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PostPosted: Sat 21 Jan 2017 7:11 pm 
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Hi! I'm trying to get an accurate Irish Gaelic translation of "live boldly" for a tattoo I'm thinking of! Please respond if you know what this translation would be. I appreciate it so much! Thank you everyone!!


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PostPosted: Sun 22 Jan 2017 3:44 am 
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meggr23 wrote:
Hi! I'm trying to get an accurate Irish Gaelic translation of "live boldly" for a tattoo I'm thinking of! Please respond if you know what this translation would be. I appreciate it so much! Thank you everyone!!


This may need a bit of tweaking, as "bold" doesn't' mean quite the same thing in Ireland as it does in the U.S. (it has more the sense of being naughty than of being courageous). Would something along the lines of "Live Bravely" or "Live with Courage" work for you?

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PostPosted: Sun 22 Jan 2017 7:37 am 
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Hi!! Yes I figured as much.. "live bravely" or "live with courage" would be fine!! do you know the translation of both? thank you so much for getting back to me!!!


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PostPosted: Sun 22 Jan 2017 9:51 pm 
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meggr23 wrote:
Hi!! Yes I figured as much.. "live bravely" or "live with courage" would be fine!! do you know the translation of both? thank you so much for getting back to me!!!


I'll take a first stab at it, but do wait for more input. We recommend getting three people here in agreement before proceeding with anything permanent.

Some thoughts:

Caith do shaol gan eagla: Live your life fearlessly

Saol neamheaglach ort: A fearless life to you

Those are just a couple of thoughts. Wait for others to weigh in. If people don't seem to be getting around to it, you can bump your message back up to the top to draw attention to it by posting a reply to it, though I'd give it a few days before trying that.

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PostPosted: Sun 22 Jan 2017 11:21 pm 
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Thank you SO MUCH! I'll definitely wait for more input :) this was so helpful!


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PostPosted: Mon 30 Jan 2017 7:28 pm 
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I may sound like a broken record here, having just posted this on another thread, but there is a saying
Níor chaill fear an mhisnigh riamh [é]
"a man of courage has never lost [it]" (i have encountered it with or without the 'it')
it could potentially work for you albeit probably a bit long for a tattoo

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