Irish Translation Forum

rachyodes wrote:Hello there!
Looking to get an Irish tattoo... i’d like for the meaning to be close to “life rhymes”. the translation above I found is from google translate, so I realize it’s probably horribly inaccurate. I know this isn’t like a famous saying or anything so something close to the meaning would be super helpful.

Thank you!

-Rachael

As in rhymes of life? If so, then rímeanna an tsaoil should do.

Wait for more. What Google gave you is incorrect.

rachyodes wrote:yeah, rhymes of life is good/ close to what i’m going for.
if there was something closer to just the two words without the “of” that might be better?
but thank you for your help!! any response at all is appreciated.

rímeanna an tsaoil is actually fine for "life rhymes", it's just I phrased it slightly differently (literally speaking) so as to make it more natural in Irish. Literally it differs very slightly, but in reality, it's pretty much as direct a translation as any.

As always, await further input and/or confirmation.

I can confirm rímeanna an tsaoil for "Life Rhymes" as a noun.


Pronunciation in Connacht and Donegal:

rímeanna an tsaoil
REAM-un-ee (u)n TEAL(y)
/ri:m´əNi:_(ə)N ti:l´/


Pronunciation in Munster:

rímeanna an tsaoil
REAM-un-uh (u)n TEAL(y)
/ri:m´əNə_(ə)N ti:l´/

Breandán wrote:I can confirm rímeanna an tsaoil for "Life Rhymes" as a noun.

Ah, yes. i had forgotten - it could have been that the OP wanted it as the verb.

rachyodes, what we have given you above is the noun form, i.e., "rhymes/poems that come from life, or are about life". If you mean "rhymes" to be a verb as in "life makes rhymes/poems" then the Irish will be different.

In that case, perhaps:

Déanann an saol rímeanna "Life rhymes" literally "Life makes rhymes"

As you can see, it doesn't get any shorter that way ...