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Can I add to the list of translations? This is a quote I'm looking to have inked on.
Thank you in advance...
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

bdis wrote:Can I add to the list of translations? This is a quote I'm looking to have inked on.
Thank you in advance...
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Ní thagann neart as ábaltacht daonna. Tagann sé as toil dochloíte.


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BridMhor wrote:Ní thagann neart as ábaltacht daonna. Tagann sé as toil dochloíte.

This is nice. I think though that ábaltacht daonna is more like "human ability/strength". If that's close to what bdis wants, then no problem.

If not, here are some alternatives:

ábaltacht choirp "physical ability"
lúth "physical ability" as in "agility, vigour"
cumas coirp "physical capability/power"

I'm looking for a translation of this same quote too-- is the above correct? Which should I be using?

Physical capacity sounds like the number of pints you could pour into the person before they overflowed...

The sentence given is grammatically sound you just have to pick which phrase from the following post to slot in there.

My suggestion Ní thagann neart as cumas colainne. Is as toil dochloíte a thagann sé

fiairefeadha wrote:My suggestion Ní thagann neart as cumas colainne. Is as toil dochloíte a thagann sé

Looks fairly good.