Irish Translation Forum

Hi,

My girlfriend has given me a ring to wear around my neck, she has worn it and hasn't ever taken it off since she was about 19, she is 26 now so it was something very special for her to give me.
Her ring she has given me has an inscription, a protection from evil if you will.

I want to buy her a ring now that she can wear around her neck, she is 50% Irish and I know if the ring I give her said something in Irish she'd love it.

The only thing is I don't know what I want it to say. Maybe something like, "To my love, may this ring protect you against evil" or "I love you Katie with all my heart" or "To my love, may this ring give you protection, courage and strength"

These are just some ideas and would love to hear ideas from others.

Thank you!

Has anyone been able to translate this yet?

Does this: Chun mo ghrá, féadfar an fáinne a thabhairt duit a chosaint, misneach agus neart

mean: To my love, may this ring give you protection, courage and strength?

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Childsp wrote:Does this: Chun mo ghrá, féadfar an fáinne a thabhairt duit a chosaint, misneach agus neart

mean: To my love, may this ring give you protection, courage and strength?

I don't think all of this is right but I'm not good enough to say why, sorry. 'May ..something...' usually needs a special structure like go gcosneoidh, go dtabharfaidh or go gcosneofar...
These spellings/tenses may be wrong but the 'go plus úru' is usually used for this structure I think.
Sorry I can't be more help.

Do mo ghrá, go dtuga an fáinne seo cosaint, misneach agus neart duit
To my love, may this ring give you protection, courage and strength

There is flexibility as to the placement of the duit, but I put it at the end because that is more common. No lenition of the word cosaint in this context (i.e. no "h" after the "c").

If you address her as "O my love, ...", then the beginning would be just "A ghrá ..."

Childsp, you should treat Google Translate with the distain which it has earned.

http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#en|g ... 20strength

Kevin45sf's looks good

go dtuga an fáinne seo cosaint duit ar an olc

go gcosnaí an fáinne seo ar an olc tú

may this ring protect you from evil

Thanks all, this is great!

What about the simple and sweet little saying of, "I love you Katie with all my heart".

Childsp wrote:Thanks all, this is great!

What about the simple and sweet little saying of, "I love you Katie with all my heart".

I think I'd go for a more Irish idiom on that one:

Tá mo chroí istigh ionat, a Chaitlín

Literally "My heart is within you, Katie."

I assumed you wanted her name in an Irish form as well, since it has one. If not, just put "Katie" where "Chaitlín" is.

Redwolf