http://hse.ie/eng/Publications/services/SocialInclusion/EMA.html

http://hse.ie/eng/Publications/services/SocialInclusion/EMA_Irish_.pdf

(Message edited by aonghus on July 28, 2009)

(Message edited by aonghus on July 28, 2009)

I hope the other languages aren't translated that badly.

Asking in any language "what is your name in English" would be offensive.

and
138. Ba mhaith liom mé féin a ní.
138. I want a wash
could end up in a fight haha

N'fheadar an tiontú lochtach nó easpa tuisceana atá i gceist.

Ní thuigim do dheacracht le uimhir 138.

it may be a bit ambigious but it could be taken to mean-

I want to wash MYSELF
especially in the case of foreigners who might be more modest than average. As opposed to being given wash by nurse etc.
It all depends on how it has been translated in other languages.

Sin pointe:
Tá an dá rud rud sa Ghearmáinis
Ich möchte mich waschen / gewaschen werden.

Tá na francaigh cúthail:
Je veux me laver.

Ná Spáinnigh chomh maith
138. Quiero lavarme

Easpa eagarthóireachta?

(Táim i mo bhuachaill an-dána ar fad, mnáire mé!)

I want to wash MYSELF
especially in the case of foreigners who might be more modest than average.

Bhraithfeadh sé ar an mbanaltra a bheadh i gceist.

The Irish booklet is silly. It treats Irish as if it were an immigrant language and as if one could realistically expect that Irish speakers will have no English. Whoever came up with the idea was obviously thinking inside a very small box.

Is dóigh liom go raibh eagla orthu roimh an raic a bheadh ann dá mbeadh na teangacha eile ar fáil, ach gan leagan Ghaeilge ann.

Is léir nár cuireadh aon smaoineamh isteach ann.

Ach is maith ann é mar sin féin - tá cásanna ann de shean daoine, go hairithe iad siúd le Alzheimers, nach bhfuil greim acu ach ar teanga a óige. Cabhair éigin a bheidh anseo - cé go gceapaim go mbeadh deacreachtaí acu é a léamh.