I am currently just looking for the translation from english to gaelic. i have one translation i just want to make sure this is accurate . The saying in english is "admiring the struggle it takes simply to be human”, and so far I’ve had two gaelic translations. the first being, ag breathnú le haoibhneas ar an streachailt chun a bheith neach daonna ar fad , and the second being, ag breathnú le meas mór ar an streachailt nach mbaineann sé ach bheith in a dhuine.

I dunno if these are the best and closest to the saying but any other suggestions or input would be amazing.

THank you

Both sound wrong to me...



I'd say
"ag amharc le meas mhór ar an streachailt a bíos i gceist fiú amháin le bheith i do dhaonnaí".

the part "simply to be human" isn't easy to translate...
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Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

It is nice to know how things are said in other dialects but it is amazing how many people think something "sounds wrong" for no other reason than because it isn't in their own dialect.

Looking at all three together for comparison:

ag breathnú le haoibhneas ar an streachailt chun a bheith neach daonna ar fad
ag breathnú le meas mór ar an streachailt nach mbaineann sé ach bheith in a dhuine
ag amharc le meas mhór ar an streachailt a bíos i gceist fiú amháin le bheith i do dhaonnaí (GU)

ag amharc ar ... is just Ulster Irish (Lughaidh's dialect) for "looking at ..." Munster Irish would probably use ag féachaint ar .... Although ag breathnú ar ... is probably a Connacht preference, it is given in the dictionary (De Bhaldy) under admire, and unless you have a specific preference for a particular dialect, there's no real reason to change from ag breathnú ar ....

Both ag breathnú le aoibhneas ar ... and ag breathnú le meas ar ... work for "admiring". Aoibhneas is "delight, bliss". "Meas" is more like "respect", which would probably work better here.

Mór is "great", so le meas mór is "with great respect" but meas is masculine so it should be meas mór, not meas mhór unless you specifically want Ulster Irish.

All three have ar an streachailt, so I think we can stick with that.

Which means the only bit that was perhaps "wrong" was the bit Lughaidh admits is difficult to translate, i.e., "simply to be human".

All three are a bit unwieldy. (a bhíos is definitely Ulster, it would be a bhíonns in Connacht and a bhíonn in standard.)

Perhaps we could try this:

ag breathnú le meas mór ar an streachailt le maireachtáil mar dhuine féin.
"Admiring (greatly) the struggle just to live/survive as a human/person"

Await further input ...

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Maybe as a different suggestion:

Beir meas mór óm' chroí don bhfulaingt a chaithfidh an duine a bhlaiseadh mar dhuine

Take great respect/ admiration from my heart for the suffering a person must taste as a human

or

Mo chuid measa ar an streachailt a theastaíonn (sé) chun ' bheith ina dhuine???
My admiration for the struggle it take to be human

I don't think you can use a thógann sé herefor it takes- for Béarlachas reasons??? no! I know we see it everywhere like that.

or

Mo chuid measa ar an méid streachailte is gá a fhulaingt chun ' bheith ina dhuine
My admiration for the amount of struggle needed to be a human

This is a recognition of the struggle it takes to be human

The ones the lads given you look good too, wait for more input and possible corrections on mine. I have gotten a bit tangled up, its a toughie.

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