Irish Translation Forum

Yes this looks better when one compound word is matched by another.

fiairefeadha wrote:Maybe Mioníobairt na mbuachaillí, íobairt iomlán na bhfear.

ok so what is the literal translation for that. I mean for it to say that a boy only sacrifices some things but a man sacrifices everything but what you guys are saying puts it much nicer.
Thanks.

Literally, ff’s suggestion (with the change of íobairt iomlán to láníobairt) means “minor/partial sacrifice of the boys’, major/full sacrifice of the men”.

I think "agus" to link the two phrases would round it off.

thank you all so much!

hey guys sorry its been awhile and i just want to make sure what this means literally/how someone would read it?

Mioníobairt na mbuachaillí, íobairt iomlán na bhfear

I think the previous posters had agreed on

Mioníobairt na mbuachaillí (agus) láníobairt na bhfear

a nicely balanced phrase in my opinion.

Kokoshneta gave the literal meaning in his post.

It amounts to
The small sacrifice of the boys and the big sacrifice of the men.

I've taken the suggestion to add agus as a good idea because without agus it could possibly be construed to mean
The small sacrifice of the boys is the big sacrifice of the men
but if you need the space by all means leave it out.

Ok thank you so much all of you.