I'm trying to find the best translation for "traveler"
Thanks!

Hi, welcome to ILF.

I'd say:

Taistealaí "Traveller"

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

It depends on what you mean by traveller (we spell it with two Ls in Ireland). If you mean just any person who travels, I agree with Breandán. If you are speaking of a traveller as in a member of the travelling community (an ethnic group), I think 'duine den lucht siúil' may be more appropriate.

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Thanks to both of you! And I do mean just a person who travels...now I just have to figure out how to pronounce it.

Roughly TASH-chuh-lee. There may be some variations, depending on dialect.

You can try plugging it in here, to hear it in a Gaoth Dobhair or a Conamara voice:

http://www.abair.tcd.ie/

Redwolf

I would say tyass-dah-lee

Which dialect is that?

Redwolf

Yes, I'd like to know too. That looks like a pronunciation for a word spelt teasdalaí*


I agree with Redwolf's suggestion above:

taistealaí
TASH-chuh-lee
/tæs´t´əLi:/

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

There's - taiscéalaí (explorer) which has a similar sound to it.

That's another option.

taiscéalaí "explorer"
TASH-kay-lee
/tæs´k´e:Li:/

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
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), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).