Irish Translation Forum

Well heres something thats probably being asked for for the umpteenth time on this site; thinking of tattoo ideas, thinking of having "Life as Life is" in Ogham but not sure if its possible or where to get an accurate translation. Possibly from English to Gaelic to Ogham?

English and Irish Gaelic are languages Ogham is a form of writting. What do you mean by Life as life is. Is it "Live your life as you find it" or "Life's like that" ?

Like "live life to the fullest" or something like that, i know its a form of writing but from what i say when i looked around on the old google, its hard to go straight from english to Ogham, or maybe thats just me not seeing something. I know next to nothing about this haha.

NicholasUnknown wrote:Like "live life to the fullest" or something like that, i know its a form of writing but from what i say when i looked around on the old google, its hard to go straight from english to Ogham, or maybe thats just me not seeing something. I know next to nothing about this haha.

As far as anyone can tell, Ogham is purely phonetic, so theoretically you can use it to write any language.

It was only ever used in Ireland for things such as grave markers and the like.

Redwolf

In The Táin theres a mention of messages being sent inscribed on hazel rods.