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Help with translation of two words

JackieChan · 2006-11-17 16:38:02

Hi Guys, I'm looking to translate Chidren friendly or child friendly to Irish. My instincts are to go with Páistí Cúntach or Páistí Cairdiúil Can a person with better Irish than me advise? Thanks JC

17-11-2006 5:38pm

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JackieChan

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Hi Guys, I'm looking to translate Chidren friendly or child friendly to Irish.
My instincts are to go with Páistí Cúntach or Páistí Cairdiúil

Can a person with better Irish than me advise?
Thanks
JC

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#2 17-11-2006 5:40pm

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if you mean as in a certain object is "child friendly" I dont think either would do as a decent translation....

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#3 17-11-2006 6:11pm

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it would be the name of a playroom!!

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#4 17-11-2006 7:41pm

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Seomra na bPaistí - Kids room.

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#5 17-11-2006 8:18pm

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JackieChan wrote:

Hi Guys, I'm looking to translate Chidren friendly or child friendly to Irish.
My instincts are to go with Páistí Cúntach or Páistí Cairdiúil

Can a person with better Irish than me advise?
Thanks
David

Here's another one of those words that gets badly translated frequently(see here also), friendly .i.e. child-friendly, environmentally-friendly, user-friendly etc.

The translation you give above is applying English grammar rules(.i.e syntax and use of a noun as an adjective) to the Irish language, which is a recipe for disaster in most situations.
What you have given above, translates as 'helpful/friendly children', not "something that is friendly to children." which even in English is inccurate, since it usually describes an inanimate object, (i.e. a room, or a facility) with human characteristics. How can a room be friendly to children? Does it shake their hand or tell them jokes?! There was once a translation of the term
'printer-friendly' on the website of the Taoiseach's Office and it had been woefully translated into Irish as "a printer that is friendly".

So as such, it's bad English in itself. The most accurate term in English would be 'suitable/appropriate/facilitated for children'. That would translate as
'oiriúnach do pháistí'.

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#6 22-11-2006 8:11pm

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Spot on there Gael.

Thats whre most cock up are made ,trying to transpose English grammar rules to Irish situations.

I would agree totally with your analysis .

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