Help with translation please

RoboRat

Hi, I am looking to translate the following 'it's not about the destination, it's the journey that matters' or something along those lines. There is probably a saying already which covers this but I cant find it?

Any help would be most appreciated :-)

Taltos

Only one that strikes my mind is the obvious one, guessing you have already discounted it

Go n-éirí an bóthar leat

RoboRat

Yeah seen that but its not really what I am looking for.

Basically its to encourage people to enjoy and learn from their journey rather being solely focussed on the end goal.

hullaballoo

Looking at cultural attitudes, extrapolated from the language and a small bit of historical knowledge, I don't think there is an equivalent here.

Irish people traditionally lived fairly hand-to-mouth so looking at the bigger picture in terms of "life's long journey" etc. wasn't common-place and that's reflected in the proverbs and náthanna cainte that were/are used. Also, neither the journey nor the end would have been considered particularly enjoyable, aside from the few festive periods.

I'm afraid you're looking to put a square peg in a round hole in doing so but you could have a look at some work-related phrases that might be usable.

An gal gréine

Not exactly what you were looking for but here's a few approximations:

Giorraíonn beirt bóthar.
Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine.
Is libh an saol.

pandoraj09

Kind of literally: Ní hé deireadh an aistir ( or turais ) atá tábhachtach, ach an t-aistear ( or turas ) é féin....
Doesn't sound too bad literally translated....

or

Is tábhachtaí go mór an turas ná an ceannscríbe...means that the journey is more important than the destination...A bit shorter and sounds like a seanfhocal but isn't as far as I know.....

Snag Darach

Maybe this??

Is mó an bóthar ná a cheann.

(reworked from pandora above)

RoboRat

I got 2 options... what are your opinions on these:

Níl an ceann scríbe chomh tabhactach leis an aistear

Better one:
Is tábhachtaí an aistear ná a cheann scríbe.

An gal gréine

RoboRat wrote: »

I got 2 options... what are your opinions on these:

Níl an ceann scríbe chomh tabhactach leis an aistear

Better one:
Is tábhachtaí an aistear ná a cheann scríbe.

They would be good direct translations.
An t-aistear.... in the second one.

civis_liberalis

I'm not aware of any saying myself. As Hullabaloo expertly explained, we weren't all that bothered with life's questions and such, when having to travel any considerable distance was both incredibly difficult and almost exclusively necessary just to get by.