Hello. My name is Aaron Beatty and I work at the Alcoholism Council of Topmkins County in Ithaca, NY. Our agency is currently working on a project where we are trying to display "unity in diversity" through language and we are having some trouble finding a Gaelic/Irish resource that could help us.

We are trying to translate the phrase "One day at a time" in Gaelic/Irish and were wondering if you could help us out or point us in a direction where we may be able to find what we are looking for.

Thank you very much,

Aaron M. Beatty

Hoo-boy, that's a challenge. I don't think there's an exact equivalent in Irish waiting to be taken down off the shelf.

Putting it a bit in conText, I suppose we might say "Tóg ina lá agus ina lá é." (Take it day by day.) Or giving it the form of a maxim: "Is leor líon gach lae." (What each day holds is sufficient.)

Tá súil agam go mbeidh Seosamh, Máire, Aonghas agus na regulars eile in ann cabhrú leis seo!

"Tóg é ar an phá lae" means do it for a day's pay, which isn't quite appropriate.

I'm a little stumped as to a good translation, none of those offered as yet seems natural.

"Lá in ndiadh lae" would mean day by day, but that suggests continuity, which "one day at a time" does not.

"Céim gach lá" would be a step each day, which is closer, but doesn't allow for the possibility of bad days.

None of these really satisfy me.
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Is dócha go bhfuil an ceart ag an Chreabhar maidir le AA in Éirinn. AA in Ireland has probably already thought this one through.

Tá an Creabhar agus Aonghus ar an bhealach cheart, gan dabht. 'Lá amháin san iarraidh' a déarfainn féin. That's my version.