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James Murphy
| | Posted on Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 02:33 pm: | 
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Would someone please translate the following: "The language of the conqueror in the mouth of the conquered is ever the language of the slave" - Tacitus. This is my pathetic attempt: "Teanga an chlaoidhteora sa bheal an duine claoidhte is e i gcomhnaidhe (gconai) teanga an sclabhaidhe". (I'm fond of the auld spellings) |
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James Murphy
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 08:13 am: |
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Thanks for the response. |
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Aonghus
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:02 am: |
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Apologies James
I meant to post a translation but got caught up in other things
Is teanga an daoir í teanga an cloíteora i mbéal an té a cloíodh i gconaí.
Irish uses pairs starting with s(o) vs d(o) for positive and negative attributes
thus saor (free) vs daor (unfree/slave)
soineann (good weather) vs doineann (bad)
and so on |
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James Murphy
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 09:35 am: |
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Go raibh maith agat a Aonghuis. I shouldn't have posted that sarcastic addition to my original message. I know not every posting gets a response for one reason or another, it's just a bit frustrating sometimes. GO MAIRE AR DTEANGA ARSA GO DEO! |
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Oliver Grennan
| | Posted on Friday, February 28, 2003 - 08:05 pm: |
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Sólas v Dólas...
Saoi v Daoi
An bhfuil tuilleadh ag éinne? |
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