Irish Translation Forum

number 1
"you cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world"

number 2
" Be choosy about your limitations, after all, they are yours, you own them."

Cheers!

Can you refine these statements a little bit?

Refine them how?

I think they look good and witty in English. The puns will not survive in Irish.

pbatman wrote:number 1
"you cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world"

number 2
" Be choosy about your limitations, after all, they are yours, you own them."

Cheers!

here goes

Ní feidir leat creideamh san onóir go dtí go mbaineann tú amach é, ba cheart duit, tú fein, a choinnigh naofa 's cliste; is tusa an fhuinneog agus is eigin duit an domhain a bhreithniú.

I'm not sure but I'm using agus as "that"

wait for the all oul corrections on their way

pbatman wrote:number 1
"you cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world"

number 2
" Be choosy about your limitations, after all, they are yours, you own them."

Cheers!

Bí éisealach le do treorannacha, tar éis an tsaoil, is leatsa tú fhéin iad

again wait for all them oul corrections on their way

no 'h' in féin.

Refine them by shortening them and teasing out the terser meaning. Gaelic excels in this.