I'm looking to get a translation of "Waves will rise upon silent water"
I have actually already got it translated but seeing as its a tattoo I'd like to make sure it's accurate.

Éireoidh tonnta ar uisce ciúin

This is the translation I currently have. Would anyone be able to check this or offer another opinion?
A phonetic spelling to go along with this would be great as well. I would really like to know how to pronounce it. Any help I can get is greatly appreciated!

For reference to the other translators. The threads from over at IGTF..

http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/tr ... er#p775093

http://www.irishgaelictranslator.com/tr ... 96169.html

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I am only a beginner. Please get confirmation before using any of my suggestions.

Thanks, pennyrat.

Proposed by me in an even earlier thread, I think Tiarnan, Bríd Mhór, and kokoshneta have now confirmed it, at least as a literal translation. If anyone can think of a proverb that fits, please don't hesitate to put it forward here.

Here's a sound file for a Conamara/Cois Fhairrge-style pronunciation:

http://www.awyr.com/ILF/saewndfaylz/%C3 ... 3%BAin.mp3

Éireoidh tonnta ar uisce ciúin
EYE-roh TON-tuh airh ISH-kih CUEn(y)
/air´o: toNtə er´ is´k´ə k´u:n´/

Slender r in the middle or at the end of a word in Irish has a buzz somewhat like the French j in je, which I have written as "rh" in the phonics.

You may also hear tonnta pronounced TON-tee /toNti:/ or TOON-tuh /tu:Ntə/ in Connemara.

http://www.awyr.com/ILF/saewndfaylz/Tonnta.mp3

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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).