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I need someone to translate this for a tattoo I am getting in memory of my father (who was from Belfast).

Wherever I am you'll always be, more than just a memory.

Thank you I really appreciate it.

forensicpixie wrote:I need someone to translate this for a tattoo I am getting in memory of my father (who was from Belfast).

Wherever I am you'll always be, more than just a memory.

Thank you I really appreciate it.

The comma seems misplaced. It should be Wherever I am ,you'll always be more than just a memory I believe.

I'd translate it as Cibé áit a bhfuilim, is níos mó ná cuimhne thú

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Could be right if what was meant was..

"Wherever I am (is where) you'll always be, more than just a memory."

Maybe Redwolf could weigh in on the use of a comma, period, or even a semi-colon here.

I read it the same way as pennyrat: “wherever I am, you’ll always be—more than just a memory”.

Letting poetic license take over a bit here, in order to preserve the rhythm and the rhyme:

Cibé áit a bhfuil mé, beidh tú romham go deo
i bhfad níos mó ná cuimhne sa cheo
‘wherever I am, you’ll always be before me
much more than a memory in the mist’

Ot is a song lyric, so should read as pennyrat states. I thank you all for the translations. I can't wait to see all other translations

pennyrat wrote:Could be right if what was meant was..

"Wherever I am (is where) you'll always be, more than just a memory."

Maybe Redwolf could weigh in on the use of a comma, period, or even a semi-colon here.

Comma or dash is what's wanted there. No semi or period, as the second clause isn't complete.

Redwolf

Thank you all for the replies. For translation sake, I changed it.

Please translate. Wherever I am you will always be.

Thank you