Would someone be able to help me with an English to Gaelic translation? I'm looking for the Gaelic translation of the phrase "Always and forever" to engrave on a birthday present for a friend. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

1) Go deo (that's without tautology)

2) Go deo agus i gconaí (awkward, repetition)

3) Go deo na ndeor (forever and ever - commonly used stock phrase)

I'd recommend 3

Excellent, thanks so much - this is the first site I've found people willing to help. Thanks again!

Oh, one more question: I've been given the translation 'Daonnan agus gu siorruidh' by someone - how correct is this? I was just wondering why it's so different to the translations Aonghus provided :).

"Excellent, thanks so much - this is the first site I've found people willing to help. Thanks again!"

so true, i got nowhere in other places.

Ladysparrow, the translation you were given might be Scots Gaelic rather than Irish.

I gave you Irish, since that is the language of this site, but you asked for Gaelic. Since Americans often call Irish Gaelic, I assumed that was what you wanted.

This link gives a brief description of the three langauges sometimes known as Gaelic:
http://www.ibiblio.org/gaelic/canan.html


The two languages have diverged a lot since the 9th Century....

(Message edited by aonghus on May 24, 2005)

Thanks for that. Sorry - I have no knowledge whatsoever of the differences in the languages, I'm completely ignorant. Irish Gaelic is great - thanks again for all your help!

I think the other person may have tried 'daon-ann' agus go síoraí. I'd go with Aonghus'. It was just an exercise for me to try to figure out what that other one may've come from. :-)

-Maidhc.