Ceart Chun Beo". Am I right? Or is it some obtuse Irish phrase that I'm not aware of.

Gura maith agaibh!!!

'Beo' is what was meant, I'd say.
They translated it word for word from 'right to life' and seems amscaí to me.
'Beo de cheart' might be better.

P. Breathnach

I'd go another direction: ceart maireachtála.

[I find it difficult to keep political discussion out of my post!]

Gumbi

Beo doesn't mean life, rather alive. Cheart chun beo wouldn't be correct at all.

Ceart chun beatha might be better. I like ceart maireachtála too.

It's embarrassing how people misuse the language, isn't it?

An gal gréine

Ceart chun beatha is a better one but 'beo' does mean 'life' as well as 'alive' depending on context. For example 'if you value your life'/'más milis leat do bheo'.

WanabeOlympian

in galway you'd hear, níl aon cheo ag tarlú anseo...means 'nothing is happening here? aon cheo? anything? etc... so maybe it means ' right to nothing?

Gumbi

An gal gréine wrote: »

Ceart chun beatha is a better one but 'beo' does mean 'life' as well as 'alive' depending on context. For example 'if you value your life'/'más milis leat do bheo'.

Indeed - though not in the context implied; both ceart chun ceo and ceart chun beo are woefully poor Irish translations.

An Coilean

Just a little update on this, In the constitution, the phrase is rendered as 'ceart na mbeo gan breith chun a mbeatha' or 'Right of the unbourn to their life'

In this case 'beo' is translated as 'living being'.

Gumbi

An Coilean wrote: »

Just a little update on this, In the constitution, the phrase is rendered as 'ceart na mbeo gan breith chun a mbeatha' or 'Right of the unbourn to their life'

In this case 'beo' is translated as 'living being'.

Actually living beings - or perhaps more accurately "of those who are live". See what I said above