"Big business" in irish

joss201

Can any one help me translate "big business" into irish plse?

I'm trying to say

"(the teaching of) English is big business in Italy"

I've only come up with:
"Is gnólacht ollmhór é an Béarla"

Can you say it like that in irish??

An Sionnach Glic

'Gnó mór' should be fine. 'Gnólacht' refers to business in terms of a specific company or firm. But 'Gnó' can have either a concrete or an abstract meaning. So it'd be:

Is gnó mór é múineadh an Bhéarla san Iodáil.

Gumbi

An Sionnach Glic wrote: »

'Gnó mór' should be fine. 'Gnólacht' refers to business in terms of a specific company or firm. But 'Gnó' can have either a concrete or an abstract meaning. So it'd be:

Is gnó mór é múineadh an Bhéarla san Iodáil.

This is correct. I wonder if gnó mór might be a bit too Béarlachasy. I'm trying to think of perhaps a more natural way to say it.

An Coilean

Gumbi wrote: »

This is correct. I wonder if gnó mór might be a bit too Béarlachasy. I'm trying to think of perhaps a more natural way to say it.

Tá tóir ag na hIodálaigh ar ranganna Béarla.

An gal gréine

Is fiú go mór teagasc an bhéarla do gheilleagar na hIodáile.

mr chips

Tá an-ghnó á dhéanamh ag soláthar ranganna Béarla san Iodáil - a lot of business is done providing English classes in Italy.
Is príomhghnó é teagasc an Bhéarla san Iodáil - teaching English in Italy is a major business.

The second one of those may actually be too emphatic, as there's a lot more business in pharmaceuticals/cars/fashion etc in Italy than in teaching English!

joss201

Go raibh míle maith agaibh!

"Tá tóir ag na hIodálaigh ar ranganna Béarla". Doesn't emphasis the money side of things enough but thank tou for the useful phrase.

Thanks for the clarification on "'Gnólacht" An Sionnach Glic.

I'm preparing for an oral exam so "Is fiú go mór teagasc an bhéarla do gheilleagar na hIodáile." is probably a bit heavy, I don't want to risk getting asked about the economic crisis(!)

Mr. Chips I think you've won this one with :Is príomhghnó é teagasc an Bhéarla san Iodáil.

Thanks again

joss201

Oh shouldn't it be "an béarla" instead of "an bhéarla" though? Am I right in thinking that bearla is the only language that's masculine?

Gumbi

joss201 wrote: »

Oh shouldn't it be "an béarla" instead of "an bhéarla" though? Am I right in thinking that bearla is the only language that's masculine?

It is masculine, yes, but the suggestions are using it in the genitive case, which makes it becomes "...an Bhéarla".

mr chips

joss201 wrote: »

Mr. Chips I think you've won this one with :Is príomhghnó é teagasc an Bhéarla san Iodáil.

Thanks again

Cheers! But honestly, looking at it again and knowing now why you were looking for it, I still think "príomhghnó" might be expressing it too strongly - like I say, it would carry the implication that this was one of Italy's major economic activities, which obviously wouldn't be true. Of the two options I previously suggested, I think the first one might be more appropriate. But one other option could be to refer to the level of demand. "Tá an-éileamh ar ranganna Béarla san Iodáil" - There is a lot of demand for English classes in Italy.

joss201

ok. Thanks!

deirdremf

joss201 wrote: »

Can any one help me translate "big business" into irish plse?

I'm trying to say

"(the teaching of) English is big business in Italy"

I've only come up with:
"Is gnólacht ollmhór é an Béarla"

Can you say it like that in irish??

Is fiú airgead mór é múineadh an Bhéarla san Iodáil.

I wouldn't go with "príomhghnó" at all, it sounds a bit like officialese, and to my mind means "the main business".