Hi, i come from a fairly irish background and would love to get my grandfather something engraved for this up coming birthday. i want to get the quote We are attacked, but never defeated , under siege, but always upheld." translated into irish. there is another version of the quote that goes "We are persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed". Im not sure what would read better in irish but anyone who is able to help me with this i would very much appreciate it.

Michael

Bítear dár ngéarleanúint ach nílimid tréigthe, bítear dár síneadh ach nílimid díscithe.
We are persecuted, but not forsaken, we are cast down, but not destroyed.

Hello everyone. i need help with a translation of two different quotes in Gaelic. both mean the same thing, they are just different variations of the saying. it is really important to me that i get a few different people to help me with this translation because i want to make sure that i get it correctly. I hope that you are willing to help me with this, i really appreciate it.

My grandfathers birthday is in a few weeks and i need to get something engraved for him. He is very irish so i would assume this would mean a lot to him.

1) We are attacked, but never defeated , under siege, but always upheld.
2) We are persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

Thankyou again

Michael Hooper

Hi Michael, I have merged your posts as it will only cause confusion if two different discussions begin about the same translation request. If you want to put your thread back up to the top of the list, simply type 'bump' or anything at all on the thread and it will automatically jump up to the top. It is a little quiet around here at the moment; a few of the regulars may be on holiday, but be patient and I am sure you will get a few more answers soon.

By the way, welcome to ILF! Saoirse.

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It's from the Bible. 2 Corinthians 4:9

I was sure I'd put that in my original post; Alzheimer 1 Macboo 0.

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In that case, I can second it.

"2 Corinthians 4:9" would be 2 Corantaigh 4:9 in Irish.

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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).

And an older version of 2 Ccorinthiánach 4:9

Bí gérleanmhuin dá déunamh oruinn, gidheadh ní tréigthear sinn; teilgthear síos sinn, gidheadh ní théighmid amúgha.



There seem to be different spellings Corintiánach, Corinthianach, just wondered what the correct one was?

An old version like that ought to have poncanna séimhithe, rather than h's.


Those don't make sense. Is there an i missing before the r?

Dinneen has Coirinnteaċ (Coirinnteach).

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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).

The spellings taken from The Bedell Bible.

As an aside, I wonder if Hooper is ever going to respond to this thread, I've seen him hanging around, but I suppose it was just a whim.
Do you get a lot of that on this forum?