Irish Translation Forum

I am an aspiring writer from the US. The central character in my story is half Irish and half Welsh. I would greatly appreciate it if somebody could help me translate the following three lines into Gaelic. If anybody on here happens to speak Cymraeg also and can translate them into Welsh, that woud be awesome. Thanks in advance for your help.

1) You are forgiven
2) The curse is broken
3) The wolves may rest

Thanks, Steve

SJSANDMAN100 wrote:I am an aspiring writer from the US. The central character in my story is half Irish and half Welsh. I would greatly appreciate it if somebody could help me translate the following three lines into Gaelic. If anybody on here happens to speak Cymraeg also and can translate them into Welsh, that woud be awesome. Thanks in advance for your help.

1) You are forgiven
2) The curse is broken
3) The wolves may rest

Thanks, Steve

For the last one, do you mean that the wolves have permission to rest?

For the others, perhaps:

Tá maithiúnas ort/oraibh (use "ort" if speaking to one person and "oraibh" if speaking to multiple people)

Tá an mhallacht briste

Wait for more input, please.

Redwolf

Could tá maite duit work for you are forgiven

kenailan wrote:Could tá maite duit work for you are forgiven

I think if you're going that route, you'd need to say "tá tú maite."

Redwolf

Clarifications:

For 'you are forgiven', I meant for it to reference several members of a family where 'you' means multiple people.

As far as 'the wolves may rest' goes, I have to expain the story a little. As the result of a curse, several members of a family are transformed from their human form to a wolf's form. As wolves,they're essentially immortal and cursed to live a shunned existance until the curse is broken. With that said, the term refers to the curse ending and the wolves being released from immortality.

Thanks again.

SJSANDMAN100 wrote:Clarifications:

For 'you are forgiven', I meant for it to reference several members of a family where 'you' means multiple people.

In that case, you'd want Tá maithiúnas oraibh.

For the other...are we to assume, then, that "rest" is a euphemism for "die"? I'm asking to try to get a feel for how we might paraphrase this, as the idioms I'm coming up with for "rest" are more along the lines of "take a break" or "take their ease," which wouldn't work in context.

Perhaps it might make more sense to say "the wolves are released from life," or "the wolves are mortal" or something along those lines.

Redwolf

In a way, they die. The bodies of the wolves turn into energy that lives on, not unlike a soul, but they no longer exist on a physical level. I guess the best way to describe the word 'rest' would be to say that the wolves are no longer compelled to be slaves of the curse where they are forced to exist in a physical state for all time. ...and yes, I realize that this must sound absolutely ridiculous.

Thanks.

SJSANDMAN100 wrote:In a way, they die. The bodies of the wolves turn into energy that lives on, not unlike a soul, but they no longer exist on a physical level. I guess the best way to describe the word 'rest' would be to say that the wolves are no longer compelled to be slaves of the curse where they are forced to exist in a physical state for all time. ...and yes, I realize that this must sound absolutely ridiculous.

Thanks.

How about something along the lines of "the wolves are free" then?

Tá na mic tíre saor

or...

Tá na faolchúnna saor

Because "saor" can also mean "cheap" (though I don't think it would be mistaken in this context), another possibility is:

Tá na mic tíre/faolchúnna scaoilte: The wolves are released.

Wait for more on this.

BTW, both "mac tíre" (plural "mic tíre") and "faolchú" (plural "faolchúnna") mean "wolf."

Redwolf

A typical way of saying You are forgiven in Gaelic would be Maithim daoibh (I forgive you)
or Maithimid daoibh (We forgive you)
The wolves are at rest Tá spioraid na mac tíre scaoilte saor

I would like to say thanks to everybody for your help and quick responses. I think I have things the way I want them. I've decided on the following ways to phrase things. Please let me know if this makes sense:

Tá maithiúnas oraibh = You (multiple people) are forgiven

Tá an mhallacht briste = The curse is broken

Tá na mic tíre = The wolves are released (I really like the verb 'released'. It's a great way to express what happens in the story)

Thanks again, Steve