Hi, for my next tattoo I would like the following translated into Irish Gaelic.

Tempus Fugit - Amor Manet or
Time escapes - love remains.

My first tattoo has Glac an Latha and I hope this means Carpe Diem or Seize the day.

But now I'm looking for this new translation - please help ,
Ivan

I hate to tell you this, but "Glac an Latha" isn't a great translation for "seize the day." Wish you'd come here and had it verified before you got it. A very literal translation would be "Glac an Lae," but even that's not so great (it implies physically grasping something). We usually recommend translating the meaning of the phrase rather than translating it literally: "Tapaigh an Deis" -- literally "take/seize the opportunity."

For your new request, perhaps...

Éalóidh an t-am - Fanfaidh an grá: Time will escape/slip away - Love will remain.

Wait for more input, please.

Redwolf

Lae is the genitive form, twould be "lá". Of course, I would always say "glac le", so it become "Glac leis an lá", but as you say, even at that it's not a good translation. I don't know if "latha" is an Irish word even.

Your suggestion looks good to me Maybe others can tweak it to make it more poetic.

For some reason I had it in my head that constructions with "glac" took the genitive. Just illustrates why it's so important to get confirmation! And why I really need to go back to my books for a while...I'm developing odd assumptions!

Redwolf

As something similar to this just cropped up on Facebook, perhaps it's time to trot this one out again:

http://www.bitesize.irish/blog/so-you-w ... ic-tattoo/

Sound advice.

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I'm afraid Redwolf is right about your previous tattoo. That is a bad translation. But at least this one will be accurate.


Éalóidh an t-am - Fanfaidh an grá - sounds lovely actually

In Scottish Gaelic, the Irish lá has two variant forms: latha and là (lathe was apparently the Old Irish form), and latha can also be a genitive form of the word, so I'm guessing that the source was providing a Gaelic translation, rather than an Irish one, especially since glac has essentially the same meanings in Gaelic as well. Glac air an latha would theoretically work in Gaelic.

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

Yeah...that's a really important distinction. fabrizio9906, Irish and Scottish Gaelic are two related, but distinct, languages. Usually, when one just says "Gaelic," Scottish Gaelic is what's assumed. The language of Ireland is usually just referred to as "Irish," though "Irish Gaelic" is sometimes used, especially in the U.S., to clarify that what's wanted isn't simply Hiberno-English or an Irish accent. Which means, on the upside, that your tattoo isn't technically incorrect...it's just in the wrong language! That's assuming that Irish is what you wanted.

Redwolf