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PostPosted: Sun 19 Jan 2014 9:40 pm 
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Redwolf wrote:

Ná bíodh eagla ort: Don't be afraid

Wait for more input, please.

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I would vote for this one!

'Bí gan eagla...' sounds strange to me.

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PostPosted: Sun 19 Jan 2014 11:34 pm 
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Braoin wrote:
Redwolf wrote:

Ná bíodh eagla ort: Don't be afraid

Wait for more input, please.

Redwolf


I would vote for this one!

'Bí gan eagla...' sounds strange to me.

Yes, I guess the gan eagla construction is more adverbial than adjectival, e.g., Rith sé isteach gan scáth gan eagla "He ran in boldly/fearlessly".

Ná bíodh eagla ort works fine. :good: (And that's three in agreement. ;) )

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PostPosted: Fri 21 Feb 2014 3:29 pm 
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Here is another translation that I came across recently:

bheith saor ó eagla.

Accurate?

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PostPosted: Fri 21 Feb 2014 3:48 pm 
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DaveJB1986 wrote:
Here is another translation that I came across recently:

bheith saor ó eagla.

Accurate?

Thanks,
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Not really.

saor ó ~ "free from ~" "safe from ~" can be used, e.g., saor ó imní "free from anxiety", but it sounds a bit like "legalese", or a calque from English.

In any case, the tense bheith is totally wrong. It should be bí.

But we have already arrived at a better translation above. :prof:

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PostPosted: Fri 21 Feb 2014 4:15 pm 
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Ah,

This is true. And I like the translation above. It's quick and easy, and for a tattoo, it's not so long that it will need a very large space.

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