I am looking to translate a phrase for a memorial tattoo. The phrase is

Life may be short, but family is forever.

Thank you.

Hello, aravenstein.

Just to be sure. You have posted your request in the Scottish Gaelic section. Is that what you're looking for and not Irish Gaelic? They are similar but separate languages.

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

If it is Gaelic you want, I think you'll need to phrase it somewhat differently (it's not always easy to say something in the same way in another language). Here is one approach:

Dh'fhaodadh e a bhith gur goirid i a' bheatha
Life may be short
"It might be that life is short"

ach bidh an teaghlach ann gu sìorraidh
but family is forever
"but the family [is/will be] here forever"

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

I don't believe "faod" needs any subject or object here. In ScG these hypotheticals can be expressed with faod + gu directly.

the repetition of subject is a bit of an Irish thing and doesn't tend to be done in ScG


Also, why not an "although" construction here?

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