Irish Translation Forum

Hi,
I would really appreciate help in translating Mo Anam Cara (My Soul Mate) to ogham.
Many Thanks.

Hi
My first advice: search it on this site. This has been asked for loads of times, and does not translate as literally as you think!!

My second advice: google "ogham". "Omniglot" has a good page on it, as does the site "shee eire". There should be a key, and you simply follow it. Like -- "M" is a line with a diagonal hash across it... Och -- you're smart! You know what I mean!

But seriously -- check around this site first. Because the Irish "Mo anam cara" isn't even correct. I think it's meant to be "M'anam chara" or something similar.

Oh! And to be sure: "Ogham" is a style of writing. The language is "Irish"; Ogham was also used, less frequently, to transcribe Scots Gaelic, but that isn't what you asked for.

Hope this helps!!

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Note also that ogham is pronounced /oːm/, to rhyme with "home".

Also, Ogham was only ever used to write Sengoidelc, never into the Modern Irish period of linguistics. It'd be like writing Modern English words in Anglo-Saxon runes; a modern Englishman wouldn't understand and neither would a Saxon! Just so you know...
Not very authentic, but if it's what you want, it's what you want. Good luck with your search.

And it was mainly used for grave markers or road signs. .

Belinda E wrote:Mo Anam Cara

This should be written M'anamchara. It means My spiritual advisor.

I Guess My spiritual advisor.

I've made an Ogham translation tool for converting Latin characters to Ogham. Check it out and let me know what you think.

It's really a transliterator but people searching on Google don't seem to understand the difference between translate, transliterate and transcribe, nor do they understand that Ogham is not a language but an alphabet. Primitive Irish, for the most part, was the language beneath Ogham and there is no English to Primitive Irish translator in existence.

Anyway, hopefully this tool will be of use to someone.

Beir bua