Any translation assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Tim Brannigan

Faigheann gach [fear/duine] bás, ach ní mhaireann gach [fear/duine]

The word fear means "man", whereas duine means "person", so you can choose one or the other in the bracketed places.

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

Fantastic, thanks for the quick response.

Actually, is mhaireann "lasts" or "lives"?

Thanks!

Mair means "to live, to survive, to last". So, both.

"To live" is difficult to translate into Irish as there are several ways of phrasing it, but they each carry a different set of nuances from the English.

Here I think the nuance of the English is that a lot of people "get by in life" but don't necessarily live it to its fullest.

Perhaps:

Faigheann gach duine bás, ach ní bhíonn beo le gach duine a bheo. "Everybody dies, but not everybody's life is lively/worthwhile."

Await further input ...

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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).

Thanks very much, I truly appreciate it!

Tim Brannigan

Any further feedback from anyone, or a third confirmation?

Thanks!

I wanted to bump this up to see if I could get a third confirmation.

Thanks very much!

I can't readily see the reason for the "but" here (as opposed to, say, "and"). Isn't but used to contrast (right word?) something said previously?

The nuance here is all people die, but not all people "live" as in "use their life to the fullest".

It's another way of saying "Don't waste your life away doing nothing - do something meaningful or useful instead."

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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).