Tá "I can't wait to" ar cheann de na dóigheanna lena aistriú, cinnte (is minic é tugtha agamsa mar aiistriúchán ar Is fada liom) ach ní hé an t-aon dóigh amháin é.

Foclóir.ie:

-He longed to see her - B'fhada leis go bhfeiceadh sé í
-I longed for a good night's sleep - B'fhada liom go bhfaighinn oíche mhaith codlata
-I can't wait for them to come - Is fada liom nó go dtiocfaidh siad

Déarfainn féin go mbeadh "I can't wait" rud beag neamhfhoirmiúil taobh le "It is my wish".

See pages 16 and 17 at http://archive.org/stream/cu31924026785 ... 5/mode/2up for an explanation - and this is a better source than focloir.ie

Patrick, you seem to have missed my point. I wasn't disagreeing with your use of is é, which I, too, thought more natural. I said this and more in my post but I see it got truncated during editing unfortunately. In my original post I'd suggested the possibility of omitting is é in the (I see now, mistaken) assumption it was for a tattoo, where "shorter" is better and cheaper.

My point - and it's probably only a minor one - was that you said that the translation of (is é) is fada liom was "I can't wait" suggesting, by implication, it seemed to me, that "I long" was wrong - hence my inclusion of the translations from Foclóir.ie. My point was that "I long" was more appropriate in the context of Annabeth's request than "I can't wait" . And on pp17 & 18 of your book is é is fada liom is translated as "I long".