Hey ya'll,

I'm thinking of getting an Albert Camus quote tattooed in Irish Gaelic on my arm. I have attempted to contact a few language professors specializing in Irish Gaelic, but have yet to get a reply. Any assistance would be much appreciated. The quote I'd like translated is as follows:

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."

Thanks for your help!!

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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I hope you don't mind me robbing most of yours, Bríd. Just another suggestion:

I lár an gheimhridh a d'fhoghlaim mé ar deireadh go bhfuil samhradh ionam atá dochloíte.

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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I can almost feel the pain of that needle....
The original is a long enough sentence:
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer."
If anyone can suggest a way of shortening things without losing the message.... !!!??

Of course, Ange315, before inking always get as many verifications as possible, at the very least three to agree on a translation.

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

Imitation (robbing) is the highest form of flattery!

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I thought of the first person past ending -íos, i.e., d'fhoghlaimíos instead of d'fhoghlaim mé, and of using the adjective dochloíte attributively, i.e., samhradh dochloíte, but the first won't save much ink and the second isn't as effective.

I'll third what you gave:

I lár an gheimhridh a d'fhoghlaim mé ar deireadh go bhfuil samhradh ionam atá dochloíte.

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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).

Just to add a somewhat poetic possibility for the "depth of winter" bit, there's a Scottish Gaelic Christmas song called Anns an Dùbhlachd Gheamhraidh, the title of which literally means "in the darkness/blackness of winter", but conveys the idea of being in the middle/depth of winter, so, Hibernicizing that, you could have: I nDubhlacht an gheimhridh [a d'fhoghlaim mé ...]

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I'm not a native (or entirely fluent) speaker, so be sure to wait for confirmations/corrections, especially for tattoos.

Bhuel d'fhéadfadh lionn dubh an gheimhridh a bheith ann - ach b'shin rud eicint eile ar fad déarfainn... cineál galra dubhach...

Thuigfinn 'i ndubh an gheimhridh' ar an bpointe - ach níor chuala mé riamh á rá é.
... seans gur chualathas áit eicint é agus níl mé a rá nach ndeirtear é....
Tá mé a cheapadh gur ar thréimhse ama (le linn an gheimhridh), nó ar rith an gheimhridh atá an chaint atá faoi chaibidil anseo a thagairt.

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Bí cinnte de go nglacfaidh triúr le gach aistriúchán a thabharfar.
Be sure to get three in agreement with a translation given.

An bunleagan fraincise: Au milieu de l'hiver j'ai découvert en moi un été invincible -(... I discovered within me an invincible summer)