Irish Translation Forum

Hi. I know this forum is for Irish and I think it is fantastic. I was wondering, though if anyone was interested in translation into a fellow Celtic language. If anyone would like anything translated into or from Welsh please do not hesitate to contact me.

good to know. welsh is a very interesting language. i read "the grey king" by susan cooper and it has a pronunciation guide of sorts for welsh. seems like a very guttral language to me, but maybe i've never heard it spoke correctly.

I don't know "the grey king" but I suppose Welsh could be gutteral with its "ch", which is a little stronger than the Irish. There are some cognates between Irish and Welsh as they are cousin languages. I'm trying to learn some Gaelic but there is not much back-up here. Even the Irish Consul here in Wales has nomGaelic speaker, although they are very helpul.

so is welsh your first language?

The Grey King takes place in the Dysynni Valley and Tal y Llyn and focuses around the tale of The Brenin Llywd. you should check it out, but read Over Sea, Under Stone, The Dark is Rising, and Greenwitch first. the final book is Silver on the Tree. it's a very elaborate series and winds it's way through celtic england and welsh's myths. it's definately worth a read or two.

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:Hi. I know this forum is for Irish and I think it is fantastic. I was wondering, though if anyone was interested in translation into a fellow Celtic language. If anyone would like anything translated into or from Welsh please do not hesitate to contact me.

Fáilte Cymro. Stick around. The Welsh translations have been coming in hot n heavy lately

páidín wrote:so is welsh your first language?

The Grey King takes place in the Dysynni Valley and Tal y Llyn and focuses around the tale of The Brenin Llywd. you should check it out, but read Over Sea, Under Stone, The Dark is Rising, and Greenwitch first. the final book is Silver on the Tree. it's a very elaborate series and winds it's way through celtic england and welsh's myths. it's definately worth a read or two.

Those are terrific books! Really superb!

Redwolf

Yay! A Welsh translator! The only thing I can say in Welsh is Wales -->Cymru and I'm not even sure if that's right. Welcome aboard!

Yes, it would be good to have a Welsh translator here (and a Scots Gaidhlig one) since we seem to get all things Celtic here.

I agree that those books by Susan Cooper are excellent, one of my favorite series.

Cymro-Breatnach wrote:I was wondering... if anyone would like anything translated into or from Welsh.

Maith an fear a Cymro -
I'd love to know some Welsh phrases. I've a couple of welsh friends who speak beagán Breatnais so in the spirit of Celtic brotherhood, how would I say?...

Hello/Goodbye
How are you?
What would you like to drink/eat?
Would you like a like of tea?