I'm trying to work out how this word could be translated into Irish in this particular context. The way it's used doesn't quite mean - in spite of the fact that you are - it's more - I'm surprised that you could be honest as well as being a blacksmith. (By the way, I'm surprised to see that apparently in the Irish tradition, blacksmiths would have had that kind of reputation, here in France traditionally, the one who was considered a cheat, more than other tradesmen that is, would have been the miller.)
Here's the context -

"Ay," said the giant, "that is true for you; so give me your hand; for you are, I believe, a very honest fellow for a blacksmith."

Would any of these expressions fit here - faoi mar, mar sin féin, siúd is go, d'ainneoin, ainneoin go, fiú mar, go fiú agus......?

maidir le nó mar le nó de, b’fhéidir

mar tá tú i d’fhear an-mhacánta de ghabha (maidir le gabha).

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I agree, I'd say "mar ghabha" too.


I'm only guessing but as poor people rarely had horses, only the gentry had them, we had little need for blacksmiths. So if the blacksmith got away with cheating the English fairplay to him LOL.

I agree regarding mar ghabha, but if I were to translate the sentence:



as (the different fors highlighted):

"Ah," arsa an t-athach; "is fíor sin duit; tabhair dom do lámh; óir sílim gur fear macánta thú, cé gur gabha thú".

Strictly speaking, cé gur ... thú is 'even though you are ...'.

Cian

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