Irish Translation Forum

Een plastic beker
en een plastic lepeltje.
Hoe smaakt de koffie?

Original Dutch/Flemish above by Karel Hellemans, Belgium.
Thanks for any help towards improving my efforts with the other versions -

A plastic cup
and a plastic spoon.
How does the coffee taste?

Cupán plaisteach
agus spúnóg phlaisteach.
Cad é an mblas a tá ar an cháifé?

Copan plastaig
is spàin phlastaig
Dè am blas a th'air a' chofai?

Une tasse en plastique
et une cuillère en plastique
Le café, quel goût a-t-il?

Un bichierre di plastica
e un cuchiaino di plastica.
Che gusto ha il caffè?

Welsh vocabulary -

Cup = Cwpan
Spoon = Llwy
Plastic = Plastig
Coffee = Coffi
Taste = Blas

Ein Kunststoffbecher
und ein Kunststofflöffel
Wie schmeckt der Kaffee?

some people would actually say Plastikbecher but I can't let go of the charm of "Kunststofflöffel"

macfhionn wrote:Un bichierre di plastica
e un cuchiaino di plastica.
Che gusto ha il caffè?

Una tazza di plastica
e un cucchiaio di plastica
.......

un bicchiere is a glass.

In Welsh:

Cwpan blastig
Llwy blastig
Pa flas sydd ar y coffi?

Thanks Méabh for the German (I love the big mouthfuls of syllables) & Cymro-Breatnach for the Welsh & for the advice on the Italian. It is really interesting to see the connections coming through the Celtic languages -

cupan = copan = cwpan
blas = blas = blas/plas

As for the Italian, thaks C-B for spotting my careless misspelling of "cucchiaio". As for "tazza', that was my original translation for "cup" until I noticed that my big Oxford Paravia Italian dictionary in fact has "bicchiere di plastica" for "plastic cup". I suppose, when you think about it, plastic cups are really closer to the shape of glass tumblers than they are to cups. How strongly do you feel about this?

I spent most of this evening trying to settle on the last line of the French. Anyone got a problem there?

macfhionn wrote:Thanks Méabh for the German (I love the big mouthfuls of syllables) & Cymro-Breatnach for the Welsh & for the advice on the Italian. It is really interesting to see the connections coming through the Celtic languages -

cupan = copan = cwpan
blas = blas = blas/plas

As for the Italian, thaks C-B for spotting my careless misspelling of "cucchiaio". As for "tazza', that was my original translation for "cup" until I noticed that my big Oxford Paravia Italian dictionary in fact has "bicchiere di plastica" for "plastic cup". I suppose, when you think about it, plastic cups are really closer to the shape of glass tumblers than they are to cups. How strongly do you feel about this?

I spent most of this evening trying to settle on the last line of the French. Anyone got a problem there?

I won't go against a dictionary. I would check 'gusto', though. I have a feeling that that is more style/taste. Would 'sapore' be better?

Funny thing about 'cwpan' is that in our dialect we say dishgil which means bowl in North Wales - they have a shock when offered coffee!

Dunno about the French, but here's Spanish:

Una taza de plástico
Y una cuchara de plástico
¿Cómo es el café?

And just a suggestion for the Irish (but I'm not totally sure)

Cupán plaisteach
agus spúnóg phlaisteach.
Cad é mar an blas ar an gcáifé?

Murchadha wrote:Dunno about the French, but here's Spanish:

Una taza de plástico
Y una cuchara de plástico
¿Cómo es el café?

And just a suggestion for the Irish (but I'm not totally sure)

Cupán plaisteach
agus spúnóg phlaisteach.
Cad é mar an blas ar an gcáifé?

Thanks very much, Murchadha

Cymro-Breatnach wrote: I would check 'gusto', though. I have a feeling that that is more style/taste. Would 'sapore' be better?

I have just looked it up. "What does it taste like?" is given as both "Che sapore ha?" & "Che gusto ha?".

macfhionn wrote:

Cymro-Breatnach wrote: I would check 'gusto', though. I have a feeling that that is more style/taste. Would 'sapore' be better?

I have just looked it up. "What does it taste like?" is given as both "Che sapore ha?" & "Che gusto ha?".

I think it was worth checking. I haven't got an Italian dictionary to hand or I'd have checked for you.