What's CV as Gaeilge?

kaji · 28-03-2011 12:07am #1

What's CV as Gaeilge? Is it gairm ré?

al28283 · 28-03-2011 12:14am

What is CV in english?

kaji · 28-03-2011 12:24am

Curriculum Vitae.

I know it's Latin or something similar, but I want to know if gairm ré is correct also?

Nuggles · 28-03-2011 12:48am

Not really.

It's Latin. Use CV.

Gael · 28-03-2011 2:37pm

Focal.ie agrees that you shouldn't translate it:

http://focal.ie/Search.aspx?term=Curriculum+Vitae

pog it · 29-03-2011 11:26pm

I'd stick with curriculum vitae, even if the content is all in Irish. There are just too many possible translations of curriculum vitae, the 'course of one's life'.

I sent a text to the Freagra service (for short translation queries) asking them for the translation of cul de sac, after a conversation with some Germans who thought it was weird we had it in French on all our signs, and the answer I got back was 'cul de sac' = 'cul de sac'

They could have been nicer about it

Aard · 29-03-2011 11:34pm

That Freagra thing is a joke.

@op:
CV is CV. Keep it simple.

pog it · 30-03-2011 10:32am

Aard wrote: »

That Freagra thing is a joke.

Maybe they are under-resourced. I don't use it anymore but when I did it usually took up to week or more to get a response, sometimes I got none.
Well at least it was free!

Gael · 30-03-2011 8:40pm

pog it wrote: »

I sent a text to the Freagra service (for short translation queries) asking them for the translation of cul de sac, after a conversation with some Germans who thought it was weird we had it in French on all our signs, and the answer I got back was 'cul de sac' = 'cul de sac'

They could have been nicer about it

Focal.ie has it as 'cul de sac', though if you scroll down the page you'll see that it makes reference to a recently published military dictionary that gives the term 'bealach caoch' as a translation.

I sent 'Freagra' a question by text once and got no reply. Never bothered since. When you think about it, it's virtually a redundant service now anyway, since almost anyone using it is likely to be in an environment where there is web access at hand, lots of phones now have easy internet access and you can check these things for yourself within seconds on sites like focal.ie

clarabellabee · 03-04-2011 6:39pm

Hi all,
just wondering if anyone can help me with making these words plural?

faithne - wart
Buaf - toad

also is it right to say :
Oíche Shamhna fado - halloween long ago
An féidir cabhair a thabhairt liomsa - can you help me?

any help at all would be great

Thanks

Krusader · 03-04-2011 7:44pm

faithní
buafa

Oíche Shamhna fadó

An féidir leat cabhair a thabhairt liomsa
An féidir leat cabhrú liom

pog it · 03-04-2011 10:29pm

" an féidir leat cabhair a thabhairt dom" (far as I know it's dom and not liom; or maybe just a quick typo from crosáidí)

And "an féidir leat cabhrú/cuidiú liom"

cmacmurchaidh · 06-01-2012 1:06am

Cúrsa Beatha is the only translation I have ever seen for CV

mr chips · 06-01-2012 4:52pm

Agree on CV, I'd leave it as is.

Thinking about it, I'm more in the habit of saying "An dtig leat ...?" for "Can you/could you ...?", i.e. a request, and tend to use "an féidir?" more specifically in terms of capacity or ability to do something. (Not saying one is more right or wrong than the other, just thinking out loud!) So I'd be more likely to say "An dtig leat cuidiú liom?" but e.g. "An féidir leat tiomáint?"

deirdremf · 07-01-2012 8:22pm

kaji wrote: »

What's CV as Gaeilge? Is it gairm ré?

I've also heard gairm ré.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090613082131AAzeL2j

Stripey Cat · 07-01-2012 8:55pm

Has anyone ever seen a CV with the English translation as a heading?

Life Course or some such?

Gaeilge72 · 13-01-2012 10:11pm

I agree on CV. It is generally what is to be seen on Irish language job vacancies / postings.

What's CV as Gaeilge?

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