Heya just looking for some help translating from English to Irish for a tattoo and don't really trust Google translate so if anyone could help me that would be great! I'm looking to translate " what we do in life echoes in eternity " . When i Google translate it it comes up "cad a dhéanann muid i macallaí saol i síoraíochta". Thanks for the help!!

I'd change it around a little bit -

Beidh macalla do shaol ann go síoraí.
The echo of your life will last for eternity.

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I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
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Is it true that macalla derives from "son of the wall" or is that a false etymology?

I never heard that, but it sounds like a lovely source for it. - Mac an bhalla.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Thanks for the replies! I was kind of hoping to keep it as close as i can to the English translation if that's possible!

The word for "echo" in Scottish Gaelic is mac-talla, which gives us a clue to the true etymology of macalla.

Another possibility:

Caitheann a ndéanaimid sa saol macallaí sa tsíoraíocht
"What we do in life (casts) echoes into eternity."

Caffler once also suggested a reversal of the verbs:

Déanann a gcaithimid sa saol macalla sa tsíoraíocht
"[What] we throw into life reverberates in eternity."

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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).

I had no idea about this so I looked it up.

It comes from Middle Irish: Mac an alla Son of the Cliff

Aill Cliff used to have alla as its genitive, rather than aille as it has today (Faill, Faille in Munster).

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The dialect I use is Cork Irish.
Ar sgáth a chéile a mhairid na daoine, lag agus láidir, uasal is íseal

Thanks, it makes the word easier to remember.