Translating this shouldn't be very difficult for us, since tooltips are provided for all of the difficult phrases. Why don't we take turns? You can do just one sentence, or a whole paragraph if you're feeling chor a bheith líofa!
http://beo.ie/alt-minecraft-agus-imni-tuismitheora.aspx

Thugamar cuairt ar an deartháir is sine liom faoi Nollaig.
We paid a visit to my oldest brother in December.

Tá beirt chailíní aige agus le linn na cuairte thaispeáin siad Minecraft, cluiche ar an iPad nua s’acu, don bheirt gasúir is sine linne.
They have two girls, and during the visit they showed Minecraft, a new game they had for the iPad, to our two oldest boys.

Ó shin i leith tá na buachaillí s’againne go huile is go hiomlán gafa leis.
Since then our boys are completely taken with it.

D’insealbhaigh m’fhear chéile an leagan in aisce ar an iPad s’aige, ag ceapadh nach mairfeadh an leannán seo acu.
My husband installed the free version on his iPad, thinking their infatuation wouldn't last.

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Thug m’fhear chéile a iPad leis ar turas coicíse agus go ceann trí lá d’ímpigh siad is d’impigh siad orm Minecraft a insealbhú ar an iPad s’agamsa.
My husband brought his iPad with him on a fortnight's trip and for three days they begged and begged me to install Minecraft on my iPad.

Dhiúltaigh mé.
I refused.

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"Brought" >> "took" in standard English, since the implication is he went away with it.


Thairg an duine is sine a chuid airgid féin chun íoc as: dar leis, thuill sé an t-airgead timpeall an tí agus is faoi féin conas a chaitheann sé é.
The eldest offered to pay for it with his own money: he reckoned that he had earned the money (doing chores) around the house and it was up to him how he spent it.

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
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), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

He has two daughters.



Personally I'd use "ar feadh trí lá" there. But it may be dialectical.




"Took" may be standard, but we do often use "brought" in Ireland.


Sa deireadh tháinig muid ar réiteach agus fuair mé an leagan nua de Lego Harry Potter. Tá dífríocht amháin idir Minecraft agus Lego Harry Potter a thuigfidh aon tuismitheoir eile le ‘crafters’ sa teach: tá críoch le Lego Harry Potter; leanfaidh Minecraft go deo.

Ach nach ionann cluiche amháin leictreonach agus ceann eile?

Finally we came to a solution and I got the new version of Lego Harry Potter.
There is one difference between Minecraft and Lego Harry Potter that any other parent with "crafters" in the house will understand: Lego Harry Potter has an ending; Minecraft goes on forever.

Isn't one electronic game same as any other?

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I think you are right. go ceann means "for ... (yet)" and is meant to be used in the future, ar feadha can be both past and future, and then le is for the immediate past (until now).


This I know but it needs to be pointed out because it is technically bad English and would be very confusing to someone not from Ireland. Using "brought" in standard English sounds like the whole family went on the trip and the father brought his iPad with him, in which case the kids could still access it and there wouldn't have been a problem.



Is ea, go pointe áirithe, ach tá difríochtaí móra idir gnáthchluichí agus Minecraft agus ní ormsa amháin atá imní faoin mbealach a imríonn na gasúir an cluiche seo.

Yes, up to a point, but there are major differences between ordinary games and Minecraft and I am not alone in worrying about the way children (in general) play this game.

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
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), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

Opps!

Ní gá ach cuardach a dhéanamh ar Google ar nós “kids playing too much minecraft” agus tiocfaidh tú ar neart cláracha plé agus blagmhíreanna ag tuismitheoirí imníoch ag lorg freagra ar an gceist.

One only needs to do a search like “kids playing too much minecraft” on Google and you will find plenty discussions (discussion programmes ) and blogs by worried parents seeking an answer to the problem (question).

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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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Perhaps "plenty of discussion boards and blog segments/snippets/pieces/items" for neart cláracha plé agus blagmhíreanna in this case? míreanna bhlaig might have been better in the original?


Seoladh Minecraft don PC déanach i 2011 agus bronnadh duaiseanna láithreach air: “best downloadable game”, “best indie game”, srl.

"Minecraft was released for the PC late in 2011 and was immediately awarded prizes: “best downloadable game”, “best indie game”, etc."

déanach i 2011 seems like Béarlachas to me - sa bhliain/i 2011 déanach might be better. Any thoughts?

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WARNING: Intermediate speaker - await further opinions, corrections and adjustments before acting on my advice.
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect.
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), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

"Déanach" - is that a Munster word?

I'd use "deireanach" (deir'nach)

Maybe -

Seoladh Minecraft don PC deir'nach sa mbliain 2011 ...

Tugtar cluiche bosca gainimh nó domhan oscailte ar a leitheid de cluiche. Seard atá i gceist leis seo ná nach bhfuil scéal ar leith i gceist leis an gcluiche: fágtar faoin imreoir taiscéal a dhéanamh sa domhan iad féin.

Such games are called "sandbox" or "open world". That means that there isn't a particular story involved (?) with the game: It is left to the gamer/player to explore the world themselves.

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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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Tú Féin atá ar an Maide Eolais
You're on the rudder (in the driver's seat).

De ghnáth, ó thaobh ríomhaireachta de, ciallaíonn sé seo nach bhfuil gá ach rialacha a leagan síos faoin mbealach gur féidir leis an imreoir gabháil i ngleic leis an timpeallacht.
Usually, from the computing side of it, this means all that's needed is to specify rules about how the players interact with the environment.

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maide eolais - is a new term to me (I'm not saying there is anything wrong with it).
We say "(maide) stiúir" around here.

Mar sin is féidir a leithéid de chluichí a sheoladh go sciobtha de ghnáth freisin. Míbhuntáiste, ar ndóigh, is ea go bhfuil gá leis na rialacha ó nach bhfuil sé dodhéanta gach uile féidearacht insinte a shamhlú ar an gcéad dul síos agus a chruthú.

So usually such games can be loaded quickly.
Obviously the need for rules is a disadvantage as it is not impossible to imagine every possible scenario anyhow.

(I wonder if the writer meant to say that it is impossible - "go bhfuil sé" ? )

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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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