Translation into Irish

MrLaurel

Where would I go in Limerick to get a phrase translated into Irish? I didn't go to school in Ireland so I don't have a word of it.
The phrase is "Family Is A Circle Of Love".

Insect Overlord

You could always ask on the Irish language forum here on Boards.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=31

I must stress, however, that direct translations of this nature are rarely straight-forward. Idiomatic phrases that sound beautifully poetic in one language can seem quite odd in another.

Comhrá

Well, Google Translate made a pretty poor job of it:

topcat72

Is Ciorcal grá é an Teaghlach ( lit.. The family is a circle of love) OR Is Ciorcal grá é ár gclann ( lit ..Our family is a circle of love)

This is my Conamara Irish

Peregrinus

Teaghlach is the household, the nuclear family; clann is the wider or extended family; a group of people descended from a common ancestor. You and your cousins are in the same clann but they are not normally part of your teaghlach, nor you of theirs. Your spouse, by contrast, is part your teaghlach but is from a different clann.

You'll need to clarify which sense of "family" you want to invoke.

topcat72

Teaghlach and Clann are different - context matters in which is best for translation. Corporate speak can call everybody working for a company a family ( ''Working here as part of the Apple/Intel/ etc family..'')
Teaghlach is originally linked to hearth or home - the immediate family ( in the older sense) whereas clann is wider - cousins, relations etc are included .
It depends what the nature of the organization is , really.
Ciorcal could also be amended , depending on the context also.

Peregrinus

MrLaurel really needs to tell us what he's translating this phrase for. And for whom.

MrLaurel

Many thanks for all the replies. It certainly isn't an easy task. Its for my sister's nuclear family i.e her self, her husband and young children. She wants to get commission a wall plaque with the inscription on it for her home

topper75

topcat72 wrote: »

Is Ciorcal grá é an Teaghlach

No need for capitalised C or T - Wir sind nicht Deutsch!

But the translation is correct.

MrLaurel

topcat72 wrote: »

Is Ciorcal grá é an Teaghlach ( lit.. The family is a circle of love) OR Is Ciorcal grá é ár gclann ( lit ..Our family is a circle of love)

This is my Conamara Irish

Many thanks for all the help!

El Tarangu

Good luck with the tattoo, OP