Irish Translation Forum

Can someone help me translate 'live your life' for a tattoo i was wanting to get?
-Thanks

jmackey wrote:Can someone help me translate 'live your life' for a tattoo i was wanting to get?
-Thanks

Could you elaborate a bit on what you mean by it?

If we translate it word-for-word, without taking intention into consideration, it could come out to "survive your life," which doesn't make a lot of sense, when you think about it!

Redwolf

survive your life makes complete sense, even if in the long run it's doomed to failure

Caffler wrote:survive your life makes complete sense, even if in the long run it's doomed to failure

As they say, "life is a terminal condition."

If by "live your life" jmackey means something along the lines of "live your life to the fullest," I'd suggest something along the lines of "bain sult as an saol" or "bain ceol as an saol." I could see it as meaning "live your own life and stay out of mine" though.

Redwolf

i looked on another site and it told me 'beo do shaul' ..what does that translate to then?

jmackey wrote:i looked on another site and it told me 'beo do shaul' ..what does that translate to then?

tears of laughter, frustration, or rage.

jeez, that thing was way off then.
well shoot..
idk what it is then.
like i want a tattoo that means 'live your life'
as in like... live your life with no regrets. kinda like living like there's no tomorrow, do the things that make you happy.
if that helps any? haha

Redwolf wrote:

Caffler wrote:survive your life makes complete sense, even if in the long run it's doomed to failure

As they say, "life is a terminal condition."

If by "live your life" jmackey means something along the lines of "live your life to the fullest," I'd suggest something along the lines of "bain sult as an saol" or "bain ceol as an saol." I could see it as meaning "live your own life and stay out of mine" though.

Redwolf

what would those translate to?

jmackey wrote:

Redwolf wrote:

Caffler wrote:survive your life makes complete sense, even if in the long run it's doomed to failure

As they say, "life is a terminal condition."

If by "live your life" jmackey means something along the lines of "live your life to the fullest," I'd suggest something along the lines of "bain sult as an saol" or "bain ceol as an saol." I could see it as meaning "live your own life and stay out of mine" though.

Redwolf

what would those translate to?

Respectively "reap pleasure from life" and "reap music from life." They're Irish expressions that pretty much convey what I think you're trying to say.

Redwolf

Also maybe..

caith do shaol gan aiféala ~ "live your life with no regrets"